Thrusday, January 14, 1999
Roads back to sheets of ice
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Nearly a full day and night of freezing rain left new coats of ice on roads and shut down schools this morning. And there is potential for more problems at evening rush hour after the freezing rain changes to snow this afternoon.
Steve Rowley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington, blamed a cold front hovering over the area.
Temperatures today are expected to reach the low 30s in the morning, then drop during the day, reaching about 24 degrees by evening, said Scott Homer, a meteorologist with Accu-Weather Inc., of State College, Pa. By the weekend, 40- and 50-degree temperatures should be back, he said.
Temperatures that reached 50 degrees early Wednesday quickly tumbled as the cold front moved south. Freezing rain was falling as early as 8:30 a.m. in Butler County and spread south across the Tristate by noon. Thousands of Tristate students, from Talawanda in Butler County to Campbell County public schools in Northern Kentucky, were released early.
University of Cincinnati and Miami University canceled late afternoon and evening classes.
Miami University's basketball game with the University of Toledo was postponed after the Toledo team became stuck on roads between Hamilton and Oxford.
Eastbound Interstate 74 was shut down at North Bend because of several accidents.
Threats of freezing rain canceled dozens of flights and stranded passengers at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Delta Air Lines canceled about 30 flights Wednesday, said spokesman Dave Anderson. Comair grounded about 25 percent of its afternoon flights, said spokeswoman Meghan Glynn.
In Covington, police closed the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge at evening rush hour because of ice.
In Boone County, Interstate 275 between Exit 4 and Exit 14 was closed after 15 to 20 accidents in one hour, a Boone County dispatcher said. A 10-car accident occurred at Mineola Pike near Erlanger. No injuries were reported.
Metro buses avoided stopping in the middle of major hills throughout their routes Wednesday and instead loaded and unloaded passengers at the top and bottom of steep slopes, said spokeswoman Sallie Hilvers.
All routes were served, though some buses were delayed, particularly near Interstate 275 and along secondary routes, she said. Riders can check on delays by calling a 24-hour service number, 632-7538.
Two separate accidents were reported Wednesday when automobiles rammed the back of Metro buses in Colerain Township and on Interstate 74 at Beekman Street. There were no serious injuries.
Kristina Goetz, Andrea Tortora, Sue Kiesewetter and William A. Weathers contributed.
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