Louisiana, 2014

Ice Storm in Louisiana, February 11 to 12, 2014

February 11 to 12, 2014 · NWS JAN · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

A series of complex weather systems affected the ArkLaMiss on February 11-12, 2014. A strong cold front moved through during the late afternoon to evening hours of February 9th, dropping temperatures from the mid to upper 60s into the mid 30s in the northwest Delta to mid 40s along I-20 corridor to mid 50s in the southeast late Sunday night.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.

A series of complex weather systems affected the ArkLaMiss on February 11-12, 2014. A strong cold front moved through during the late afternoon to evening hours of February 9th, dropping temperatures from the mid to upper 60s into the mid 30s in the northwest Delta to mid 40s along I-20 corridor to mid 50s in the southeast late Sunday night. Strong 1036mb surface high pressure continued to build into the northern and central Great Plains, aiding in northerly surface winds and colder air moving into the region. Temperatures by the evening of February 10th had fallen to near freezing in the ArkLaMiss Delta to mid 30s in the Interstate 20 corridor to low 40s in the far southeast. As temperatures continued to fall, the first upper disturbance began to moisten the atmosphere to bring potential for freezing precipitation mainly along and north of the Interstate 20 corridor.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 11, 4:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 4:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE
ARKLAMISS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BACK EDGE OF FIRST
ROUND OF PRECIP FROM SE AR DOWN TO SW LA AT THE MOMENT. PRECIP
CONTINUES TO LIGHTEN AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE HIGHER EXPECTED QPF
MAY BE A BIT IN JEOPARDY. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AND MODEL QPF...WILL
LOWER ICE ACCUM GRIDS. A LULL IN THE PRECIP LOOKS TO OCCUR THROUGH
MID DAY BEFORE NEXT WAVE ENTERS REGION LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MOST
AREAS THAT WILL HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME WINTRY PRECIP EARLIER IN THE
DAY WILL HAVE WARMED JUST A BIT ABOVE FREEZING...SO MAJORITY OF
WHAT COMES IN WILL BE IN FORM OF RAIN. THE EXCEPTION LOOKS TO BE
OVER SE AR WHERE SOME LIGHT ICING WILL OCCUR WITH TEMPS HOVERING
AROUND FREEZING.

AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS ON ITS APPROACH TO THE FL COAST
TONIGHT...MODELS INDICATE WARMING IN THE COLUMN AND ALL RAIN TO
OCCUR SE OF A JONESVILLE LA...YAZOO CITY...WEST POINT MS LINE. AREAS
WEST OF THERE WILL HAVE SOME FORM OF WINTRY PRECIP...MAINLY FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LA/WEST CENTRAL MS. THAT AREA WILL NEED TO BE
EVALUATED FURTHER WITH NEW DATA AND MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED FURTHER
NE INTO MS.

DIGGING WAVE DIVING INTO THE REAR OF PRECIPITATION BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING WILL RAPIDLY COOL THE COLUMN AND ALLOW FOR THE PRECIPITATION
TO CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY EVENING WEDNESDAY OVER
AREAS PRIMARILY NORTH OF I20. /26/

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK...THE LONG TERM
PORTION OF THE FORECAST STILL THANKFULLY LOOKING WARMER AND
RELATIVELY UNEXCITING. UPPER LEVEL FLOW IN OUR GENERAL VICINITY AND
ALONG OUR LATITUDE SHOULD TREND QUICKLY TO ZONAL FOR THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK AND REMAIN SO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM
PERIOD. THE RENEWED EAST PACIFIC JET SLAMMING ENERGY INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS QUITE A CHANGE FROM THE BULK OF THE WINTER THUS
FAR AND WILL BE KEEPING ARCTIC AIR BOTTLED UP FURTHER NORTH.
REGARDLESS...A COLD FRONT STILL LOOKS TO COME THROUGH FRIDAY AND
PERHAPS BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN TO NORTHERN ZONES AS WELL AS KEEPING
TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING MUCH ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS TILL THE
WEEKEND. FOR NOW I HAVE KEPT OFFICIAL RAIN MENTION FOR FRIDAY OUT OF
THE FORECAST...BUT THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR ON FRIDAY SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST
FORECAST.

BY THE WEEKEND SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS AND SHOULD PREDOMINATE THROUGH
AROUND TUESDAY WHEN ANOTHER FROPA WITH MARGINAL SIGNIFICANT PRECIP
POTENTIAL OCCURS. TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL REALLY BE TRENDING
ABOVE NORMAL IN WIDESPREAD FASHION. OPERATIONAL GFS-BASED MAX
GUIDANCE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD WITH BOTH TEMPS AND POPS THROUGH THE
LONG TERM PERIOD AND ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE. /BB/

&&

.AVIATION...FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE IN AREAS MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 THIS MORNING. SITES ALONG I-20 SUCH AS
HKS/JAN/MEI WILL SEE MARGINAL SURFACE ICING POTENTIAL...MAINLY
BETWEEN 12 AND 15 UTC. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIP WILL
FORTUNATELY BE PULLING EAST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
AND WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING LATE THIS MORNING WE
ANTICIPATE MINIMAL SURFACE ICING POTENTIAL AT ALL SITES FROM 18Z
THROUGH 00Z. WIDESPREAD MVFR TO IFR FLIGHTS DUE MAINLY TO CEILINGS
RESTRICTIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE TO VFR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FROM
WEST TO EAST. ANTICIPATE MORE PRECIP AND LIMITED FLIGHT CATS COMING
IN FROM THE WEST FOR TONIGHT WITH FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL TONIGHT
MAINLY LIMITED TO SITES SUCH AS GLH/TVR/GWO. /BB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       35  33  38  26 /  97 100  75  18
MERIDIAN      36  37  44  28 /  97 100  99  36
VICKSBURG     33  31  35  26 / 100 100  55   7
HATTIESBURG   40  39  48  30 /  96 100  56  20
NATCHEZ       33  33  37  26 / 100 100  46   4
GREENVILLE    33  28  34  25 /  57  79  56   7
GREENWOOD     35  30  34  23 /  58  83  74  15

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR MSZ027>033-
     035>039-042.

     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ040-041.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR MSZ018-
     019-025-026-034-043>053.

LA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-
     016-023.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LAZ024-
     025.

AR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-
     075.

&&

26/BB
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:01 PM CST, 14 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
301 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-MSZ034>042-044>046-112115-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
301 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

ICE ACCUMULATION
RISK...HIGH
TIMING...MAINLY TONIGHT

FREEZING RAIN...POTENTIALLY MIXED AT TIMES WITH A LITTLE SLEET OR
SNOW PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A CROSSETT AR TO DE KALB LINE...IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY
MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICING ARE
POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ON
TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING COULD EXCEED A HALF INCH IN SOME AREAS.

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY.

MSZ018-019-025>033-112115-
BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-
LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-
301 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

SNOW
RISK...ELEVATED
TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

ICE ACCUMULATION
RISK...ELEVATED
TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG
AND NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 82 LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MORE
SUBSTANTIAL FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW...IS
EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY TUESDAY IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
REGION. A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN
THIS AREA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

BRIDGES MAY BE SNOW COVERED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ON
TUESDAY NIGHT.

ICING OF BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IS EXPECTED FOR THE DELTA REGION OF
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ON TUESDAY NIGHT DUE TO FREEZING RAIN.

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY.

LAZ024-025-MSZ043-047>050-112115-
CATAHOULA-TENSAS-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-
301 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

ICE ACCUMULATION
RISK...ELEVATED
TIMING...MAINLY TUESDAY

RAIN WHICH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT MAY GRADUALLY BEGIN TO FREEZE ON
ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES TOWARD SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING AS
TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. ANY FREEZING RAIN
SHOULD END BY MIDDAY AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES DUE TO
ICING ARE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
JONESVILLE LOUISIANA TO VICKSBURG.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY.

LAZ026-MSZ051>066-072>074-112115-
CONCORDIA-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
301 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

FLOODING
RISK...LIMITED
TIMING...TUESDAY

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...POSSIBLY CAUSING
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AS
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY.

8

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*ICE ACCUMULATION*
EXTREME...ROADS IMPASSABLE AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES LIKELY.
HIGH...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES
 POSSIBLE.
ELEVATED...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES
 POSSIBLE.
LIMITED...LIGHT ICING OF BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

*SNOW*
EXTREME...ROADS IMPASSABLE AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES LIKELY.
HIGH...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES
 POSSIBLE.
ELEVATED...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SPORADIC POWER
 OUTAGES POSSIBLE.
LIMITED...BRIDGES MAY BE SNOW-COVERED.

*FLOODING*
EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
HIGH...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE.
ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN FLOODING.
LIMITED...FLOODING POSSIBLE.

...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)...

NWS JAN HOME PAGE...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN
STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=SAFE
FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK...
   WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.JACKSONMS.GOV
FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER...
   @NWSJACKSONMS

...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR WINTER WEATHER ISSUES...

WPC DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WINTER THREATS...
   WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/WWD/WINTER_WX.SHTML
WPC WINTER IMPACT DISCUSSION...
   WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DISCUSSIONS/QPFHSD.HTML

...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR FLOODING ISSUES...

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER RFC HOME PAGE...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LMRFC/
NWS SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOOD OUTLOOK...
   WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NATIONALFLOODOUTLOOK/INDEX.HTML
WPC DAY 1 THROUGH 3 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...
   WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/EXCESS_RAIN.SHTML
WPC EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION...
   WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DISCUSSIONS/QPFERD.HTML
WPC DAY 1 THROUGH 7 QPF...
   WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/QPF2.SHTML
WPC QPF DISCUSSION...
   WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DISCUSSIONS/QPFHSD.HTML
NWS JAN OBSERVED PRECIPITATION IMAGES...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=PRECIPMAPS

   PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!

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The radar

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Event by event

9 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Morehouse

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Morehouse forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
32.820, -91.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Between one quarter and one half inch of ice fell across the parish.

Ice Storm, West Carroll

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
West Carroll forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
32.789, -91.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Between one quarter and one half inch of ice fell across the parish, accumulating mainly on trees and power lines.

Ice Storm, East Carroll

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
East Carroll forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
32.733, -91.235 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Between one quarter and one half inch of ice fell across the parish, accumulating mainly on trees and power lines.

Ice Storm, Richland

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Richland forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
32.418, -91.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Between one quarter and one half inch of ice fell across the parish, accumulating mainly on trees and power lines.

Ice Storm, Madison

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
32.364, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Over a half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines in southwest Madison Parish. All of the parish saw ice accumulations of at least one quarter inch.

Ice Storm, Franklin

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Franklin forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
32.133, -91.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Over a half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines in southern Franklin Parish. All of the parish saw ice accumulations of at least one quarter inch.

Ice Storm, Tensas

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Tensas forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
32.002, -91.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Over a half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines in central and western Tensas Parish. All of the parish saw ice accumulations of at least one quarter inch.

Ice Storm, Catahoula

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Catahoula forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
31.666, -91.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Over a half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines in northern Catahoula Parish. All of the parish saw ice accumulations of at least one quarter inch.

Ice Storm, Concordia

When
February 11, 6:00 AM CST to February 12, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Concordia forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
31.446, -91.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Over a half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines in far northern Concordia Parish. All of the parish saw ice accumulations of at least one quarter inch.

What these are

Ice Storm
Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 493636, 493643, 493644, 493645, 493646, 493647, 493648, 493651, 493662.