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February 25th-26th Plains Blizzard


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Its been a busy day in Woodward. Roads are impassable even to large trucks. We have at least 16 inches of snow with snow drifts up to five feet tall. That is all from three hours ago! Since then, winds have increased and snow continues. Needless to say, I'm trapped at the Hampton Inn in town. Power's been flickering all night, but so far outages have remained brief. 

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Its been a busy day in Woodward. Roads are impassable even to large trucks. We have at least 16 inches of snow with snow drifts up to five feet tall. That is all from three hours ago! Since then, winds have increased and snow continues. Needless to say, I'm trapped at the Hampton Inn in town. Power's been flickering all night, but so far outages have remained brief. 

Hardcore. Did you guys catch any TSSN?

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From NWS Wichita (via their Facebook page):

 

"As of 3am Tuesday morning. The storm total snowfall is 6.4 inches. This makes the monthly snowfall total 20.6 inches. This 20.6 inches breaks the previous monthly record of 20.5 inches from February 1913. Snow is still falling and we will update the record later today.As of 3am Tuesday morning. The storm total snowfall is 6.4 inches. This makes the monthly snowfall total 20.6 inches. This 20.6 inches breaks the previous monthly record of 20.5 inches from February 1913. Snow is still falling and we will update the record later today."

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

432 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

SOUTHWESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 515 AM EST

* AT 429 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTPOINT...OR NEAR

HAYS PLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A WIND GUST TO 77 MPH WAS

MEASURED AT THE APALACHICOLA AIRPORT AT 424 AM EST. SEEK SHELTER

RIGHT NOW!

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

CARRABELLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.

MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND

OUTSIDE WALLS.

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The snow is tapering off here. Picked up around 4" it looks like. Very heavy wet snow that has stuck to everything. My little redbud that ended up laying on the ground after the tornado broke it's ties and is on the ground again.

 

Experienced 3 different rounds of thundersnow which is always fun. 

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February 25, 2013 Blizzard

A historic blizzard struck the Panhandles during the early morning hours of Monday, February 25 and continued through the afternoon hours. A very intense upper-level disturbance produced a band of heavy snow that set up over the central Panhandles from roughly Amarillo to Borger to Perryton during the early morning hours on Monday. Within this band of snow, snowfall rates approached 2-3 inches per hour, thundersnow was observed, and extreme blizzard conditions were observed. As this band moved west and east during the morning hours, many locations from Hereford to Beaver received more than 10 inches of snow. The heavy snow and strong winds resulted in visibilities less than 50 feet at times for many of these locations. As a result, this virtually crippled the entire area and made travel almost impossible. In fact, all roads in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles were closed, including Interstate 40 from the New Mexico border to the Oklahoma border and Interstate 27 from Amarillo to Lubbock. Conditions were so severe that Texas Department of Transportation crews were not able to work to keep the roads plowed. Rick Husband International Airport in Amarillo was shut down for most of the day. 19 inches of snow accumualted at NWS Amarillo along with a peak wind gust of 75 mph late Monday morning. A peak wind gust of 77 mph was also recorded at the Pantex Nuclear facility. Unfortunately, many motorists were also stranded

*This was the 3rd largest snowfall event at Amarillo -- only behind March 25-26, 1934 (20.6 inches) and December 26-27, 2000 (20.2 inches)
*This was the 2nd largest snowfall for a calendar day -- only behind March 25, 1934 (19.3 inches)
*This was the largest snowfall for a single day in the month of February. The previous record was 12 inches on February 16, 1893

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ama/?n=feb25blizzard

 

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5.5 foot snow drift at NWS Amarillo.

 

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Cars stranded on Hillside Road in Amarillo. Courtesy @pwarminski.

 

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Drifts almost reach top of cattle shelter. Courtesy of Denise Collier.

 

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Snow drifts in Amarillo. Courtesy of Andrew Moulton.

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