Ice accumulation reports: January 10, 2011
63 measured ice accumulations were reported to the National Weather Service from freezing rain in the 24 hours ending 11 a.m. EST on January 10, 2011, in 7 states (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX). The largest was 0.75 inches of ice at Fort Valley, GA. 34 reports were a quarter inch or more, the usual ice storm warning amount, when tree limbs and power lines start to break.
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Ice reports
| Ice | Where | County | Time | Reported to | Source | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.75″ | Roberta, GA | Crawford | Jan 10, 6:15 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | ROADS WERE DECLARED IMPASSIBLE. 3/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET. |
| 0.75″ | Fort Valley, GA | Peach | Jan 10, 7:00 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | 3/4 INCH OF SLEET AND ICE. ROADS WERE DECLARED IMPASSABLE. |
| 0.50″ | Texarkana, AR | Miller | Jan 9, 12:30 p.m. CST | NWS SHV | Broadcast media | NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ON INTERSTATE 30. LESS TRAVELED ROADS AVERAGING A HALF AN INCH OF ICE. |
| 0.50″ | 3 NW Fort Valley, GA | Crawford | Jan 10, 5:01 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | SLEET AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| 0.50″ | Wrightsville, GA | Johnson | Jan 10, 6:15 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Emergency manager | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN UP TO 1/2 INCH. |
| 0.50″ | Centerville, GA | Houston | Jan 10, 6:39 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | |
| 0.50″ | Forsyth, GA | Monroe | Jan 10, 7:24 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Emergency manager | EMA DIRECTOR REPORTS BETWEEN .25 AND .5 INCHES OF ICE. |
| 0.50″ | Summerville, SC | Dorchester | Jan 10, 8:09 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | Amateur radio | SLEET ALSO REPORTED. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TRUCK. |
| 0.50″ | Johns Island, SC | Charleston | Jan 10, 8:20 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | Amateur radio | ACCUMULATION ON DECK. |
| 0.50″ | 3 NE College Park, SC | Berkeley | Jan 10, 8:57 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | Amateur radio | ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ON CARS IN KANE BAY NEAR ENTRANCE TO ROUTE 176 |
| 0.50″ | Dawson, GA | Terrell | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | COUNTY OFFICIAL | EMS ESTIMATED BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ROADS WERE MAINLY JUST WET. |
| 0.50″ | 1 ENE Dorchester, SC | Dorchester | Jan 10, 9:07 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | Amateur radio | HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES IN DORCHESTER |
| 0.50″ | Cordele, GA | Crisp | Jan 10, 10:53 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Emergency manager | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS .25 TO .5 INCHES OF ICE...POWER OUT IN AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| 0.40″ | Macon, GA | Bibb | Jan 10, 5:50 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | |
| 0.35″ | West Ashley, SC | Charleston | Jan 10, 9:40 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | NWS employee | ICE ACCRUING ON TREES AND STARTING TO BEND TOP BRANCHES A LITTLE. ICE STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON SIDEWALK. |
| 0.25″ | Benton, LA | Bossier | Jan 9, 11:30 a.m. CST | NWS SHV | Co-op observer | POWERLINES AND TREES COVERED WITH ICE. |
| 0.25″ | Shongaloo, LA | Webster | Jan 9, 11:53 a.m. CST | NWS SHV | Public | |
| 0.25″ | 5 WNW Haughton, LA | Bossier | Jan 9, 12:30 p.m. CST | NWS SHV | NWS employee | 1/4 INCH HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES IN THE DOGWOOD SUBDIVISION DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. |
| 0.25″ | 10 W Benton, LA | Caddo | Jan 9, 1:15 p.m. CST | NWS SHV | Trained spotter | 1/4 INCH ICE HAS ACCUMULATED ON ELEVATED OBJECTS OVER A 4 HOUR PERIOD DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. |
| 0.25″ | Henderson, TX | Rusk | Jan 9, 1:37 p.m. CST | NWS SHV | Emergency manager | LOTS OF AUTOMOBILES SLIDING OFF OF ROADS COUNTYWIDE. |
| 0.25″ | Texarkana, AR | Miller | Jan 9, 2:23 p.m. CST | NWS SHV | Law enforcement | OVER A HUNDRED WEATHER RELATED AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. |
| 0.25″ | Bassfield, MS | Jefferson Davis | Jan 9, 6:16 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Emergency manager | A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND BASSFIELD AND A POWER LINE...WHICH IS CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICING. |
| 0.25″ | Church Hill, MS | Jefferson | Jan 9, 6:16 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Law enforcement | TWO TREES WERE DOWN ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE AND ONE TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 553 DUE TO ICING. |
| 0.25″ | Laurel, MS | Jones | Jan 9, 6:16 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Law enforcement | BRIDGES ICING OVER ON HIGHWAY 15 NORTH AND SOUTH OF LAUREL AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGES. |
| 0.25″ | 4 N Irondale, AL | Jefferson | Jan 9, 7:26 p.m. CST | NWS BMX | Amateur radio | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON THE GROUND IN THE ROEBUCK SECTION OF BIRMINGHAM. |
| 0.25″ | Loyd Star, MS | Lincoln | Jan 9, 7:38 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Public | POWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED NEAR LOYD STAR AND ALONG HWY 550 WEST OF BROOKHAVEN DUE TO FREEZING RAIN/SLEET ACCUMULATION |
| 0.25″ | Clay, AL | Jefferson | Jan 9, 7:40 p.m. CST | NWS BMX | Trained spotter | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND SLEET REPORTED...WITH SLEET STILL FALLING. |
| 0.25″ | 3 S Rockford, AL | Coosa | Jan 9, 8:40 p.m. CST | NWS BMX | Emergency manager | GLAZE OF ICE REPORTED ON TREES AND CARS. NUMEROUS VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. |
| 0.25″ | Butler, AL | Choctaw | Jan 9, 8:49 p.m. CST | NWS MOB | Emergency manager | MODERATE AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN OBSERVED. GLAZE OF ICE ON CARS AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. SEVERAL REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| 0.25″ | Carrollton, GA | Carroll | Jan 10, 5:11 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | |
| 0.25″ | Ashburn, GA | Turner | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | COUNTY OFFICIAL | MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN WITH SOME ICE ON ROADS EARLIER. |
| 0.25″ | Cuthbert, GA | Randolph | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | Law enforcement | A FEW TREES ARE DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY WITH ICE ON POWER LINES. |
| 0.25″ | Leesburg, GA | Lee | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | COUNTY OFFICIAL | SOME ICY SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND SOME POWER OUTAGES AROUND LEESBURG. |
| 0.25″ | Sumner, GA | Worth | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | COUNTY OFFICIAL | THE 911 CENTER REPORTS ONE BRIDGED ICED OVER AND MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES AND TREES DOWN AROUND SUMNER. |
| 0.15″ | Brookhaven, MS | Lincoln | Jan 9, 6:16 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | UTILITY COMPANY | BROOKHAVEN HAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICING. |
| 0.15″ | Hattiesburg, MS | Forrest | Jan 9, 11:39 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Emergency manager | ICING ON TREES...BUT NOT ON ROADS OR BRIDGES OVER THE COUNTY. |
| 0.12″ | Hogansville, GA | Troup | Jan 10, 4:38 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| 0.12″ | 2 SW Brunson, SC | Hampton | Jan 10, 7:46 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | Amateur radio | ICE ON ROAD AND YARD |
| 0.12″ | Charleston Airport, SC | Charleston | Jan 10, 9:41 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | NWS employee | ACCUMULATION ON NON-ROAD SURFACES. |
| 0.11″ | 2 ENE Red Top, SC | Charleston | Jan 10, 8:20 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | NWS employee | ACCUMULATION ON EVERYTHING BUT THE ROADWAY |
| 0.10″ | 8 N Taylorsville, MS | Smith | Jan 9, 3:45 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Trained spotter | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REPORTED FOR THE LAST HOUR. SNOW NOW MIXING IN. |
| 0.10″ | Shelby County Airport, AL | Shelby | Jan 9, 4:58 p.m. CST | NWS BMX | NWS employee | UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET COVERING EXPOSED SURFACES AND AUTOMOBILES AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| 0.10″ | Butler, AL | Choctaw | Jan 9, 5:38 p.m. CST | NWS MOB | COUNTY OFFICIAL | MODERATE AMOUNT OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN OBSERVED. AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS AND SOME ELEVATED SURFACES STARTING TO ICE OVER. |
| 0.10″ | 4 SE Natchez, MS | Adams | Jan 9, 6:16 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | UTILITY COMPANY | POWER OUTAGES WERE OBSERVED SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ DUE TO ICING OF POWERLINES. |
| 0.10″ | Goss, MS | Marion | Jan 9, 6:16 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Broadcast media | ICING OF TREES AND POWER LINES WAS OBSERVED. |
| 0.10″ | Lake Providence, LA | East Carroll | Jan 9, 6:38 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Emergency manager | HIGHWAY 65 HAD ICING ON A BRIDGE NEAR LAKE PROVIDENCE. |
| 0.10″ | 5 NW Laurel, MS | Jones | Jan 9, 8:12 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Amateur radio | ONE TREE WAS DOWN ON HIGHWAY 28 AT GITANO. |
| 0.10″ | Rayville, LA | Richland | Jan 9, 9:07 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Law enforcement | SOME OF THE LESS USED ROADS ARE BEGINNING TO ICE OVER. |
| 0.10″ | Bastrop, LA | Morehouse | Jan 9, 9:21 p.m. CST | NWS JAN | Law enforcement | GETTING REPORTS OF SOME ICING OF SOME BRIDGES AND LOW LEVEL VEGETATION. |
| 0.10″ | Dublin, GA | Laurens | Jan 10, 4:58 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION. |
| 0.10″ | 2 S Midville, GA | Emanuel | Jan 10, 5:45 a.m. EST | NWS FFC | Amateur radio | |
| 0.10″ | Reidsville, GA | Tattnall | Jan 10, 8:55 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | 911 CALL CENTER | ICE ACCUMULATION ON 911 CALL CENTER BUILDING. REPORTS OF ICE DEVELOPING ON AREA BRIDGES. |
| 0.05″ | 10 NW Fitzgerald, GA | Ben Hill | Jan 10, 5:02 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | Emergency manager | LIGHT ICING REPORTED. |
| 0.05″ | Ocilla, GA | Irwin | Jan 10, 6:30 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | Law enforcement | ONE ROAD ICY WITH SOME ICE ON TREES. |
| 0.05″ | Putney, GA | Dougherty | Jan 10, 8:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | Trained spotter | ICE ON TREES AND POWERLINES |
| 0.05″ | Scottsboro Crossroads, AL | Henry | Jan 10, 7:00 a.m. CST | NWS TAE | Emergency manager | WIDESPREAD COATING OF ICE ON TREES...POWERLINES...AND GROUND IN NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. ROADS MAINLY WET. |
| 0.05″ | Bagby State Park, GA | Clay | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | COUNTY OFFICIAL | SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ON TREES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| 0.05″ | Georgetown, GA | Quitman | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | Law enforcement | SOME ROADS ARE A LITTLE SLUSHY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| 0.05″ | Morgan, GA | Calhoun | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | Law enforcement | SOME ICE ON TREES BUT NO POWER OUTAGES. ROADS ARE JUST WET. |
| 0.05″ | Newton, GA | Baker | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | COUNTY OFFICIAL | THE 911 CENTER REPORTS SOME ICE ON TREES BUT NOTHING ON ROADS. |
| 0.05″ | Tifton, GA | Tift | Jan 10, 9:00 a.m. EST | NWS TAE | COUNTY OFFICIAL | THE 911 CENTER REPORTS SOME ICE THIS MORNING ON TREES AND CAR WINDSHIELDS. ROADS WERE JUST WET. |
| 0.05″ | Ozark, AL | Dale | Jan 10, 8:05 a.m. CST | NWS TAE | Trained spotter | ICE ON TREES...POWERLINES...AND PARKED CARS IN OZARK. |
| 0.05″ | Ludowici, GA | Long | Jan 10, 10:00 a.m. EST | NWS CHS | Public | MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION IN TREES. |
Day: the 24 hours ending at 16:00 UTC (11 a.m. EST, 10 a.m. CST) on January 10, 2011, so morning observations count toward the day they end. Ice is the thickness of ice on surfaces as measured by the observer; reports of a trace (0.00″) are left out.
Spotter reports: National Weather Service Local Storm Reports (LSRs): measurements sent to NWS offices by trained storm spotters, CoCoRaHS and co-op observers, NWS staff, the public and others, archived by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University). Reports are what each observer measured at one spot, often a storm total so far, and the NWS doesn't quality-check every one. Exact repeats count once.