Power Outage in Prescott, AR

Numerous trees and power lines were downed across the city of Prescott.

Several trees and powerlines were downed throughout the county.

Trees and powerlines were downed southeast of Prescott, Arkansas.

Trees and powerlines were downed in Prescott, Arkansas.

Powerlines were downed in Prescott, Arkansas.

Powerlines were downed along with large oak trees across the extreme northern portion of Nevada County.

Trees and powerlines were downed in Prescott, Arkansas. There were approximately 5 structures with roof damage in town. One structure that received damage was the County Jail when a one-ton air conditioning unit was almost blown off the roof, peeling back several sheets of tin.

Powerlines were downed on Cale Road in Prescott, Arkansas.

Non-thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree onto a power line in the town of Prescott, Arkansas. The soil was saturated due to previous rainfall at the time.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ike resulted in widespread trees and power lines downed throughout all of Nevada County, Arkansas. Power outages were widespread as well with numerous residents without power during the height of the storm and days afterward.

Trees and powerlines were downed along Hwy 76 near Waterloo, Arkansas.

Trees and powerlines were downed along U.S. Hwy 371 just north of Willisville, Arkansas.

Power lines were downed along Wildcat Road.

Powerlines downed on Hwy 67.

Numerous trees and power lines down across the county.

Numerous trees and power lines down.

After trying to recover from an ice storm two week earlier in the month, another even more devastating ice storm struck all of southwest Arkansas. Freezing rain resulted in ice accumulations ranging from 1/4 inch to as much as 6 inches. After taking a tour of the state, the Governor of Arkansas used words such as apocalyptic and cataclysmic to describe the damage. Power was knocked out across all of southwest Arkansas with nearly 300,000 homes and business without power due to thousands of trees and 2500 power poles either broken or toppled. Utility crews from 23 different states were summoned to help repair lines. Some residents were without power as late as the middle of January 2001.

An arctic air mass spilled southward out of the central plains and into the lower Mississippi Valley. This cold, surface air mass was overrun by a warm humid air mass which combined with a strong upper level storm system across west Texas. the result was widespread freezing rain across all of southwest Arkansas. The precipitation was a mixture of freezing rain, sleet and some light snow northwest of a Texarkana to Prescott Arkansas line while further east the precipitation was all freezing rain. Ice accumulations of two to four inches were common. An estimated 235,000 residents lost electrical power due to ice covered power lines snapping or ice covered trees splitting and falling across the lines. The was the worst storm in the history of the power companies suppling the power as far as damage but not total ice accumulations. A total of 29 transmission lines atop "H" shaped steel towers were snapped due to the weight of the ice. Numerous traffic accidents were also reported and many homes suffered damage from fallen trees and tree limbs. As a result, the Governor of Arkansas declared a State of Emergency for all of southwest Arkansas. Cleanup costs along reached upwards of 15 million dollars. Several Pine Plantations throughout southwest Arkansas suffered catastrophic damage from the ice storm with upwards of 25 million dollars worth of young trees destroyed.

Numerous trees and power lines down.