NewsFebruary 12, 2008
Major Southeast Missouri ice storms
n Jan. 22, 1927: A major storm bringing ice, sleet and snow reached Southeast Missouri, downing power and telephone lines across Cape Girardeau and cutting telegraph service along the Frisco Railroad line. Highpower electric lines were brought down when two steel towers snapped between Oran and Chaffee, Mo. Utility crews worked to restore power over the next four days...
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- Jan. 22, 1927: A major storm bringing ice, sleet and snow reached Southeast Missouri, downing power and telephone lines across Cape Girardeau and cutting telegraph service along the Frisco Railroad line. Highpower electric lines were brought down when two steel towers snapped between Oran and Chaffee, Mo. Utility crews worked to restore power over the next four days.
- Feb. 1, 1950: The worst ice storm since the 1927 event left 40 percent of Cape Girardeau without power and virtually eliminated long distance telephone service from Cape Girardeau.
- Jan. 16, 1997: No mail is delivered in Cape Girardeau for the first time in 28 years as ice-coated streets force the cancellation of schools as well as the closing of businesses and government offices.
- Dec. 22, 1998: An ice storm is blamed for the traffic death of a Beeville, Texas, man traveling just south of Sikeston, Mo., on Interstate 55.
- Feb. 16 and 17, 2003: A winter storm drops 1 to 1 1/2 inches of ice and sleet Cape Girardeau, disrupting church services but causing few accidents as motorists stay home on a Sunday morning.
- Jan. 25, 2004: An ice storm leaves hundreds without power, again on a Sunday, in the northern part of the city as power lines give way under the weight of ice. By Monday afternoon, most power was restored but high winds snapping tree limbs, causing power outages again for approximately 1,400 customers.
- Feb. 11, 2008: One traffic fatality in New Madrid County is blamed on a major ice storm that accumulates up to an inch of ice downtown Cape Girardeau by 4 p.m. The mixture of freezing rain and sleet begins falling shortly after 10 a.m. and forces schools, many businesses and most government offices to shut down as the storm continues into the evening.
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