[AT] Ice storms - Nasty strip across Indiana

[Larry D Goss]

We noticed that nasty strip when we lived in Oklahoma, Farmer.  It's much 
longer than you give it credit for.  What we noticed is that the "storm 
line" headed right across Goodland, Kansas, (toward the southeast) made a 
turn between Ponca City and Stillwater, Oklahoma, (where we lived), went 
north of Tulsa, and then headed for Springfield and St. Louis (just north of 
I-44).  The weather reporter on Channel 4 in Oklahoma City was good about 
reporting on storms for a couple days after they left the Oklahoma area, so 
we used to call my folks in Fort Wayne and warn them about the weather they 
were going to get.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:35 AM
Subject: [AT] Ice storms - Nasty strip across Indiana


>    So far this year it has not been anything like OK or MO but I have
> always been amazed at the "strips" of climate differences across this 
> state.
> I live about 25 miles south east of Indy on what I often describe as "the
> edge of the prairie". The lower edge of the great glacier wandered along a
> line around 20 to 40 miles south of me. I don't claim to understand all of
> the differences I observe. Indiana is not a large state but is much longer
> north to south than east to west. There is a "strip" across the north edge
> of the state that has a "LOT" of lake effect snow from Lake Michigan. Just
> below that is what I refer to as "the nasty strip" of the state. It runs
> across about along a line through Lafayette / Crawfordsville on through 
> Peru
> / Kokomo and on across through Portland / Winchester. As I have watched 
> the
> various weather systems over the years I am always glad that my ancestors
> stopped here instead of up there. We have strong storms, tornados, snows 
> and
> ice storms here but nothing like those poor folks do. It is just a 
> terribly
> unstable streak across the state. Ice storms in particular seem many times
> more frequent there and power outages are much more frequent. From Indy
> south along a line about even with I-70 the weather is much less radical. 
> I
> suppose that nasty streak extends on across northern Ohio and PA...
>    There is another invisible line across about 20 miles south of me isn't
> so extreme but for some reason in just that short difference the crops 
> below
> that line are always 10 to 14 days ahead of crops here. To get that much
> additional change you almost have to get south into Kentucky or at least 
> the
> Ohio river valley.
>    We are thinking about you folks in the OK area H.L. The pictures we are
> seeing on the news look pretty scary...
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> When you reach the end of your rope
> tie a knot and hang on...
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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