Power Outage in Carthage, TX

Trees and power lines downed on County Road 186.

Trees and power lines were downed southwest of Gary City around the area of FM 999 and County Roads 178, 179, and 180. Damage also extends south into Northern Shelby County.

Power lines were downed and wrapped into trees in the Bethany community.

Trees and power lines down on County Road 3332 in the Bethany community.

A tree was blown down onto power lines on Don Long Road.

A tree was blown down onto power lines on County Road 322.

Power lines were downed on County Road 104.

Trees were blown down on a power line in front of a home on County Road 3032.

Power lines were downed near Carthage, with two transformers damaged. One transformer caught fire on Highway 79 north just beyond the Carthage city limits, with a second transformer smoking along County Road 301 across from the DCP Plant.

Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 315.

Numerous trees were downed across all of Panola County but especially across central and southern portions of the county. Numerous powerlines were downed as well.

A roof was damaged on a home, a horse barn was damaged, power lines were downed, and trees were snapped about 5 miles east of the Clayton community.

Powerlines and a large tree was downed on Hwy. 59 near North St. Mary Street.

Numerous trees were downed across the eastern half of the county. Widespread power outages as well.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the entire county.

Trees and powerlines were downed throughout the county.

Numerous trees were snapped and powerlines were downed near FM 1794.

Winds downed a few trees and powerlines throughout the county. Some out buildings were also damaged by the strong wind gusts and a tree was down on a home on FM 699.

Powerlines downed along Hwy. 59 north of Carthage, Texas.

A tree was downed on a powerline in Carthage, Texas.

Trees and powerlines wee downed in the community of Deadwood, Texas.

Tropical storm force winds associated with Ike resulted in widespread tree and power line damage throughout the entire county. Numerous roads were impassible from downed trees and power lines. Power outages were widespread as well with many Panola County residents without power during the height of the storm and well after. An amateur weather station positioned 15 feet above the ground measured a wind gust of 85 mph near Lake Murvaul. A roof was blown off a home along with several trees downed in the community of Rock Hill. Elsewhere, the roof from a dugout/locker room collapsed where the Panola College baseball team practices. A tree also fell on an 18-wheeler truck but no injuries were reported. Over 100 trees were removed off of roadways throughout the county.

Multiple reports of trees and power lines downed throughout the county.

Trees and power lines were downed.

Trees were blown onto power lines.

Trees and power lines downed throughout the county.

Numerous trees and power lines toppled in the Lake Murvaul area.

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 warm, moist, and unstable air mass remained in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex on February 28th, as a warm front quickly returned back north into Southern Kansas and Missouri. A positive tilt upper level trough of low pressure traversed the Southern Plains during the afternoon, thus increasing large scale ascent resulting in showers and thunderstorms becoming numerous during the evening hours along a convergent elevated boundary that extended north of the Interstate 30 corridor of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. An approaching cold front and dry line from the west also helped to enhance thunderstorm organization, resulting in areas of heavy rain developing atop already saturated ground conditions from heavy rainfall that fell since February 20th. Additional rainfall amounts of 2-4 inches fell across much of Northeast Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 28th, which continued into the morning hours of March 1st. This resulted areas of flash flooding across portions of Northeast Texas, which lingered into the predawn hours on March 1st. An isolated severe thunderstorm also produced damaging winds which downed large tree limbs onto power lines near the DeBerry community in Panola County during the early morning hours of March 1st.