Pulaski County under Tornado Watch
February 10, 2009 Leave a comment
It will be in effect until 3:20 AM.Many of the Winter Weather links on the left may also help on this one.
I am off to bed soon and this was pasted at 9:50 PM.
23,000 still without electricity
February 9, 2009 Leave a comment
Roby Brock passed this along.
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Ice Storm Restoration Update
Little Rock, Ark. – Feb. 9, 2009 – 4 p.m. – Despite inclement weather the electric cooperatives advanced their progress to restore power to members. Currently, 23,862 remain without power. The cooperatives estimate the total outages at the peak were approximately 210,300.
The number of line workers remains at about 3,800.
Linemen from electric cooperatives in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas are working to restore power at the cooperatives with the largest number of outages. Several contract line crews are also working across the service areas.
The cooperatives with outages include: Carroll Electric Cooperative, Berryville; Clay County Electric Cooperative, Corning; Craighead Electric Cooperative, Jonesboro; Farmers Electric Cooperative, Newport; Mississippi County Electric Cooperative, Blytheville; North Arkansas Electric Cooperative, Salem; Ozarks Electric Cooperative, Fayetteville; and Petit Jean Electric Cooperative, Clinton. (A chart is attached for outages by cooperative)
The public is cautioned to avoid any downed power lines and to report them immediately to local authorities.
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas comprise 17 electric distribution cooperatives; Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based cooperative that provides various services to the distribution cooperatives; and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC), a generation and transmission cooperative. The distribution cooperatives provide electricity to approximately 490,000 members, or customers, in Arkansas and surrounding states.
To see how your local electric cooperative typically goes about the task of restoring electric services go to: http://www.aecc.com/content.cfm?id=2210
Tuesday morning weather statments
January 27, 2009 Leave a comment
Winter Weather Warnings / Watches / Advisories
000 WWUS44 KLZK 271040 WSWLZK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 440 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...MAJOR ICE STORM EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... ...WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS... ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>040-272230- /O.CON.KLZK.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1200Z/ BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD- JACKSON-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-NEWTON-PERRY-POLK-POPE-SCOTT-SEARCY- SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE... BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BOONEVILLE...BULL SHOALS...CALICO ROCK... CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY... COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DEER...DRASCO...EL PASO... FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GASSVILLE... GEORGETOWN...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...HARDY... HARRISON...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HORSESHOE BEND...HOUSTON... JASPER...LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL... MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...MELBOURNE...MENA...MORRILTON... MOUNT MAGAZINE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT... NORFORK...OIL TROUGH...OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS... PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...PLEASANT PLAINS...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE... SALEM...SEARCY...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VILONIA...VIOLA... WALDRON...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...Y CITY...YELLVILLE 440 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AS THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION MOVES OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. ANOTHER ROUND WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ONE TO TWO INCH ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME AREAS. LATER TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL...WITH SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...ICE WILL REMAIN ON AREA ROADWAYS...WITH ALL TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ ARZ041>047-052>057-272230- /O.CON.KLZK.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1500Z/ ARKANSAS-CLARK-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-PIKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA... AVILLA...BAUXITE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...BRINKLEY... BRYANT...CABOT...CLARENDON...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... DONALDSON...ENGLAND...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GURDON...HASKELL... HAZEN...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY... JACKSONVILLE...JESSIEVILLE...LEOLA...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE... MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MOUNT IDA...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN... NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OKOLONA...PARON...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE... POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD... STUTTGART...WRIGHTSVILLE 440 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING IN MUCH OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. SOME ICE IS EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECIPITATION MAY DECREASE LATER TODAY...AND TEMPERATURES MAY EVEN RISE A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...WITH FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE COULD OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS LIGHT FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF TRAVEL IS PLANNED...EXPECT SOME DELAYS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ARZ062>069-272230- /O.CON.KLZK.WW.Y.0003.090128T0000Z-090128T1800Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-LINCOLN-OUACHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKANSAS CITY...BEARDEN...CAMDEN... CHIDESTER...DUMAS...FORDYCE...GOULD...GRADY...HAMPTON... HERMITAGE...KINGSLAND...LACEY...MCGEHEE...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY... RISON...ROHWER...STAR CITY...STEPHENS...THORNTON...WARREN 440 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN FALLING THIS EVENING...WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORECAST AND MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DELAYS. IF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS OBSERVED...BE CAREFUL AND SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS.
Lynch at Large 