**Reminder - about the Discover Ch. specials - if you missed the first one last night it repeats tonight at 7pm Eastern time. There is now a page up on the CASI site about this storm with a few weather images and a great picture of the icicles on the CASI bumpersticker on my car yesteday. It's a hoot! ;) http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1999/0108/ -Jesse == Report out of Chambersburg PA: Subject: Winter Storm Report Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 16:55:04 -0500 From: bhile <bhile{at}epix.net> To: Jesse <j{at}weatherwatchers.org> Hi Jesse, The second winter storm for 1999 created major road problems for motorists in Franklin Co PA. Roadways were very snowy, slushy, and then icy causing well over 2 dozen crashes. Traffic on I-81 came to a halt both north and southbound for several hours from the icy conditions. Truckers that had slowed down because of the dangerous road conditions found themselves stuck, and could not move as they attempted to climb grades and over bridges. Wreckers had to be called to pull trucks over grades to get them moving once again. After the temperatures began to rise near dawn 9 Jan, and salting of roads traffic began getting back to normal on I-81 and main roads. The next problem was just then starting. Heavy roadway flooding from storm drains being blocked by the plowed snow from the day before. The temperatures continued to rise to 37 degrees when it leveled out for the days high on 9 Jan. Many tree branches were downed from the heavy ice. Roads then began to dry as the afternoon winds picked up. 8 Jan 1999 Snow began falling at 0430 on 8 Jan 1999, and ended at 1330 8 Jan 1998 with a total of 3.25". After a quiet period in the day the sleet then began at 2015 hrs and continued till 2200 hrs giving only a trace of sleet. At which time sleet gave way to freezing rain and continued till 0001hrs with freezing rain of .08 ending the 8 Jan data, giving a total moisture amount of 0.48. 9 Jan 1999 Freezing rain continued until 1330 hrs 9 Jan 1999 giving a total of .66" when clouds began to give way to partial clearing. Temperatures tonight will drop into the single digits and no further precip is expected today. Total liquid from this event is 1.14" B Hile