Power Outage in Pittsburg, TX

Multiple trees downed and blocking roads in Camp County, along with widespread power outages.

A tree was downed on a power line along County Road 1342 in Pittsburg.

Trees and power lines were downed throughout Pittsburg and much of Camp County.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed across the city.

Trees and powerlines were downed near FM. 1519 in Camp County.

A tree was downed on a powerline on FM 993 east southeast of Pittsburg, Texas.

Several trees were downed along with a barn that was blow down and powerlines north of Leesburg between Leesburg and Lake Bob Sandlin. Several roads were blocked by fallen trees as well.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the entire county.

Power lines downed and numerous trees downed along Hwy. 11 near Pittsburg, Texas.

A power pole was downed across Hwy. 11 just west of Pittsburg, Texas.

Powerlines were downed in Pittsburg, Texas.

Trees were downed resulting in power outages in Pittsburg, Texas. One tree fell on top of the First Presbyterian Church. The damage to the church was minimal.

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 were downed taking a power line down with them.

Power lines were downed.

Trees were downed across Farm to Market 993 and Farm to Market 2254 resulting in some power outages.

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.