Winter WX Southern US Winter Storm (Feb 9 - 17)

[bwalk]

Noon winter precip radar shot from Birmingham

 

[Richardjacks]

The sub freezing air seems to be a little east of the models, now down to 35 in TCL, HRRR says it should be 39.

 

[Equus]

Absolutely torrential rain here and thunder with temps falling, had some gusty wind earlier. Nasty day all around.

Radar estimated storm total of almost an inch of rain, and temp is 34°; very close to a disaster here

 

[Gail]

We had lightning ice here!

 

[bwalk]

I think Tuscaloosa is about to be in trouble.

(taken at 12:55 pm cst)

 

[JayF]

The freeze line moved east very quickly. It is all the way past Scottsboro down to Gadsden.

 

[Jetstream]

According to my temp gauge, I am at 32 degrees

 

[bwalk]

According to my temp gauge, I am at 32 degrees

ruh-roh! That's definitely not good for you guys.

 

[WesL]

Starting rolling blackouts in NW Arkansas. Done with winter now.

 

[Jetstream]

Per broadcast media: Power lines reported down and power outages occurring just NW of the Athens area.

 

[Kim30]

30 degrees here in SW Limestone Co. and the power is flickering occasionally. I thought I saw a flash of lightening and heard a roll of thunder a little bit ago.

 

[bwalk]

Radar is showing the Tuscaloosa area has dodged a bullet w/ above-freezing temps holding. Looks like the Southernly flow of the system pushed up just enough warm air from the South to avert any problems.

Can anyone in the area verify this? (Jetstream, etc)

(2 pm cst radar)

 

[Jetstream]

Radar is showing the Tuscaloosa area has dodged a bullet w/ above-freezing temps holding. Looks like the Southernly flow of the system pushed up just enough warm air from the South to avert any problems.

Can anyone in the area verify this? (Jetstream, etc)

(2 pm cst radar)

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So far, there have been reports all around us but none here in the city as of now. My temp at the house dropped to 32 in the heavy precip, but had rebounded to 34 now.

 

[John Jaye]

Absolutely torrential rain here and thunder with temps falling, had some gusty wind earlier. Nasty day all around.

Radar estimated storm total of almost an inch of rain, and temp is 34°; very close to a disaster here

1.33 inches on my station just east of downtown Jasper. Temp is 34.0 Got as low as 33.0 but has come up some with the heavier rain.

 

[Richardjacks]

When it is so warm aloft like it is right now, I have seen heavy rain pull down that warm air with it causing the surface temp to rise.

 

[Equus]

Up just a bit to 36°; I did not expect this much rain today as the yard is flooded. Birds are descending en masse to the feeders in the yard probably escaping the ice just a few miles away. Fluctuating between 34 and 36, looks like most of the heaviest precip may be past before it drops below freezing here which would be great.

Gonna have some awful road conditions with all this rain accumulation freezing tonight though.

 

[Austin Dawg]

This is absolutely insane. The entire state of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are under a Winter Storm Warning. And almost all of Mississippi.


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I know that I am a guy but I think we had more than 3-5 inches here in Leander.






Austin is in full emergency mode and that isn't a joke. Rolling blackouts with temps tonight around zero spells even more trouble. Not to mention another freezing rain event on Tuesday evening.

 

[Jason.Ledbetter]

Heavy rain and lightening at the moment in 30132.

 

[Richardjacks]

TCL is at 35 with west wind at 12 mph. Should be below freezing by 5:30pm.

 

[akt1985]

Except at higher elevations, I don’t think Huntsville got much ice.