Category: Extreme Weather

All things Extreme Weather!

  • New Snowstorm to Wrap Up 2009?

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    With snow still on the ground across the Southern Plains,  Mother Nature is about to hit us with round two less than a week from the epic Christmas Blizzard we had less than a week ago!

    Yet another storm system over Northern Mexico is getting it’s act together and has it’s sites set firmly on the Southern Plains.   The eastern half of New Mexico and West Texas will be the first to take the hit, although this time it doesn’t look to be anything like the system a few days ago.

    Snowfall totals should be quiet a bit less overall, but there could be some 4-6″ amounts to the northwest of Lubbock and in to the Texas Panhandle.  3″ or less should be more common elsewhere. Winter Weather Advisories have already been issued across the area for nearly all day on Tuesday the 29th.  By late in the day, travel should become impacted as roads become packed with snow across the area.  The system will then move on off into Oklahoma and Kansas.

    Again, this doesn’t look to be anything like what we experienced a few days ago, but given we haven’t really warmed up much since that event, we are in for more COLD, that’s for sure!

    I’m expecting to be streaming the snowstorm live on the LIVE ChaseCam at the very least on and off during the day from my house and possibly getting out mobile as things get more interesting later in the day.

    There also doesn’t really appear to be any severe weather threat associated with this system, unlike the last one that produced tornadoes in East Texas!

    You can get the latest on delays and closings at KCBD.com

    The latest road conditions can be found on the TXDOT website or by calling 1-800-452-9292

    For New Mexico Road Conditions or call 1-800-432-4269

  • Christmas Blizzard of 2009

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    A rare White Christmas has visited the plains for 2009!  A blizzard started taking shape on the night of the 23rd, and by Christmas Eve morning blizzard conditions we starting to exit West Texas where as much as 7″ was pretty widespread with some isolated amounts I saw myself (not in drifts either) up to 10″!

    This is only the 14th time since 1911 when records began being kept in Lubbock that we had a White Christmas Eve and only the 5th time in that same time period we have had a White Christmas, so despite all the travel problems for people on this holiday, it was quite a rare treat for West Texas.

    I of course stayed out and covered the duration of the event for the news!   I was out by 6 pm CST on the 23rd and didn’t get in a warm, cozy bed until about noon on Christmas Eve!

    I have uploaded a video to here for you to check out some of the scenes as conditions changed over from rain to snow and then to blizzard!  I have to say, being I haven’t seen this much snow in a while, it was quite fun!

    Looks like another potential snow maker for us in the forecast for next week!

    Did you have a white Christmas? How much snow did you get?