notsomadscientist Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 The power has thankfully stayed on for us and customers throughout the state without power have gone down about 50% from 4.5 million to 2.7 million. Still a whole lot of people without but doing a lot better than yesterday. Ended up getting another 3"+ of snow last night with totals from both storms at over 8". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsomadscientist Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Almost right after my previous post the power went out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhirlingWx Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I only got another 1.2" of snow from overnight, so my total is 4.6" over these two events. I am considering myself very fortunate, as my power hasn't gone out at any point over these past few days. I'm not sure what's sparing me, as friends living only a mile away have been having their power going on and off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrunk Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Heavy sleet and freezing rain now coming down in Longview. The back side of the precip is not moving much at all. Temperature is 24F. Not good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWineman Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I’d say we got another 1.5 inches here. Week total of 5.5 inches here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggiegeog Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, cstrunk said: Heavy sleet and freezing rain now coming down in Longview. The back side of the precip is not moving much at all. Temperature is 24F. Not good... Barely anything since early morning in Hideaway. Back edge has ease ever so slowly east. The Central Texas batch may get us. Not sure on precip type with that but I assume sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrunk Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, aggiegeog said: Barely anything since early morning in Hideaway. Back edge has ease ever so slowly east. The Central Texas batch may get us. Not sure on precip type with that but I assume sleet. On the DFW radar, new precip seems to be developing SW of Tyler. You may get in on some of that action. Doesn't seem too heavy yet, but may become so as it heads NE. Looks to keep me in some precip for a while this afternoon, yet. Probably sleet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggiegeog Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, cstrunk said: On the DFW radar, new precip seems to be developing SW of Tyler. You may get in on some of that action. Doesn't seem too heavy yet, but may become so as it heads NE. Looks to keep me in some precip for a while this afternoon, yet. Probably sleet. Been snowing moderately for at least 30 minutes. I am hoping it stays as snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggiegeog Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 47 minutes ago, aggiegeog said: Been snowing moderately for at least 30 minutes. I am hoping it stays as snow. Up to close to 2" snow in past 1.5 hours, plus 0.5" sleet this morning, plus 8.5" snow Sunday night. That makes 11" total with another inch or so to come from this current band. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etudiant Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, TexMexWx said: I only got another 1.2" of snow from overnight, so my total is 4.6" over these two events. I am considering myself very fortunate, as my power hasn't gone out at any point over these past few days. I'm not sure what's sparing me, as friends living only a mile away have been having their power going on and off. Afaik, the grid managers are prioritizing locations with hospitals and similar sensitive facilities, at the expense of residential and industrial sectors. Not sure how easily that is actually implemented though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhirlingWx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I've read it a couple of times on twitter... is it true that more pipes might burst when the weather actually warms up? I've already had at least three friends with pipe bursts in their homes, and I'm afraid that my luck will run out at some point. I hope all of y'all are still able to be warm and safe. Obviously, problems are pretty widespread throughout the state (power, water, etc.), but I've heard a lot of bad things going on with Austin's infrastructure. They've had multiple major ice events in addition to their snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrunk Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 32 minutes ago, TexMexWx said: I've read it a couple of times on twitter... is it true that more pipes might burst when the weather actually warms up? I've already had at least three friends with pipe bursts in their homes, and I'm afraid that my luck will run out at some point. I hope all of y'all are still able to be warm and safe. Obviously, problems are pretty widespread throughout the state (power, water, etc.), but I've heard a lot of bad things going on with Austin's infrastructure. They've had multiple major ice events in addition to their snow. Well, it's likely there are burst pipes that are still frozen and the leak won't be known until the ice thaws. There's still brutal cold in the area and there will continue to be more frozen pipes through the next few days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers09 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Pushing 3 inches here with round 2. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I wonder how many continuous hours that some part of Texas has had a cold-weather-related watch, warning, or advisory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese007 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 5 inches for DFW. When averaged with the marginal amounts since 15-16 we actually end up at roughly our expected yearly average (about an inch per year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFWWeather Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, cheese007 said: 5 inches for DFW. When averaged with the marginal amounts since 15-16 we actually end up at roughly our expected yearly average (about an inch per year) The snow records at DFW only go back to 1940. The average annual snowfall at DFW from 1940 to today is exactly 2.44 inches per year. If we had a complete snow record back to 1899 it would likely be a bit higher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsomadscientist Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 11:56 AM, Chinook said: I wonder how many continuous hours that some part of Texas has had a cold-weather-related watch, warning, or advisory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed, snow and hurricane fan Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 2/14/2021 at 7:48 PM, Ed, snow and hurricane fan said: Freezing rain is now snizzle. Not exactly snowflakes, but little frozen white things that are slowly drifting down. Near I-45 and BW8 North side of Houston. Internet says that palm can handle teens and 20 hours below freezing, so it is probably going to die. A lot of palms died from the 3 hard freezes in four years, but the big palm, one seedling I transplanted a couple of years ago, and many of the little ones that pop up in the garden like weeds survived this years hard freeze. The banana plants look dead, but they do that every year with a frost and always come back from the roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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