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Snow and tornadoes hit Oklahoma
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by Rachel Nixon | March 3, 2008 at 09:34 am
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Snow fell across parts of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle on Monday, part of a storm system that produced at least two weekend tornadoes and hail as big as softballs.
The National Weather Service posted a snow and blowing snow advisory for parts of Oklahoma, with 3 to 6 inches possible in eastern sections Monday. In the Texas Panhandle, ice and snow covered local roads in western areas of the Panhandle but no problems were reported.
On Sunday, two tornadoes were spotted in rural areas of northwestern Oklahoma. Television footage showed one twister passing the communities of Carleton and Southard in northern Blaine County.
No fatalities or severe damage were reported, but downed power lines caused scattered blackouts. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said one highway near the Kansas state line remained closed Monday because of fallen power lines.
"It was just more of a scare than anything else, really," said Blaine County Sheriff's Deputy Adam Austin.
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at 09:41 on March 3rd, 2008
Yep. In my area we had severe thunderstorms, and various levels of watches and warnings for those, floods, ice, snow, and sleet. Plus high winds. It's intermittently snowing and ice-sleeting now. Although we had strong storm systems with supercell formations, we didn't wind up with any tornado watches or tornadoes. I
at 09:46 on March 3rd, 2008
Make sure you keep warm and dry, PEP!
at 10:15 on March 3rd, 2008
Rachel Nixon, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 11:02 on March 3rd, 2008
Rachel Nixon, good stuff. Thanks for the reminder to stay out of the weather. My power's been flipping on and off a bit, am surprised it came back last night. Sometimes, living in OK, you're amazed if you get up and are still in the 2lst century with all modern conveniences--our weather is that wicked.
As I just told Ryan, time flies when you're busy dodging ice storms, snow, sleet, hail as
big as rocks, flash floods, spring thunderstorms with lightning that
intermittently downs power or communication --occasionally restored
after ice storms--plus high winds, tornadic storms. And the weather for
the rest of the week will be......!!!!!
And I'm not kidding by much. We can have all that easily, without even exerting ourselves and breaking a sweat, in two weeks or less. Then there's the fire season, the droughts, and the floods, which seem be neighbors.
I suspect this spring's official tornado season is going to be a whopper. So I'm gussying up my house in case any stormchasers need a stop-off point. I've done a little storm running myself, may do it again this year with a friend from TX or maybe a local friend.
My best tornado sighting so far--at about midnight, dual twisters, chased on foot near where I then lived. Really. And that's another story! ;}