Power Outage in Mount Pleasant, TX

Power lines downed in Mount Pleasant.

Widespread wind damage was reported across the city of Mount Pleasant. Trees and power lines were downed on Happy Street and near the intersection of Highway 67 and FM 1402. Winds damaged the doors on a building on Madison Street in Downtown Mount Pleasant.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in Mount Pleasant.

Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Mount Pleasant.

Trees and power lines were downed on County Road 4710.

Trees were downed onto power lines, resulting in power outages across portions of Mount Pleasant.

Power lines were blown down near Mount Pleasant ISD.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the entire county.

Powerlines were downed along FM 1001 five miles north of Mount Pleasant.

Powerlines were downed in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed across the county. Roofs were blown off several homes with trees hitting at least 5 homes in the county.

Large limbs were downed, including one which damaged a powerline.

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.

Light freezing rain mixed with sleet fell across portions of Franklin, Titus and Red River counties in extreme Northeast Texas. There was a report of one tree down in Mount Pleasant from the ice accumulation but no other reports of damage. Freezing rain accumulations of 1/8 of an inch or less did result in some scattered power outages.

Trees and power lines downed.

After trying to recover from an ice storm earlier in the month, another even more devastating ice storm struck the northern third of northeast Texas. Freezing rain resulted in ice accumulations ranging from 1/4 to 3 inches which devastated the middle Red River Valley counties of northeast Texas. Tens of thousands of trees and numerous power lines were either broken or felled from the weight of the ice leaving vast regions of northeast Texas without power for weeks. Bowie, Cass and Red River counties were declared disaster areas.

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.

A strong but shallow arctic air mass slowly seeped south through the Ouachita Mountains of Southeast Oklahoma and into portions of Northeast Texas throughout the early morning hours of February 11th, resulting in temperatures falling to or below freezing across these areas. A southwest flow aloft ahead of a large upper trough over the Rockies resulted in upper level disturbances traversing northeast atop this shallow arctic air mass, with moist and warmer (above freezing) air overrunning the front. This aided in the development of areas of light freezing rain and freezing drizzle over portions of Northeast Texas during the morning hours on the 11th, with ice accumulations of up to several hundredths of an inch observed. This wintry precipitation ended by midday as the front continued to sag farther south into Northeast Texas and temperatures gradually warmed just above freezing.||The ice mainly accumulated on trees and power lines, although some patchy ice was observed on bridges and overpasses across portions of Red River, Franklin, Titus, Morris, Camp, and Wood Counties. The following are icing impacts across the affected counties: ||Red River County: Patchy ice was reported on various bridges throughout the county.||Franklin County: Patchy ice was reported on bridges and overpasses on Highway 37 between Winnsboro and Purley. ||Titus County: Patchy ice was reported on bridges and overpasses on Interstate 30 and Highway 271. ||Morris County: Patchy ice was reported on bridges and overpasses on Interstate 30. ||Camp County: Patchy ice was reported on bridges and overpasses on Highway 271. ||Wood County: Patchy ice was reported on bridges and overpasses near Lake Fork Reservoir along FM 17, FM 515, FM 2966, FM 514, Highway 154, and Highway 182.

Light freezing rain mixed with sleet fell across portions of Franklin, Titus and Red River Counties in extreme Northeast Texas. There was a report of one tree down in Mount Pleasant from ice accumulation but no other damage reports were received. Freezing rain accumulation of 1/8 of an inch or less did result in scattered power outages.