Ice Storm 2007!!!

[foster_006]

I really really really LOOOOOOOVE winter weather!!!






.....................................................................................is it over yet? Did I sleep through it?
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2190
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1057 PM CST SAT DEC 08 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS WRN/NRN/CENTRAL OK.

CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION

VALID 090457Z - 090930Z

INCREASING CONVECTIVE COVERAGE IS FCST DURING NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS...MOVING NNEWD OVER COLD BOUNDARY LAYER THAT WILL SUPPORT
FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIP. PHASE SHOULD TRANSITION FROM FREEZING
RAIN OVER SWRN AND W-CENTRAL OK -- GENERALLY NEAR AND S OF I-40 --
TO MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN N OF I-40...TO SLEET CLOSE TO KS
BORDER. PRECIP RATES WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE BECAUSE OF ITS
CONVECTIVE ORIGINS...BUT CORES MAY PRODUCE LIQUID OR LIQUID
EQUIVALENT RATES OF .10-.25 INCH/HOUR AS THEY PASS OVER SOME
LOCALES. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS ALSO ARE
EXPECTED...BENEATH WHICH RATES BRIEFLY MAY EXCEED .25 INCH/HR.

REFLECTIVITY IMAGERY THROUGH 415Z INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
ALREADY DEVELOPING WITHIN AREA BOUNDED ROUGHLY BY
CHK...FSI...HBR...CSM...40 SW END...MOVING NNEWD 30-35 KT. PRIND
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AND EXPAND INTO PORTIONS
CENTRAL/NRN OK THROUGH AT LEAST 8Z. 00Z OUN RAOB INDICATED
ELEVATED MIXED LAYER AIR ABOVE SHALLOW LATER OF POSTFRONTAL STATIC
STABILITY. SINCE THEN...INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BENEATH
COOLING OF ELEVATED STABLE LAYER HAS REDUCED MUCINH
CONSIDERABLY...IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ABOVE
FRONTAL SURFACE. THIS PROCESS SHOULD CONTINUE AND SHIFT NEWD OVER
WRN PERIPHERY OF BROAD/30-35 KT LLJ. NET RESULT WILL BE ELEVATED
MUCAPES 400-700 J/KG...BASED ON MODIFIED RAOBS AND RUC FCST
SOUNDINGS...WITH PARCELS ISENTROPICALLY RAISED TO LFC.
MEANWHILE...SFC CAA SHOULD SHUNT FREEZING LINE SEWD ACROSS
REGION...INCREASING THREAT AREA FOR FREEZING RAIN TO INCLUDE AREAS
ALONG AND SE OF I-44 OVER SWRN AND CENTRAL OK...AS FAR NE AS TUL
AREA.

.EDWARDS.. 12/09/2007

 

[peterjmag]

Let the fun begin!

 

[ImTheWeasel]

*Kool-Aid Man Voice*... "OH YEAH!!!"

I'm currently monitoring-

AEP
ONG
Washington County Highway Maintenance
Washington County Sherriff's Dept.
Washington County Emergency Management
OHP
BPD
Kansas City ARTCC
WX5TUL
W5NS


So... hopefully if something is going on.. I'll Hear It!!

 

[mfolta1]

210 am and the drunks are starting the action!!! ba at lewis eb is closed down now.....

 

[ImTheWeasel]

Well we have some nice ice accumulation here in Bartlesville. Got 2.5-3" icicles hanging off treelimbs and streetlights. Sidewalk is slick out front. Car windows have a nice thin sheet of ice coating at this time. Fair wind, blowing rain.

 

[ImTheWeasel]

Here's an image of how thick the ice accumulation is on the bushes outside my place-

Click the image to go to full hi-res image.

 

[car2back]

I've been without power at home since 3AM-ish, and most of the town of Skiatook is blcked-out too.

 

[edmondcops]

I'm hearing NOTHING on the OHP talkgroups on site 8 in OKC today. Is my scanner screwed up, did they go digital on me, or is everyone else not hearing the same thing?

 

[peterjmag]

Here's an image of how thick the ice accumulation is on the bushes outside my place-

Click the image to go to full hi-res image.

Nice pic Weasel. Be careful out there! It's awful here in Tulsa right now non-stop wrecks and power line and no power calls. Yep, it's an ice storm.

 

[n5usr]

I'm hearing NOTHING on the OHP talkgroups on site 8 in OKC today. Is my scanner screwed up, did they go digital on me, or is everyone else not hearing the same thing?

I spent the day playing on HF, so didn't have the scanner going. I just turned it on, and heard some activity on Rural-1 (41776). But it does seem awfully quiet considering everyone who is on the system now. Very little traffic at all.

I almost got through without losing power here in Bethany, but about 1/2 hour ago it tried real hard to go out. Sure am glad I have most everything of value on surge protectors or UPSes! Repeatedly toggling on and off numerous times is a great way to destroy things! Hm, the lights are flickering again... Yee-ha...

I was talking with a friend on the phone just now, he lives on the near-south side of OKC. They lost power while we were on the phone. It hasn't come back on yet. OG&E's website says over 17,000 in the metro area without power right now...

 

[edmondcops]

It's a weird deal. We've got BC15s here on the desk. I do a manual stop on the control channel and it scrolls all the TG IDs as they come active, and I'm getting some OHP TG hits as well as Edmond, MWC, etc, but when I put it in scan mode, I get NOTHING. As in, nada. In a newsroom, there are too many fingers around the toys, so I don't know if someone screwed it up or not. And I'm not really all that familiar with the BC15, other than programming them by computer several months ago. They were working fine when I left work yesterday. It's just that now's a real good time to be able to monitor OHP and all

 

[Boomer47]

SSFD's going CRAZY with lines down calls... I wonder if the guys ever got a chance to grab a bite to eat.

I bet PSO's getting some overtime out there

 

[peterjmag]

Tulsa Fire and Sand Springs Fire are getting their asses kicked, wow I don't think I have ever heard it this busy. In fact the whole Tulsa County area is.. Wow...

 

[Boomer47]

I don't think it's any exaggeration, there seems to be a "lines down, tree on fire" call about every five minutes on SSFD. 32848
Street department's on SSFD B. 32880

 

[peterjmag]

I don't think it's any exaggeration, there seems to be a "lines down, tree on fire" call about every five minutes on SSFD. 32848
Street department's on SSFD B. 32880

I don't think it's an exaggeration at all, it's lines down, house fires, and wrecks on all FD users on the Tulsa site on the 800...wow what a mess...
I'm listening to...

Tulsa FD
Berryhill FD
Catoosa FD
Oak Grove FD
SSFD
Sapulpa FD
Creek EMS
EMSA Mutual AID
BAFD

 

[SCPD]

Yea its pretty bad up here in Bville. Ive got to be in at work at 5 tomorrow morning but i dont think i will be able to make it. just on the way home this evening i almost beefed several times. its bad out there.

 

[Boomer47]

SSFD is getting mutual aid from Berryhill to cover calls now.

SSPD's been extremely quiet on the accident front though, which is a good thing. Dont' think I've heard one all night. Good job drivers

 

[kjwilson]

This winter is starting off just like last years. I've been listening to Tulsa PD UDE Dispatch, BA Expressway and Highway 169 are an absolute mess this evening.Tomorrow morning is going to be real interesting.

 

[mfolta1]

hopefully tomorrow morning people will just stay in. take a day off. i have to admit when i went to dinner earlier i listened to the scanner and have not heard it that busy in quite some time.

 

[rcvmo]

hahaha........
I found myself doing the Sarajevo slide down the driveway last night while switching vehicles. I think I woke the neighborhood after saying !@#$%^&*(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( my version of Yosemite Sam)
5 hours later, no pain, no strain.
rcvmo