General Weather Discussion - March 2014

[venture]

Storm southeast of Lawton moving NE with small hail.

[venture]

HRRR indicates precip should end for the metro around 9 or 10 this evening. Wrap around does appear that it will come over Central OK, so amounts will go up for the snow at the end...think 2-3 inches at most.

[PennyQuilts]

It is super ugly, outside and the birds are blowing sideways. I saw two going backwards. Thick Sleet coming in hard from the north at about a 60 degree angle.

[venture]

Lightning is just crazy now in Norman.

[Bunty]

How it looks in Stillwater at OSU where light mixed frozen precip has been falling as of 1:30PM.

[adaniel]

Kinda surprised Winter Storm Warnings haven't been extended further south.

[Andrew4OU]

I was just about to post the same. This is worse than any of those storms that had the WSW 3-4 weeks ago.

[venture]

Just saying...

[Andrew4OU]

just saying...

snownado?

[venture]

The NROT values in that scan actually got to the point that would normally signify strong low level rotation, but went away the next scan.

[Bunty]

It's now more like freezing rain in Stillwater as of 2PM with streets starting to get a solid white coat of it. No thunder.

[educator1953]

We are having heavy sleet right now in Duncan, Oklahoma. It's still thundering, too.

[venture]

WSW Extended...

MURRAY-COAL-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SULPHUR...COALGATE...ARDMORE...
TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...MADILL...DURANT
209 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014


...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.


* TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. OCCASIONAL LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.


* MAIN IMPACTS: SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH
ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.


* OTHER IMPACTS: ALONG WITH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION... GUSTY
NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO DURING THROUGH
TONIGHT.

[Bunty]

WIND CHILL ADVISORY:

Updated: Sun Mar-02-14 02:09pm CST
Effective: Sun Mar-02-14 02:09pm CST
Expires: Mon Mar-03-14 10:00am CST

Severity: Minor
Urgency: Expected
Certainty: Likely

Status: Actual
Type: Alert
Category: Met

Areas affected: Beckham; Blaine; Caddo; Canadian; Cleveland; Comanche; Custer; Garvin; Grady; Greer; Harmon; Jackson; Kingfisher; Kiowa; Lincoln; Logan; McClain; Noble; Oklahoma; Payne; Pottawatomie; Roger Mills; Was hita

Instructions: Be careful if you have to travel. Even small amounts of ice and snow can make roads and sidewalks slick and dangerous. If you have to be outside dress in layers and leave no skin exposed to the wind. Frostbite and hypothermia can happen quickly.

Message summary: ...winter weather advisory remains in effect until midnight cst tonight...
...wind chill advisory in effect from midnight tonight to 10 am cst monday...
The national weather service in norman has issued a wind chill advisory...which is in effect from midnight tonight to 10 am cst monday. A winter weather advisory remains in effect until midnight cst tonight.
* main impact: periods of freezing drizzle and light freezing rain...sleet and snow will continue to affect southern and central oklahoma...and western north texas. A light glaze of ice and sleet with snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches will be possible. This wintry precipitation will result in extremely hazardous driving conditions across the area. Avoid travel if possible.
* other impacts: along with the wintry precipitation... Gusty north winds will create wind chills below zero during the day today. As temperatures continue to fall tonight...wind chills between 5 and 10 degrees below zero will be common. Wear extra layers to protect from frostbite.

[venture]

Looks like hints of a dry slot developing in far SW OK moving up I-44 ahead of the wrap around.

[Bunty]

Freezing rain in Stillwater turned to snow and soon lightened up.

[Anonymous.]

Snow spreading east on I40 near Clinton.

Hard to tell where the heavy cut off will be in terms of dragging over the OKC area or just north of it.

[Dennis Heaton]

Ref: Snownado....Even I saw what looked like a hook echo, which leads me to ask, "Has there ever been anything like a snownado?"

[venture]

Snow spreading east on I40 near Clinton.

Hard to tell where the heavy cut off will be in terms of dragging over the OKC area or just north of it.

Yeah...it looks like it could straddle 40 pretty good for the heavier snow cut off. That doesn't mean south of I-40 is done at all. Snow is building further south right now.

[Bunty]

On radar, it looks like a dry slot is going through central Oklahoma, but may be replaced by more development to the west.

[PennyQuilts]

Ref: Snownado....Even I saw what looked like a hook echo, which leads me to ask, "Has there ever been anything like a snownado?"

Snownado - AccuWeather.com

[bchris02]

I was just about to post the same. This is worse than any of those storms that had the WSW 3-4 weeks ago.

Agreed. I would say this is probably the worst winter storm we've seen yet this year.

[mugofbeer]

Glad to see you're getting some sort of precip. I hear its been incredibly dry this winter.

[OKCDrummer77]

Ref: Snownado....Even I saw what looked like a hook echo, which leads me to ask, "Has there ever been anything like a snownado?"

This morning, I saw some snow spinning up in what appeared to be a "dust devil". I don't know how exactly dust devils relate to real tornadoes (EF-.0001 maybe?), but the term snownado crossed my mind when I saw it.

[venture]

Area of heavy snow/sleet in the wrap around looks like it will lay a direct hit on the metro unless it starts to really pull north. This will only last a couple hours once it gets here, but we could pick up a quick inch or two of snow from it.