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3 PM Storm Summary from HPC http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html

STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS WINTER
STORM AND GULF COAST HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...ANOTHER HEAVY SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF COAST...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TO
SOUTHERN KANSAS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. WINTER STORM
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC REGION.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF THE GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST U.S. FROM LOUISIANA TO GEORGIA.
FLOOD WATCHES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION.

ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 PM CST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
996 MB...29.41 INCHES WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED
SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW TO THE GULF COAST. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW...FROM
NORTH TEXAS NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO KANSAS.
FARTHER EAST...AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE
OCCURRING FROM NORTHERN TEXAS INTO PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND
KANSAS. THESE HIGH WINDS WERE COMBINING WITH THE SNOWFALL TO
CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AHEAD
OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
FROM ARKANSAS SOUTHWARD TO THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST AND EASTWARD
ALONG THE GULF COAST INTO FLORIDA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS.



...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 PM CST SUN FEB
24 THROUGH 200 PM CST MON FEB 25...

...KANSAS...
MEADE 5.5
TROUSDALE 1 NE 5.0
GREENSBURG 9 E 4.5
KANOPOLIS STATE PARK 4.5
LYONS 4.5
ASHLAND 17 NW 4.0
COLDWATER 4.0
COLDWATER 13 SE 3.5
DODGE CITY 2 E 2.2
COLBY 1.5

...NEW MEXICO...
SAN JOSE 6.0
CLINES CORNERS 7 SE 4.0
COWLES 3.0
SANTA FE 6 SSE 3.0
SANDIA PARK 4 E 2.5
TRUJILLO 2.5
TESUQUE 1 W 2.4
LITTLE WALNUT VIL 2 SSW 2.0

...OKLAHOMA...
BEAVER 11.0
ALVA 6.0
TURPIN 6.0
MAYFIELD 5.0
GUYMON 4.5

...TEXAS...
AMARILLO 7 ENE 17.0
FRITCH 16.0
BOOKER 14.0
TULIA 14.0
WHITE DEER 14.0
DARROUZETT 3 S 12.5
DUMAS 12.0
CANYON 11.3
CANADIAN 11.0
PAMPA 1 NW 11.0
SILVERTON 11.0
TULIA 2 W 10.3
BORGER 10.0
HIGGINS 10.0
MORSE 10.0
DIMMITT 8.0
PLAINVIEW 8.0

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 PM CST SUN FEB
24 THROUGH 200 PM CST MON FEB 25...

...ALABAMA...
MOBILE/BATES FIELD 2.18

...FLORIDA...
MARIANNA MUNI ARPT 3.97
MADISON 3.87
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT 3.25
TYNDALL AFB/PANAMA CITY 3.21
CHIPLEY 3.15
APALACHICOLA MUNI ARPT 2.60
DESTIN AIRPORT 2.54
MAYO 2.46
JACKSONVILLE INTL ARPT 2.42
HURLBUT FIELD AWS 2.41

...GEORGIA...
CHATTAHOOCHEE 2 N 4.28
MOODY AFB/VALDOSTA 2.36
MOULTRIE 2 ESE 2.20

...LOUISIANA...
MERAUX 0.8 WNW 4.55
COVINGTON 2 SE 4.54
ABITA SPRINGS 2.2 SSW 4.27
GONZALES 1.9 NE 3.50
GARDERE 1.2 ENE 3.00
HAMMOND 2.E WSW 2.96
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT 2.64
SLIDELL 1.99

...MISSISSIPPI...
PASCAGOULA 2.93
GULFPORT-BILOXI 2.60
GAUTIER 6 NNW 2.57

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
400 PM CST SUN FEB 24 THROUGH 200 PM CST MON FEB 25...

...OKLAHOMA...
TURPIN 0.30

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...NEW MEXICO...
N SAN AUGUSTIN PASS 71

N SALINAS PEAK 64
RATON CREWS AIRPORT 64
DUNKEN 2 NE 59
TULAROSA 20 WNW 59
BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE 22 SE 54
CLAYTON 2 ENE 54
FORT STANTON 2 SSE 54
OSCURO 7 W 51
ROSWELL 4 SSE 51
SANTA TERESA 5 SW 51
LAS VEGAS 6 NE 49
MILNESAND 4 E 48
DORA 2 SW 46

...TEXAS...
EL PASO 2 N 84
PANTEX 77
AMARILLO 6 ENE 75
GREENWOOD 70
ODONNELL 1 N 67
SAN ANGELO 6 SW 64
FORT BLISS 1 S 62
CLAUDE 17 SSE 60
LUBBOCK 6 NE 58

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...COLORADO...
PINECLIFFE 4 SSE 27.2
GOLDEN 12 NW 23.9
CONIFER 3 WSW 21.5
GENESEE 20.3
BUENA VISTA 4 WNW 19.0
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW 18.0
JAMESTOWN 3 W 15.2
ARAPAHOE PARK 5 SSW 14.3
IDLEDALE 2 NW 12.7
NEDERLAND 4 ENE 12.5
MONUMENT 2 ENE 11.0
BERGEN PARK 10.8
ASPEN SPRINGS NNW 10.6
DENVER INTL AIRPORT 9.0
MONUMENT 6 E 8.5
FORT COLLINS 4 S 8.2
BOULDER 8.0


THE SURFACE LOW OVER OKLAHOMA IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI BY TUESDAY MORNING AND INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER...SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY. SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END ACROSS
TEXAS AND MOST OF OKLAHOMA BY TUESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... WILL
SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT AND INTO THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC REGION ON TUESDAY. THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE
COMMON FROM NORTHERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN
GREAT LAKES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF GREATER
THAN 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS AREAS FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTWARD INTO OHIO. HEAVIER
FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE APPALACHIANS FROM NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHWARD TO PENNSYLVANIA. ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 PM CST
. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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The winds continue to wreak havoc here in Austin. 18,000 homes without power now. Blowing debris downtown has injured some people and several large grass fires are burning alongside I-35 and Mopac.

Even the Austin EOC office has opened to handle all the issues. Sustained winds still in the 20-30 mph range with gusts in the 40s now. Highest gusts were in the mid 50s range in the Austin metro area.
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I'm not sure what the gusts are here in Stafford, but it sure is windy. Our gas bbq grill was moving across the patio with the brakes on! Canope, as usual, undid itself and was flapping in the wind when I got home. Hopefully I have it secured now, can't take it off without dh's help. We did have a slight power blip, but it came right back on. It's getting chilly out there as compared to when I got home at 3:30pm.
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This is the entrance to my math class I have here at Texas State. Tree just came crashing down earlier today. A few other trees have also been blown down, but this is probably the biggest one I've seen today.

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My god, I thought it was windy here in houston:

from KXAN Austin:"

Winds cancel flights, raise fire scare

Power outages, damages also result from gusts

Updated: Monday, 25 Feb 2013, 7:04 PM CST
Published : Monday, 25 Feb 2013, 1:09 PM CST
John Moritz



AUSTIN (KXAN) - High winds on Monday played havoc with airline schedules, knocked out power to tens of thousands of electric customers, fouled traffic signals and fueled a mulch fire Southeast Austin that crews worked feverishly to keep from spreading.

Jason Hill, a spokesman for Austin Water Utility, said piles of mulch caught fire at the city's Hornsby Plant near Austin Bergstrom International Airport, sending flames and smoke high enough into the air so that it could be seen for several miles.

Dozens of people reported downed trees, damaged roofs, power failures in stores and even bricks being torn from the wall of a North Austin building. At least three big rigs on the State Highway 130 toll roads were blown over by the gusts, some of which reached more than 50 mph. No injuries were reported.

And the winds that whipped the flames forced the airport to cancel at least 14 flights on Monday and two more were likely to be canceled on Tuesday. The high wind advisory in effect for Central Texas through much of the day was extended until 4 a.m.
• Photos: Winds wreak havoc on Central Texas

Power outages forced all activities scheduled to take place at Austin school district's Burger Stadium and Nelson Field to be canceled on Monday.

High winds cancel flights out of ABIA
Airport spokesman Jason Zeilinski said Monday's cancellations were all American Airlines flights, five of them departures to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. Two other departures were called off as were seven incoming flights, Zeilinski said.

Both flights canceled flights on Tuesday were to D/FW where winds were also causing major problems.

Thousands were without power Monday
Winds in and around Austin caused a variety of headaches, including causing damages to buildings and power outages.

An estimated 18,000 Austin Energy customers were without power because of the strong winds, said spokesman Ed Clark. He said winds caused the downing of trees, power lines and even a few power poles. By 6 p.m., the number of Austin customers without power was down to about 5,000.

The largest outages affected about 1,860 customers in the West Howard Lane/Wells Branch area. In the area around Red River and 26th street, more than 1,000 were without power and 1,000 others in the North Lamar and Airport boulevards were in the dark.

"Repairs to those areas are currently projected to be completed by mid-evening at the latest barring any additional difficulties due to windy conditions, which continue," AE said.

The city-owned utility estimated that repairs are needed at about 150 locations. It had 20 repair crews in service as well as a half dozen tree trimming crews. A mature oak crashed into the street on San Gabriel in the West Campus section of Austin.

"Customers who experience an outage are asked to call 322-9100," Clark said in a statement. "That telephone number is the fastest way to get your outage communicated. And all customers experiencing an outage are encouraged to call.

"This puts more addresses into the outage system which helps the system better identify the piece of equipment of power line that has a problem. Austin Energy crews will work non-stop until power has been restored to all customers.

As the afternoon rush hour approached, the city of Austin's traffic department put out word that the signals at some 13 intersections were malfunctioning.

"The Transportation Department will work with the Police Department to provide traffic control if necessary, " the department said. "Most signals have back-up generators that will provide service for up to six hours. After six hours the signal will begin flashing and function similar to a stop sign. Residents are asked to call 3-1-1 to report any signal outages."

Meanwhile as many as 3,000 customers in the Pedernales Electric Cooperative in the Blanco, Wimberley, Buda areas were without power on Monday. Co-op spokeswoman Anne Harvey said it appeared the wind was playing havoc with power lines. By about 3:30 a.m., power was restored to the northern section of Blanco and to Buda.

Crews were working to restore power in the rest of the region, Harvey said.

More damage reported due to high winds in the region
A hangar was reported destroyed at the Georgetown Municipal Airport and the roof was blown off the Creedmore Country Store in Travis County.

In North Austin, meanwhile, strong winds ripped a brick veneer from the side of a building near Burnet Road on Monday, but no one was hurt when the wall came tumbling down.

Crews on the scene said the brick facade came down in two sections from the building at 9415 Burnet Road. No structural damage was apparent, but businesses in the the building were closed while code compliance officials inspected the damage.

Several people from across the region submitted reports of roof damage, including a Walmart off Ranch Road 620 and on homes in the Leander area.

The counties in the wind advisory include: Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, Hays, Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, De Witt, Dimmit, Edwards, Fayette, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Maverick, Medina, Real, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Wilson, Zavala
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Red Flag Warning also today due to these winds:
Several fires around our state -

http://ticc.tamu.edu/Response/FireActivity/default.aspx
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winds have really picked up! right before the hour I had a wind gust of 51!
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Christopher Burt at Weather Underground has a blog on Amarillo/Follet, it was posted before the latest storm summary, so totals are preliminary http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weathe ... trynum=128

HPC storm summary http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE EVENT...

...TEXAS...
EL PASO 2 N 84
PANTEX 77
AMARILLO 6 ENE 75
GREENWOOD 70
ODONNELL 1 N 67
SAN ANGELO 6 SW 64
FORT BLISS 1 S 62
CLAUDE 17 SSE 60
LUBBOCK 6 NE 58

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS ENDED...

...TEXAS...
FOLLETT 21.0
AMARILLO 7 ENE 17.0
BORGER 1 SE 16.0
FRITCH 16.0
PAMPA 15.0
PERRYTON 1 WSW 15.0
SLAPOUT 15.0
TULIA 15.0
BOOKER 14.0
CLAUDE 14.0
WHEELER 14.0
WHITE DEER 14.0
SILVERTON 13.0
DARROUZETT 3 S 12.5
BRISCOE 7 WNW 12.0
DUMAS 12.0
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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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I've been watching the forecasts for next weekend very closely hoping we won't see anther freeze this year. The NWS has been forecasting me in the 35-39F range for Sat AM for the last several days. That's usually 'safe enough' to not have any last minute changes.

I usually do my pruning/etc. on March 1st as that's ~ our average last freeze (IAH), and on warmer years we're usually safe by early-mid February. With it being a generally mild pattern, I went ahead and did most of it last weekend as I'm busy the next few weekends. Wanted to prune before things really took off. But something inside of me told me to leave the bananas as-is for now, just in case we have a late-season suprise.

.................and today it came. NWS now says a low of 32F for me on Saturday. I sure hope it doesn't happen as there are fresh buds out everywhere now. I'll be watching the trends closely over the next few days but as of now, the trend is not my friend.
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