Ice accumulation reports: January 22, 2016
56 measured ice accumulations were reported to the National Weather Service from freezing rain in the 24 hours ending 11 a.m. EST on January 22, 2016, in 5 states (AR, KY, NC, SC, TN). The largest was 0.30 inches of ice at 2 W Bowling Green, KY. 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.30″ | Mozelle, KY | Leslie | Jan 22, 5:38 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | 911 CALL CENTER | STARTED ABOUT 330AM. |
| 0.30″ | 2 W Bowling Green, KY | Warren | Jan 22, 6:48 a.m. CST | NWS LMK | Broadcast media | |
| 0.25″ | Barbourville, KY | Knox | Jan 22, 6:30 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Highway department | MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WITH A RECENT TREND TOWARD MORE SNOW. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| 0.25″ | Monticello, KY | Wayne | Jan 22, 6:30 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Highway department | HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN NOW. |
| 0.25″ | W Corbin, KY | Whitley | Jan 22, 6:30 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Public | |
| 0.25″ | London, KY | Laurel | Jan 22, 6:48 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Highway department | FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION RANGES FROM 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH ACROSS THE COUNTY. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO HEAVY SNOW AT STATE HIGHWAY GARAGE IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES. |
| 0.25″ | Glasgow, KY | Barren | Jan 22, 8:00 a.m. EST | NWS LMK | Public | |
| 0.25″ | 3 SSW Beaumont, KY | Monroe | Jan 22, 8:09 a.m. EST | NWS LMK | Public | |
| 0.25″ | Paragould, AR | Greene | Jan 22, 7:15 a.m. CST | NWS MEG | Broadcast media | 0.25 INCHES OF ICE MEASURED IN PARAGOULD. |
| 0.25″ | Keavy, KY | Laurel | Jan 22, 8:27 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Amateur radio | 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. HEAVY SNOW NOW. |
| 0.25″ | Hopkinsville, KY | Christian | Jan 22, 7:43 a.m. CST | NWS PAH | Public | QUARTER INCH ICE BUILDUP ON TREES. |
| 0.25″ | 9 W Pageland, SC | Lancaster | Jan 22, 9:50 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Public | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF FREEZING RAIN WITH NEARLY ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE ON TREES AND POWERLINES. PINE TREE BRANCHES BEGINNING TO BEND IN THE YARD. |
| 0.25″ | 13 N Lancaster, SC | Lancaster | Jan 22, 10:05 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Law enforcement | SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY ALONG HWY. 521. DEPUTY REPORTING ICE BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAY. |
| 0.25″ | 2 S Greenville, SC | Greenville | Jan 22, 10:45 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Public | AUGUSTA RD/MAULDIN RD/S PLEASANTBURG DR AREA |
| 0.23″ | 6 NW Clarksville, TN | Montgomery | Jan 22, 5:30 a.m. CST | NWS OHX | ASOS | FINAL TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION PRIOR TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW |
| 0.22″ | Bowling Green, KY | Warren | Jan 22, 4:15 a.m. CST | NWS LMK | Broadcast media | |
| 0.20″ | 2 N Hopkinsville, KY | Christian | Jan 22, 5:10 a.m. CST | NWS PAH | Trained spotter | FREEZING RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET. PRECIP HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AT THIS TIME. |
| 0.20″ | Williamsburg, KY | Whitley | Jan 22, 6:11 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Co-op observer | ALL SNOW NOW. ABOUT 1/4 INCH OF SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED.ICE TOTAL WAS 0.2 INCH. |
| 0.20″ | Whitley City, KY | McCreary | Jan 22, 6:43 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Trained spotter | CHANGING OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW. |
| 0.20″ | Whitley City, KY | McCreary | Jan 22, 7:00 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Trained spotter | |
| 0.20″ | 3 N Lecta, KY | Barren | Jan 22, 7:00 a.m. EST | NWS LMK | Public | |
| 0.20″ | 3 SE Strunk, KY | McCreary | Jan 22, 10:00 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Trained spotter | ALSO REPORTED 1.4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND PRECIPITATION IS ALL SNOW AT THE TIME OF REPORT. |
| 0.20″ | 5 S Harrisburg, NC | Mecklenburg | Jan 22, 11:00 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Amateur radio | AT I-485/HARRISBURG RD |
| 0.18″ | 3 SSE London, KY | Laurel | Jan 22, 6:53 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | ASOS | |
| 0.15″ | 5 SE Westmoreland, TN | Macon | Jan 22, 3:00 a.m. CST | NWS OHX | TSPOTTER COORDINATOR MEASURED 0.15 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION | |
| 0.15″ | NE Corbin, KY | Whitley | Jan 22, 5:50 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Public | FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND 28 DEGREES IN NORTHEAST CORBIN. REPORT VIA TWITTER. |
| 0.13″ | Williamsburg, KY | Whitley | Jan 22, 1:54 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Co-op observer | 28 DEGREES AND FREEZING RAIN. 1/8 INCH OR LESS ACCUMULATION ON HAND RAILS. |
| 0.13″ | 4 SW Mount Pleasant, NC | Cabarrus | Jan 22, 10:30 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Amateur radio | ICE ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF PREVIOUS SNOW NEAR CONCORD |
| 0.12″ | Bowling Green, KY | Warren | Jan 22, 2:38 a.m. CST | NWS LMK | Broadcast media | |
| 0.12″ | Campbellsville, KY | Taylor | Jan 22, 3:47 a.m. EST | NWS LMK | Broadcast media | |
| 0.12″ | Hazard, KY | Perry | Jan 22, 5:18 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Trained spotter | FREEZING RAIN WITH A LITTLE SLEET. |
| 0.11″ | 5 NW Clarksville, TN | Montgomery | Jan 22, 1:03 a.m. CST | NWS OHX | ASOS | CKV ASOS MEASURED 0.11 TOTAL ICE ACCRETION AS OF 1AM |
| 0.10″ | White House, TN | Robertson | Jan 22, 3:00 a.m. CST | NWS OHX | NWS employee | ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES |
| 0.10″ | Franklin, KY | Simpson | Jan 22, 3:18 a.m. CST | NWS LMK | Emergency manager | EM REPORTS SECONDARY ROADS ARE SLICK AND THEY ARE ASKING RESIDENTS NOT TO LEAVE HOME. |
| 0.10″ | 3 N Lecta, KY | Barren | Jan 22, 6:00 a.m. EST | NWS LMK | Public | |
| 0.10″ | 5 N Rock Hill, SC | York | Jan 22, 7:30 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Public | |
| 0.10″ | Sunfish, KY | Edmonson | Jan 22, 8:00 a.m. EST | NWS LMK | Public | 0.1-0.15 INCHES OF ICE MEASURED |
| 0.10″ | 2 NW Danbury, NC | Stokes | Jan 22, 8:30 a.m. EST | NWS RNK | Public | |
| 0.10″ | 8 ENE Ridgeway, SC | Fairfield | Jan 22, 8:45 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Co-op observer | REPORTED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND ICING IN TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. TEMPERATURE WAS 32 DEGREES. |
| 0.10″ | Jefferson, SC | Chesterfield | Jan 22, 8:45 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Public | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON TREES AND POWERLINES AROUND JEFFERSON. |
| 0.10″ | Cheraw, SC | Chesterfield | Jan 22, 8:47 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Public | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF ICE COVERING TREES AND BUSHES IN CHERAW. |
| 0.10″ | 1 S Asheboro, NC | Randolph | Jan 22, 9:07 a.m. EST | NWS RAH | Trained spotter | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING |
| 0.10″ | 1 N Elgin, SC | Kershaw | Jan 22, 9:30 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Public | REPORT OF ICE DEVELOPING ON TREES WITH CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES. |
| 0.10″ | Red Springs, NC | Robeson | Jan 22, 9:42 a.m. EST | NWS ILM | Public | ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| 0.10″ | Gsp Airport, SC | Spartanburg | Jan 22, 9:53 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | ASOS | KGSP |
| 0.10″ | 1 N Rock Hill, SC | York | Jan 22, 10:09 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Public | |
| 0.10″ | 2 S Duncan, SC | Spartanburg | Jan 22, 10:09 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Public | |
| 0.09″ | Beverly, KY | Bell | Jan 22, 4:06 a.m. EST | NWS JKL | Public | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. |
| 0.05″ | Chesterfield, SC | Chesterfield | Jan 22, 7:59 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Law enforcement | SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTING WET ROADS BUT SOME ICE FORMING ON TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| 0.05″ | Newberry, SC | Newberry | Jan 22, 9:36 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Public | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT FROM NEWBERRY REPORTING A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| 0.02″ | 1 E East Flat Rock, NC | Henderson | Jan 22, 1:03 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Public | |
| 0.01″ | Avl Airport, NC | Buncombe | Jan 22, 1:00 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | ASOS | |
| 0.01″ | 1 NNW Berea, SC | Greenville | Jan 22, 2:07 a.m. EST | NWS GSP | Public | ROADS GETTING ICY |
| 0.01″ | 20 NNW Lancaster, SC | Lancaster | Jan 22, 5:00 a.m. EST | NWS CAE | Law enforcement | SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED SOME LIGHT ICING ON HARRISBURG ROAD IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF LANCASTER COUNTY. |
| 0.01″ | Clinton, NC | Sampson | Jan 22, 6:11 a.m. EST | NWS RAH | Broadcast media | CARS COVERED IN GLAZE |
| 0.01″ | 4 NNW Goldsboro, NC | Wayne | Jan 22, 6:32 a.m. EST | NWS RAH | Highway department | OVERPASSES GLAZING OVER... HIGHWAY 44 AT I-795. |
Day: the 24 hours ending at 16:00 UTC (11 a.m. EST, 10 a.m. CST) on January 22, 2016, 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.