Ice Storm in Woodward, Oklahoma
Ice Storm January 14, 2017 – January 15, 2017 · Woodward, Oklahoma
What the National Weather Service wrote
Reports of 0.6 inches of ice accumulation. Numerous trees were downed including one on a home. Electric cooperatives reported 3882 power outages, with $1,357K worth of damages. Emergency manager reported 2 injuries due to carbon monoxide and 6 injuries dues to falling debris.
The wider storm
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 668726. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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