Ice Storm — Harper, Oklahoma

2017-01-14 to 2017-01-15 · Harper, Oklahoma

Event narrative

Reports of 0.5 inches of ice accumulation. Tree limbs up to 12 inches in diameter broken. Electric cooperatives reported 1891 power outages, with damages in excess of $4088K.

Wider weather episode

An upper low coming onto the Pacific coast combined with abundant gulf moisture to produce scattered showers on the 13th, transitioning to widespread showers on the 14th and 15th. Temperature hovered near and just below freezing across parts of northern, western, and central Oklahoma allowing much of the precipitation to come in the form of freezing rain. Power outages in the CWA totaled to near 20,000 (mostly in northwest Oklahoma).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 668722. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.