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Blizzard Warnings: National Weather Service in Amarillo Calls Storm a 'Crippling, Historic Blizzard' (VIDEO)
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Feb 25, 2013 03:14 PM EST
This just in-do not travel, according to the National Weather Service in Amarillo, Tx. According to reports, weather services are calling for "a crippling, historic blizzard."
The storm has been dumping snow over the Texas Panhandle at a rate of two to three inches an hour. Oklahoma was one of the areas to be hit hard with the white fluffy stuff. Parts of Kansas and Missouri are also under warnings of winter storms, unfortunately.
Roads across the Texas Panhandle have been labeled as impassible, and whiteout conditions forced the state Department of Transportation to even pull all of the snowplows off the roads, according to a DOT Spokesperson this Monday.
The weather service posted a video of the window and snow hitting a U.S. flag outside their Amarillo office.
"If after watching the last video you thought you could still get out and travel, well you haven't seen anything yet!"the Facebook post said.
However, a later indication reported worsening conditions of the weather.
"Amarillo Airport just recorded a gust of 65knots/75mph! This is truly a historic blizzard!" the second Facebook post said. "Conditions have NOT improved. Please stay inside and do NOT venture out."
Reports indicate that as of noon, central time, 17 inches of snow had fallen in Amarillo.
Elsewhere in Amarillo, iReporter Michael Jaison shot a video of the windblown snow outside his house. Drifts up to 3 feet high were forming, he said.
"I feel that we will be homebound for several days. There's no signs of the storm slowing down," Jaison said.
All we can think is when will spring get here?
Want to see more of the storm? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
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First Posted: Feb 25, 2013 03:14 PM EST
This just in-do not travel, according to the National Weather Service in Amarillo, Tx. According to reports, weather services are calling for "a crippling, historic blizzard."
The storm has been dumping snow over the Texas Panhandle at a rate of two to three inches an hour. Oklahoma was one of the areas to be hit hard with the white fluffy stuff. Parts of Kansas and Missouri are also under warnings of winter storms, unfortunately.
Roads across the Texas Panhandle have been labeled as impassible, and whiteout conditions forced the state Department of Transportation to even pull all of the snowplows off the roads, according to a DOT Spokesperson this Monday.
The weather service posted a video of the window and snow hitting a U.S. flag outside their Amarillo office.
"If after watching the last video you thought you could still get out and travel, well you haven't seen anything yet!"the Facebook post said.
However, a later indication reported worsening conditions of the weather.
"Amarillo Airport just recorded a gust of 65knots/75mph! This is truly a historic blizzard!" the second Facebook post said. "Conditions have NOT improved. Please stay inside and do NOT venture out."
Reports indicate that as of noon, central time, 17 inches of snow had fallen in Amarillo.
Elsewhere in Amarillo, iReporter Michael Jaison shot a video of the windblown snow outside his house. Drifts up to 3 feet high were forming, he said.
"I feel that we will be homebound for several days. There's no signs of the storm slowing down," Jaison said.
All we can think is when will spring get here?
Want to see more of the storm? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone