New Ice Storm Amounts, Comparison, Videos
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It was already a mess out in the Plains yesterday afternoon. Now another ice storm is whipping through the area this Tuesday morning. As of 6 AM Central Time, the AccuWeather.com Snow/Ice/Rain radar showed ice from Kansas to Michigan, as did ground-truth observation maps for the Plains and Midwest. (Those maps, taken from official airport observations, show "ZR" for freezing rain, "UP" for Unknown Precip [JessePedia] and "S" for Snow).
But here's a question: How similar will the track of today's ice storm be to the previous one? Some in the media is hyping that it is in "the same place." I'll take a closer look at this later today.
The following amounts of ice (freezing rain) have been reported to the NWS between yesterday evening and 6 AM Central Time. This list will be updated later this morning.
Burr Oak, KS: 0.75"
Falls City, NE: 0.75"*
Albia, IA: 0.50"
Multiple Locations, MO: 0.50"*
Hundreds of thousands are without power from Oklahoma through Missouri and IllinoisThe storm Sunday into Monday has been called "the worst in our history" by Oklahoma Power Company OEG. Below is video from our ABCNewsOne affliates detailing the ice and destruction in Oklahoma and Missouri, and photos from the Associated Press. (If you watch nothing else, watch the last 20 seconds of this video and watch a kid being interviewed dive for cover from falling branches and watch a salt truck slide off the road).
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LOCATIONS AND CREDIT: Part 1: Summary - ABC/Washington. Part 2: Oklahoma - KOCO. Part 3: Missouri - KTVI. Part 4: Summary - Sam Champion / GMA. Part 5: Missouri - KOLR-KSFX.
Icy Across the Plains - Dec. 10, 2007 - Chico Villar clears downed branches from a road outside his home in Forest Park, Okla., Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. A winter storm coated much of Oklahoma in ice Monday, knocking out power to more than 400,000 homes and businesses, disrupting flight operations and leading to traffic accidents that killed 15 people. (AP Photo)
An OG&E crew works to repair a damaged power pole in Oklahoma City, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. A winter storm coated much of Oklahoma in ice Monday, knocking out power to more than 400,000 homes and businesses, disrupting flight operations and leading to traffic accidents that killed 12 people. (AP Photo)
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