Posted on 11/30/2006 8:40:03 AM PST by sully777
Yesterday, Tulsa saw temperatures drop from 70 degrees F to 45 degrees F within one minute's time. Tornado watches were issued ahead of the front with spotty reports of hail. As the storm progressed through Tulsa, thunderstorms pummeled the region with heavy rain and dangerous lightning (one strike hit a Catoosa home and burned it to the ground).
The rain continued unabated throughout the evening giving some parts of drought-striken Oklahoma three to four inches of rain with the remaining counties receiving at least two inches of precipitation.
Temperatures continued to drop in the overnight. The rain became ice and sleet until the region was covered with at least an inch of ice by daybreak. Currently, we are experiencing thunder ice storms. The NWS predicts 2-4 inches of ice to accumulate, then the storms will convert to thunder snowstroms in the afternoon hours. Accumulations of snow are expected to total 7 to 10 inches by Friday morning with higher amounts in various isolated areas. Winds are gusting to 35 mph so the NWS is predicting near blizzard conditions with drifting expected.
Friday and Saturday's outlook calls for frogs, water turning to blood, and off and on periods of fire and brimstone.
1 minutes time?????
People in Oklahoma are not known for superb driving skills when its sunny. There is no way I'm driving today even if I could get out. Not that I could get out.
Cold and dry (as in Colorado) = sinus infections for me. Give me humidity!
About time, this 80 degree & 90% humidity for Nov suxs.
Global Warming????
25 and overcast here in southern Wisconsin...
Winter Storm Watch in effect for parts of the southeast corner, including Milwaukee.
Winter Storm warnings south of the IL border...
Wow!
When the front hit here, it dropped twenty degrees in thirty minutes.
I've never heard of such a rapid decline as you have reported. Amazing.
Temps have dropped to 46 degrees here in the Houston area and expected to go into the 30's by this afternoon. I started my day with a warm 73 degrees. Glad I brought my coat!
They predicting between 2 - 12 inches of snow here in KC.
UT Arlington in DFW area closed and my daughter, a sophomore is ecstatic! DFW was 31 this AM afeter 71 yesterday, (my thermometer on back stoop). My Huskies don't want to come in!!!
Oh sure, Dangerous Lightning. Sounds like one of the new phrases the local weather forecasters have to state for the Yankees that moved in.
Well, we'll just have to see if we can legislate safer lightning for them.
Nice shot! Gorgeous view.
I'm feeling really left out. Here in Bellevue I got bupkis. No snow, no icy roads... nuthin. It was cold in the 20s yesterday. It rained this morning.
Nuts. :-)
Pictures of around our place at dawn yesterday...
And I think this one was the day before...
Our old dog has a hard time with the ice on the steps so she's decided to hold on as long as she can. The lab bounds down the steps so doesn't really make enough contact to do any skidding on the ice. The terrier mix loves the snow and wants to play in it. The cat is curled up on 'her' nest of pillows in the living room.
Me <--- two pairs of socks with lambswool leather shoes on and feet are still cold. Sweats and my heavy fleece robe as well as the silk longjohns so I'm all layered up. When I take the dogs out I add my coat.
Cloud to cloud lightning is okay by me. When it hits the house it becomes slightly dangerous.
BTW, I believe "yankees" have lightning seeing that ole Ben Franklin was inventing the lightning rod in the north.
We have had rain...and sleet..the snow is supposed to start this afternoon...in north Texas.
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