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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
REPORTS FOR JANUARY 26-27 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

<<<< JANUARY 26TH >>>>

0700 PM     ICE STORM        2 S DARDANELLE          35.20N 93.17W
01/26/2009                   YELL               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE HALF INCH OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED..AND PINE LIMBS HAD
            FALLEN.

0900 PM     ICE STORM        DANVILLE                35.05N 93.39W
01/26/2009                   YELL               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED.


<<<< JANUARY 27TH >>>>

0530 AM     ICE STORM        YELLVILLE               36.23N 92.69W
01/27/2009                   MARION             AR   PUBLIC

            KY3 VIEWER REPORTED AROUND 1 INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING
            RAIN MIXED. THERE WAS AROUND 3/4 INCH OF ICE ON THE TREES
            WITH NUMEROUS LIMBS BREAKING.

0530 AM     ICE STORM        PEEL                    36.43N 92.77W
01/27/2009                   MARION             AR   PUBLIC

            KY3 VIEWER REPORTED A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
            HAD ACCUMULATED TO 1 1/2 INCHES.

0530 AM     ICE STORM        MOKO                    36.47N 91.83W
01/27/2009                   FULTON             AR   PUBLIC

            KY3 VIEWER REPORTED 1 1/2 INCHES OF SLEET AND FREEZING
            RAIN MIXED. POWER WAS OUT.

0530 AM     ICE STORM        DIAMOND CITY            36.46N 92.92W
01/27/2009                   BOONE              AR   PUBLIC

            KY3 VIEWER REPORTED AROUND 1/2 INCH OF ICE.

0600 AM     ICE STORM        PERRYVILLE              35.01N 92.80W
01/27/2009                   PERRY              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED.

0700 AM     ICE STORM        WOOLLY HOLLOW STATE PAR 35.29N 92.29W
01/27/2009                   FAULKNER           AR   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED.

0740 AM     ICE STORM        CHIMES                  35.70N 92.74W
01/27/2009                   VAN BUREN          AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER AT CHIMES REPORTED 3/4
            INCH OF ICE.

0800 AM     ICE STORM        3 NE MOUNTAIN HOME      36.37N 92.34W
01/27/2009                   BAXTER             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THERE WAS 1/2 INCH OF ICE ATOP 1 1/2 INCHES OF SLEET.

0810 AM     ICE STORM        FOX                     35.78N 92.30W
01/27/2009                   STONE              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM SPOTTER REPORTED 2 INCHES OF ICE...ROADS ICE
            COVERED...TREE LIMBS BROKEN...AND POWER OUTAGES.

0850 AM     ICE STORM        MOUNTAIN HOME           36.34N 92.38W
01/27/2009                   BAXTER             AR   UTILITY COMPANY

            NORTH ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE REPORTED THEY HAD
            3500 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER...AND THE NUMBER WAS
            INCREASING. THEY HAD 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH OF ICE ON THE POWER
            LINES IN THEIR SERVICE AREA...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF
            BAXTER...FULTON...AND SHARP COUNTIES...MUCH OF IZARD
            COUNTY...AND PART OF MARION COUNTY.

0905 AM     ICE STORM        MOUNTAIN HOME           36.34N 92.38W
01/27/2009                   BAXTER             AR   ASOS

            THE AUTOMATED OBSERVING STATION AT THE MOUNTAIN HOME
            AIEPORT MEASURED 0.24 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 8 AND
            9 AM.

0930 AM     ICE STORM        MOUNTAIN HOME           36.34N 92.38W
01/27/2009                   BAXTER             AR   PUBLIC

            KY3 VIEWER SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN HOME REPORTED 3/4 INCH OF
            ICE IN THE TREES WITH NUMEROUS LIMBS FALLING AND POWER
            OUT.

1000 AM     ICE STORM        NEWPORT                 35.63N 91.24W
01/27/2009                   JACKSON            AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED.

1005 AM     ICE STORM        BEE BRANCH              35.45N 92.40W
01/27/2009                   VAN BUREN          AR   PUBLIC

            ICE HAD ACCUMULATED TO 3/4 INCH.

1015 AM     ICE STORM        MARSHALL                35.91N 92.64W
01/27/2009                   SEARCY             AR   PUBLIC

            KY3 VIEWER REPORTED 1 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES.
            POWER WAS OUT.

1050 AM     ICE STORM        MOUNTAIN HOME           36.34N 92.38W
01/27/2009                   BAXTER             AR   PUBLIC

            KY3 VIEWER INDICATED BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES OF ICE
            WAS CLINGING TO BRANCHES. NORTH ARKANSAS ELECTRIC
            COOPERATIVE WEB PAGE INDICATES THAT SOME SHELTERS ARE
            BEING OPENED IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE
            WITHOUT POWER.

1200 PM     ICE STORM        EVENING SHADE           36.07N 91.62W
01/27/2009                   SHARP              AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ONE INCH OF ICE REPORTED ON THE GROUND.

1230 PM     ICE STORM        3 NE MOUNTAIN HOME      36.37N 92.34W
01/27/2009                   BAXTER             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING
            RAIN WAS FALLING. TREE DAMAGE WAS HEAVY BUT POWER WAS
            STILL ON. THE TREES HAD 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF ICE ON THEM.
            ONE INCH OF ICE WAS ON THE GROUND. NO SLEET FELL IN THE
            LAST 8 HOURS.

0100 PM     ICE STORM        DEER                    35.83N 93.22W
01/27/2009                   NEWTON             AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            POWER WAS OUT. TREES HAD FALLEN. THERE WAS AS MUCH AS AN
            INCH OF ICE IN THE TREES.

0230 PM     ICE STORM        LAKEVIEW                36.38N 92.54W
01/27/2009                   BAXTER             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE INCH OF ICE WAS ON TREE LIMBS. HEAVY TREE DAMAGE HAD
            OCCURRED...AND WAS STILL ONGOING. POWER WAS OUT.

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