MUCH OF STATE GETS ICED OUT
Kingfisher County students - for the second week in a row - got a longer weekend than was originally scheduled.
All six county public schools as well as Holy Trinity Catholic School, called off classes on Monday.
That was due to icy conditions that were brought to the county via freezing rain beginning Sunday night and into Monday morning.
The weather quickly deteriorated road conditions.
Sidewalks and parking lots were also sheets of solid ice through the morning hours.
Kingfisher City-County Emergency Management Director Steve Loftis estimated .1 inch of ice accumulation.
Major roads were clear by early Monday morning as city, county and state crews worked to clear roads, sand major city streets as well as intersections and bridges.
Most side roads and county roads remained slippery, but only one major accident was reported.
That was a single-vehicle rollover southwest of Hennessey, though no major injuries were reported.
Temperatures rose above freezing and by early Monday afternoon, most of the ice had melted.
Rain returned Monday afternoon and is forecasted as a possibility through Wednesday.
However, temperatures are not expected to dip below freezing for the rest of the week.
Temperatures are predicted to climb into the 50s by Thursday.
Kingfisher County was right on the boundary of where the freezing rain was predicted to hit.
Once it started, most schools called off Monday classes on Sunday evening.
Dover, Okarche, Cashion and Holy Trinity opted to have virtual classes.
Kingfisher, Hennessey and Lomega had “snow days.”
Lomega originally planned to start school at 10 a.m., but later revised that plan and canceled school.
Multiple school functions throughout the county were also canceled or rescheduled.
Kingfisher County Courthouse offices didn’t open until 10 a.m. Monday. Kingfisher City Hall was closed until 11 a.m.
Many local businesses also opted to open late or not at all.
Ice accumulation was thicker the further south and east it went across the state.