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January 2010 Winter Storm Information
***The City of Collinsville is preparing for the worst but hoping for the best as weatherman are predicting this could be like the 2007 ice storm. We have a generator set up at the water plant and at City Hall. City Hall will be the comand post during the ice storm as it was in 2007. If there is an abundance of outages, City Hall employees will be here to answer phone calls regarding the outages***
Trash Service for Friday will be pending due to the ice storm headed our way. If the trash is not able to be picked up on Friday, it will be picked up at the begining of next week.
*Please Please DO NOT touch down power lines or drive over them. This is extremley dangerous*
There are two storm shelter sites in the Collinsville area: First Baptist Church, Pastor Tim Prock located at 13th & Main, phone number is 371-2526 and Faith Fellowship Church, Pastor Kelvin Limbocker located 1 mile South of 12th & Main, phone number is 371-2996.
For the lastes weather update go to http://www.srh.noaa.gov/media/tsa/briefing/player.html
The lastest update is power outages are expected to be 4-5 days and 7 in rural areas with 4.5 inches of snow/sleet. The heaviest will hit tonight starting at 6pm and going into Friday morning. The temps following the storm with the wind chill will be 3 degrees on Saturday. Low temps following the storm are going to be very cold so please make sure all supplies are on hand in case of outages.
Hazardous Winter Weather Warning!!!
This information comes from the Nation Weather Service.
Tulsa (Oklahoma) update January 29th @ 9:12am
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
PUSHMATAHA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...
SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL.
IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES
SLOWLY FALL. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE
THERE. FURTHER NORTH THE WINTER STORM CRITERIA FOR ICE HAS BEEN
MET IN PLACES AND THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY TURN TO SLEET
AND SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON.
HOWEVER...PARTS OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF ARKANSAS...COULD SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW.
* UP TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND UP TO A QUARTER
OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES
ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN SPOTS...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...MAYES...DELAWARE...
WAGONER...CHEROKEE...PITTSBURG...CARROLL...MADISON...CRAWFORD...
COUNTIES WHERE SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE REPORTED...
ROGERS...OKFUSKEE...COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS
WERE REPORTED...OSAGE...PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK...OKMULGEE...
BENTON...WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS: Consider changing travel plans. Make sure you have an adequate supply of food, water and the necessary medication to last through the duration of the winter storm.
Special Commission Meeting January 27th 2010 @ 7:00p.m.
City of Collinsville will be having a Special Commission Meeting this Wednesday January 27th 2010 to make up for the meeting that was cancelled on January 18th 2010. Meeting will start at 7:00p.m. in the City Hall Commission Room.