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Ice Storm: 600,000 Lost Power, Detailed Stats

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor

Published Jan 28, 2009 7:33 AM EST | Updated Jan 28, 2009 4:11 PM EST

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UPDATE: 4 PM: Here's a new list of ice & snow amounts below - more videos posted to your right. Some sections including Midwest Sleet & Freezing rain were not updated, you can see them at the bottom of this entry. Photos interspersed from users like you. The New York Times now says the death toll has been 20 so far and Reuters confirms that more than 600,000 are without power.

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HIGHEST SNOW REPORTS (BY STATE, 1 NWS, 1 SNOWMATRIX):

Greenville, OH: 14.0" (SnowMatrix) Paragon, IN: 13.2" Union, OH: 13.0" Lawrence County, IL: 11.0" Howell County, MO: 9.0" Vernon, NY: 8.5" (SnowMatrix) Dunkirk, NY: 8.0" Florence, KY: 7.5" Paris, IL: 6.5" St. Louis, MO: 6.5" Buckhannon, WV: 6.0" (SnowMatrix) Lehighton, PA: 6.0" Salem, MA: 6.0" Auburn, ME: 6.0" Gilford & Chocorua, NH: 6.0" Schnecksville & Nazareth, PA: 5.0" (SnowMatrix) New Preston, CT: 5.0" Haverhill, MA: 5.0" (SnowMatrix) Roselle Park, NJ: 4.2" Springfield, VT: 4.3" Nottingham, MD: 4.0" (SnowMatrix) West Milford, NJ: 5.9" (SnowMatrix) Mount Savage, MD: 4.0" South Kingstown, RI: 3.7" Bayard, WV: 3.5" Fairfax, VA: 3.3" Fairfax, VA: 3.0" (SnowMatrix) Torrington, CT: 5.0" (SnowMatrix) Dagsboro, DE: 2.0" (SnowMatrix) Ripley, TN: 2.0" (SnowMatrix) Bear, DE: 1.5"

TOTAL POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE (Google News):

Kentucky: 200,000 Arkansas: 165,000 Missouri: 100,000 Indiana: 52,000 West Virginia: 46,000 Ohio: 13,000 Oklahoma: 12,000 (1/27) Virginia: 10,000 Tennessee: 2,200 (1/27) Texas: SomeTOTAL: >600,000 (Reuters Says 600,000)

UPDATE : 9 AM: New list of snow & ice amounts posted below the radar (9 AM). Some of the amounts are incredible (3 inches of freezing rain; 6 inches of sleet). New Raw Videos are available at right. Incredible scenes of the ice and devastation in the Midwest.

Nearly half million people lost power (by the numbers I researched below - there is no way to know how many of them still have power, some lost it yesterday morning). That puts this (so far) as worse than the second major ice storm in the Northeast in December, but not as bad as the first one in Mass. which cut power to more than 1 million (important to point out however that this one is much more widespread, and recovery will involve more money, people and take longer). Kentucky has declared a State of Emergency.

Take a gander at the radar below and the observations over the Northeast. It's a beautiful, but dangerous storm. The Associated Press says that 19 people have been killed.

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Of course, it snowed in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast too, those amounts are also shown below, and you can see live reports from our own Angelica Campos on our our Breaking Weather News Page (PREMIUM | PRO. Here's the latest list (updated 9 AM):

HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN REPORTS (MORE THAN 1 INCH):

Newton County, AR: 3.00"* Fox, AR: 2.00" Osage, AR: 2.00" Piggot, AR: 2.00" Paragould, AR: 2.00" Oregon, MO: 2.00" Mountain Home, AR: 1.50" Madison County, AR: 1.50" Dora, MO: 1.50" Muskogee, OK: 1.30" Florence, KY: 1.3" Westville, OK: 1.25" Pocahontas, AR: 1.25" Washington County, AR: 1.25"

SLEET REPORTS (MORE THAN 3 INCHES):

Hillsboro, MO: 6.5"** French Village, MO: 6.3"** Red Bud, IL: 6.0" Eminence, MO: 5.0" Centerville, MO: 4.0" Maeystown, IL: 4.0" Ava, MO: 4.0" Centerville, MO: 4.0" Wetumka, OK: 4.0" Marissa, IL: 3.5" Farmington, MO: 3.5" Weleetka, OK: 3.5" Makanda, IL: 3.5"

HIGHEST SNOW REPORTS (BY STATE, 1 NWS, 1 SNOWMATRIX):

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Greenville, OH: 14.0" (SnowMatrix) Indianapolis, IN: 10.0" Birds, IL: 9.8" Saint Louis, MO: 8.5" Vernon, NY: 8.5" (SnowMatrix) Baltimore, OH: 7.0" Buckhannon, WV: 6.0" (SnowMatrix) Schnecksville, PA: 5.0" (SnowMatrix) Multiple Locations, KY: 5.0" Berlinsville, PA: 5.0" Roselle Park, NJ: 4.2" Success Hill, CT: 4.0" Hamden, CT: 3.0" (SnowMatrix) Nottingham, MD: 4.0" (SnowMatrix) Butler, NJ: 4.0" (SnowMatrix) Mount Savage, MD: 4.0" Colden, NY: 3.7" Bayard, WV: 3.5" Fairfax, VA: 3.3" Fairfax, VA: 3.0" (SnowMatrix) Dagsboro, DE: 2.0" (SnowMatrix) Bear, DE: 1.5"

ICE IN THE EAST (0.40 INCHES OR MORE):

Multiple Locations, OH: 0.75" Multiple Locations, PA: 0.50" Stonewall, VA: 0.50" Fairmont & Berkeley Springs, WV: 0.50" Ellicott City, MD: 0.40"

EAST METRO SNOW REPORTS:

Baltimore, MD: 3.0" (SnowMatrix) New York City (Central Park): 2.5" Washington, D.C.: 1.5" Baltimore (BWI): 1.2" Pittsburgh: 1.0" Philadelphia: 0.9"

*Probably exaggeration or mixed with sleet. *Reports read "HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE IN JASPER...WITH 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF ICE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEWTON COUNTY."

**I did not include "snow/sleet" combo accumulations except in these cases where it was stated that it was "mostly sleet"

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