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A State of Emergency has been
issued for all 77 Oklahoma Counties and in Springdale, AR.
Major Richard Watts, Northwest Arkansas Area Command, reports
the northwest area of Arkansas is heavily hit with ice and more
is on the way. It is expected many counties in Arkansas will
soon declare State of Emergency conditions.
Currently, the Fayetteville, Arkansas mobile feeding unit
(canteen) is dispatched and is feeding at the Madison County
Courthouse where a shelter has been opened. The AOK Division
was hosting Officer’s Council that began yesterday. As of this
morning, the camp was without power and is in the area predicted
to be the heaviest hit in Oklahoma. Officers are on their way
back to their commands and will be reporting conditions and
requests for services.
The area of Northwest Arkansas via National Weather Service news
is reporting approximately 100,000 without power in Arkansas and
the number is expected to grow as 1 – 3 inches of snow/sleet and
ice is predicted to fall before the end of Wednesday.
Additionally, all of northern Arkansas is inundated with ice,
many in areas that were beginning to recover from the tornadoes
early in 2008.
Many rural areas are projected to be without power for days, if
not weeks, and this will be affecting both Arkansas and
Oklahoma.
Salvation Army personnel are working with State emergency
management officials and other VOAD agencies to coordinate
services and provide ongoing assistance to residents in both
Arkansas and Oklahoma in need of ongoing aid due to current and
pending weather conditions. |
