NeffsvilleWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 4k PPL customers without power in Lancaster county. 665 in York. York is up to 17k with Met-ed (10% of the met-ed customers in York) while 50% of met-ed customers (1k) in Lancaster are experiencing an outage. We've got some ice here but I don't feel like going out in the rain to measure. Roads are covered in slush. Not even going to attempt to drive to work today, ice isn't really something that cautious driving can counteract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 4k PPL customers without power in Lancaster county. 665 in York. York is up to 17k with Met-ed (10% of the met-ed customers in York) while 50% of met-ed customers (1k) in Lancaster are experiencing an outage. I imagine those numbers will increase north of those areas as places like Harrisburg that were in heavy sleet for a long time have been a light rain now for quite some time over the past hour I did see PSU issued a delay until 10 am... that's when you know things are messy lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather5 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 4k PPL customers without power in Lancaster county. 665 in York. York is up to 17k with Met-ed (10% of the met-ed customers in York) while 50% of met-ed customers (1k) in Lancaster are experiencing an outage. We've got some ice here but I don't feel like going out in the rain to measure. Roads are covered in slush. Not even going to attempt to drive to work today, ice isn't really something that cautious driving can counteract. 25k In york now. over 32k for met-ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Probably close to moderate snow now here. I don't here any pinging so it appears to be mostly snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Affected Customers: 32,026 Last Updated: Feb 5, 5:28 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psunate1977 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You know it's bad when Penn State cancels classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather5 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 whats funny is I can stand out side and listen to the cracks and watch the flashes but so far no delay for schools yet in York. Change that coming in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You know it's bad when Penn State cancels classes. I remember walking to an exam during the VD2007 storm hoping I didnt fall and break my neck... dont think it was uphill both ways or anything like that though lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Don't want to go out and measure lol, still coming down really good. Is this thing about over if so it started at 12am here so a hit and run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I imagine those numbers will increase north of those areas as places like Harrisburg that were in heavy sleet for a long time have been a light rain now for quite some time over the past hour I did see PSU issued a delay until 10 am... that's when you know things are messy lol You know it's bad when Penn State cancels classes. I got a text from them yesterday regarding cancelled morning classes but it's not being reported on WGAL and it's not on the PSU HBG website. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Don't want to go out and measure lol, still coming down really good. Is this thing about over if so it started at 12am here so a hit and run. Huh??? Looks like a few more hours of good precip per radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 whats funny is I can stand out side and listen to the cracks and watch the flashes but so far no delay for schools yet in York. Change that coming in now. Dallastown, Red Lion, York City, Spring Grove and Southern York are closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 It won't. Progressive systems such as this with marginal air masses don't produce big ice storms. Doubtful any of the population centers get more than 0.25". Power outages won't be a big deal either, as it should be just wires down and not major infrastructure damage like poles, substations and transformers. And before people go and steam roll me for downplaying this event, chill out. I've been on conference calls all day and the general thinking is that this isn't a once-in-a-lifetime, save-the-children ice storm. Just a pain in the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showmethesnow Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 DAM!!!!!!!! Just had a pine come down and take my power line out in the back yard. Still have power but the line is on the ground. Met-Ed is on the way. Hope they don't take too long considering that the tree is collecting more weight on it from the ice and am afraid it will pull the line completely out giving me a live wire in the yard. Have had problems with those pines in the past during even minor storms and have tried to convince my wife to let me cut them down. I guess one positive from all of this is maybe now she will let me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 wow it's bad out there. best mesaurement i could get in dark was 0.35" accertion. saw two flashes while outside. calls for trees - wires non-stop for franklin / adams counties on scanner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I hear pinging occasionally, but it's been mostly snow here in State College. Moderate precip now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Going to get some epic sunrise ice pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 After two hours of varying precip types we are back to all sleet. As of 6:00AM, 3.5" in the backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 This is a serious ice event down this way, York Co is likely ground zero too. Wow. 30k + now without power, growing quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 when measuring ice accertion, start at top of branch or object and measure to top of ice. In theory, yes it would be measuring half the ice on the branch as pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 12k outages in Lancaster now, 27k in York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Power is struggling here in Parkton, have lost it multiple times but thankfully it keeps coming back. Pouring rain with a temp at 31, lots of branches coming down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festus Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Big light show around here within the last 1/2 hour. Thought it was lightning at first. Power still on here, at least for now. Don't think we received any snow at all and minimal sleet. 30.7F at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Both PPL and MetEd each have jumped up in outages by about 10,000 just in the past 15 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Light sleet right now with about 4.5" of very dense snow/sleet from this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Light sleet right now with about 4.5" of very dense snow/sleet from this storm. Still all snow here...I imagine I have 10-15 more minutes before more pingers arrive, then the rest of the precip to the SW will probably be sleet and some freezing drizzle. Still hanging on at 22°...thought we'd be a little warmer by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 31.1 here. I have power for now. Ice is so thick there are ruts in the road. Trying to figure out when to leave for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummyratguy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 http://www.ycdes.org/webcadmobile/ Things are rough in York county. Still have power here but just woke up to let the dogs out and the trees were cracking and dropping nonstop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 There goes the power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkpa25 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Sorry I meant a twig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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