Power Outage in Mineola, TX

Numerous trees and power lines downed across Wood County.

Ten trees and power lines were downed in the central and southern sections of Wood County.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in the eastern part of Wood County.

Sixty foot pine trees were downed at Holly Lake Ranch. Power was also out to the area.

Widespread trees and power lines were down in Mineola.

Trees and power lines were blown down in Mineola.

Trees and powerlines were downed on the north side of Lake Hawkins near the intersection of CR. 3810 and 3811. Some homes were also damaged by fallen trees.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed just northeast of Quitman, Texas.

Trees and powerlines were downed in and around the Quitman community.

Powerlines were downed just south of town.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ike resulted in numerous trees and power lines downed across all of the county. Widespread power outages were reported across the county as well during the height of the storm which continued after the storm had passed.

Trees and powerlines downed on CR 4591 near the Perryville community.

Numerous trees and power lines downed countywide.

Trees and power lines down across the county.

A strong cyclic supercell tornado developed over Mineola, Texas while a strong tornado developed shortly there after and moved to the east northeast. Numerous Pine, Oak, and other species of trees were either snapped or pushed over along the entire tornado track. Power lines were taken down across many locations along the track as well. The tornado moved over a small community of Pine Mills and destroyed 1 old frame home and 2 old mobile homes while damaging 9 others. Four injuries occurred including 1 broken leg. This tornado moved into Upshur, Harrison, and Marion Counties of northeast Texas.

An artic airmass spilled southward out of the central plains and into the lower Mississippi Valley. This cold surface airmass was overrun by a warm and humid airmass which combined with a strong upper level storm system across west Texas. The result was widespread freezing rain. Ice accumulations on average of one inch were common north and west of a line from Mansfield and Arcadia to Farmerville LA. An estimated 235,000 residents lost power from snapped power lines. Upwards of 29 transmission lines atop "H" shaped steel towers were snapped due to the weight of the ice. One man was killed and another injured when a tree limb laden with ice fell on them. Numerous traffic accidents were reported from ice covered roads and bridges. In the Shreveport - Bossier metroplex more than 205 streets were either blocked or partially blocked by limbs and fallen trees. Much of northwest Louisiana was declared a disaster area.

A strong upper level trough moved out of the southern Great Basin and into the lower Mississippi Valley sweeping Artic Air southward to the Gulf Coast. Moisture laden air from the Gulf overran the freezing surface temperatures producing ice across the northern half of northeast Texas. Ice accumulations of one to four inches fell across most of the area with the ice and snow accumulations near 8 inches. Thousands of homes were left without power due to ice covered tree limbs falling and snapping powerlines. Also, hundreds of chicken houses were destroyed and several 7 million chicks were killed. Barns, carports, and weak structure homes suffered collapse from the weight of the ice and snow. Traffic accidents were numerous and I-30 west of Texarkana had to be shut down when the freeway became impassable.

Triple digit temperatures and dewpoints that mixed down into the lower 60s during the afternoon hours resulted in ample downburst conditions across Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas once storms developed from a disturbance aloft. These storms propagated southward and downed trees and powerlines.