Ice Storm- OK/MO/AR/TX/KY

[cedwards]

You can add one more casualty to the ice in Shawnee, OK.
We had an estimated 1/4" of ice here. I was taking out the trash and slipped on the driveway then slid 10 feet down to the street.

I'm ok, but will be sore in the morning.

Earlier, we ordered pizza. the first place called 2 hours later and canceled the order due to the drivers all getting stuck. The second place took an hour to deliver. The driver said he never learned to ice skate, but his car learned.

 

[Andrew Francis]

North Arkansas is being pounded by that train of precip. Very impressive system, pulling up all this moisture.

 

[Greg McLaughlin]

I spent the evening with Justin Teague and Joseph Tyree out shooting video of people out on the icy roads around the Tulsa metro. Its amazing how one street is fine and the next is glazed over with a solid sheet of ice. I have received 1/4" of ice at my house.

It appears light freezing drizzle will continue across eastern and central Oklahoma for the remainder of the night while most of the WAA precip continues to push east through AR/MO.

I am looking over water vapaor satellite and have noticed a very strong mid-level jet push from west to east along the Red River valley, and this feature appears to be responsible for pushing mid-level moisture and heavier precip east of my area and through AR/MO. The latest runs of the RUC and GFS try to redevelop precipitation across central/eastern OK during the morning hours of Tuesday ahead of main trough currently over the southwestern states. The RUC has done a good job handling precip placement thus far, so I have a fair amount of confidence that additional freezing rain will develop during the first half of Tuesday which will likely cap off a fairly significant ice storm for Tulsa, while the areas of AR/MO will experience the devastating ice accumulations.

 

[Andy Rice]

Very active day for storm reports on http://www.reportstorms.com

 

[Andrew Francis]

Here in Edmond. Just took a short walk around the porch and into the driveway. At first I thought I had blinked or something, then (BOOM) thunder clap. We are experiencing thunder freezing rain/sleet/snow mix right here in central OK 3:00am.

It was pretty bizzare to see a lightning flash while its snowing lol. Very cool to say the least

 

[Jim Saueressig]

15F, snowing and a few flashes of lightning from a cell just south of here. My experience with thunder snow was wet 30F'ish.....

 

[Jeff Smith]

Thundesleet in progress here in Verdigris, just NE of Tulsa.

 

[Greg McLaughlin]

Rumbles of thunder just woke me up so I decided to take a look. A nice swath of precip has just blossomed over central OK along the 1-44 corrdor in the past couple of hours. Convective elements in precip swath will likely lead to quick accumulations of sleet/snow. I think thicknesses are now too cold for freezing rain here in northeast OK. If this precip continues to develop and move northeast into northern AR and southern MO where the heavy icing occurred yesterday it could make their headaches that much worse.

I sit here quite impressed with this winter storm.

 

[Heidi Farrar]

Thundesleet in progress here in Verdigris, just NE of Tulsa.

OK getting in on the thundersleet action now! Way to go guys!

Ours switched over from (thunder)sleet to freezing rain around midnight. We have probably 1/2" of solid freezing rain (measured on exposed surface) on top of 1" of sleet. The trees don't have quite that much of a glaze... well, actually I first checked an hour ago and it was around 1/4", so I guess it might be time to check again. The limbs are already drooping.

 

[Jonathan Whitehead]

A venerable white out here in Norman. Got about id say 1.5" of sleet on the ground on top of about 1/3" of glazed ice. Was awaken at about 3:30am to the sound of beebees hitting the window which turned out to be sleet. It came down rather heavy for about 20mins then started again another hour later.
Been watching Jed Castles and his storm trackers and they been saying traction isnt too bad with the sleet but use caution.

Im really worried about things down in DFW area, they been really saying it could get bad down there. My moms up in NW Ark in Bentonville area with her folks so will be calling her here shortly once people wake up.

 

[Angie Norris]

We've got a nice sleet shower currently in Norman with some pretty good sized pellets (I'm guesstimating about 1/8" diameter on the largest ones). I'm hoping for some thunder to go with it. The showers have been off and on since that one Chris mentioned at about 3:30 or so and the ground is pretty much covered. It's a good day to just stay inside.

 

[Shane Adams]

Well against Ang's great advice, I'm gonna make a recon mission out to the local Circle K for a cappucino in a bit. I survived the mile walk last night on solid ice without incident (although I looked like an a**hole trying to walk across it to passing cars), so I figure sleet will provide a bit more traction.

I slept through the early morning stuff but when I woke just before 9am, I could hear it through the heater vent. Kinda cool to see actual winter weather again, although IMO it's not going to be enough to sway the near-drought conditions we've started slipping into. I'm still concerned about 2009's storm season in the S Plains.

 

[Tony Laubach]

Earlier, we ordered pizza. the first place called 2 hours later and canceled the order due to the drivers all getting stuck. The second place took an hour to deliver. The driver said he never learned to ice skate, but his car learned.

That's so mean! LOL I hope you tipped him a fortune! LOL

 

[Jonathan Whitehead]

Here some pics Ive taken throughout the morning across campus











Just got off the phone with my mom in the Bentonville area. She said she just put bkft on the table and the power went out. She said they have SERIOUS TREE PROBLEMS. Trees are snapped and drooping. She said she had to get off her cell phone b/c it obviously wouldnt charge. Shes getting dressed and ready to remove large tree limbs and debris from the front drive.

EDIT: well knock me silly i forgot to post the link to the pics
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj256/ouweatherboi69/Winter Storm January 2009/

 

[Connor McCrorey]

Plano schools just announced we will be released about three hours early. No major ice problems here yet, but the rails outside are glazing over.