notsomadscientist Posted February 17 The power has thankfully stayed on for us and customers throughout the state without power have gone down about 50% from 4.5 million to 2.7 million. Still a whole lot of people without but doing a lot better than yesterday. Ended up getting another 3"+ of snow last night with totals from both storms at over 8". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsomadscientist Posted February 17 Almost right after my previous post the power went out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TexMexWx Posted February 17 I only got another 1.2" of snow from overnight, so my total is 4.6" over these two events. I am considering myself very fortunate, as my power hasn't gone out at any point over these past few days. I'm not sure what's sparing me, as friends living only a mile away have been having their power going on and off. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cstrunk Posted February 17 Heavy sleet and freezing rain now coming down in Longview. The back side of the precip is not moving much at all. Temperature is 24F. Not good... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SWineman Posted February 17 I’d say we got another 1.5 inches here. Week total of 5.5 inches here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aggiegeog Posted February 17 1 hour ago, cstrunk said: Heavy sleet and freezing rain now coming down in Longview. The back side of the precip is not moving much at all. Temperature is 24F. Not good... Barely anything since early morning in Hideaway. Back edge has ease ever so slowly east. The Central Texas batch may get us. Not sure on precip type with that but I assume sleet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cstrunk Posted February 17 12 minutes ago, aggiegeog said: Barely anything since early morning in Hideaway. Back edge has ease ever so slowly east. The Central Texas batch may get us. Not sure on precip type with that but I assume sleet. On the DFW radar, new precip seems to be developing SW of Tyler. You may get in on some of that action. Doesn't seem too heavy yet, but may become so as it heads NE. Looks to keep me in some precip for a while this afternoon, yet. Probably sleet. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aggiegeog Posted February 17 2 hours ago, cstrunk said: On the DFW radar, new precip seems to be developing SW of Tyler. You may get in on some of that action. Doesn't seem too heavy yet, but may become so as it heads NE. Looks to keep me in some precip for a while this afternoon, yet. Probably sleet. Been snowing moderately for at least 30 minutes. I am hoping it stays as snow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aggiegeog Posted February 17 47 minutes ago, aggiegeog said: Been snowing moderately for at least 30 minutes. I am hoping it stays as snow. Up to close to 2" snow in past 1.5 hours, plus 0.5" sleet this morning, plus 8.5" snow Sunday night. That makes 11" total with another inch or so to come from this current band. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etudiant Posted February 17 4 hours ago, TexMexWx said: I only got another 1.2" of snow from overnight, so my total is 4.6" over these two events. I am considering myself very fortunate, as my power hasn't gone out at any point over these past few days. I'm not sure what's sparing me, as friends living only a mile away have been having their power going on and off. Afaik, the grid managers are prioritizing locations with hospitals and similar sensitive facilities, at the expense of residential and industrial sectors. Not sure how easily that is actually implemented though... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TexMexWx Posted February 18 I've read it a couple of times on twitter... is it true that more pipes might burst when the weather actually warms up? I've already had at least three friends with pipe bursts in their homes, and I'm afraid that my luck will run out at some point. I hope all of y'all are still able to be warm and safe. Obviously, problems are pretty widespread throughout the state (power, water, etc.), but I've heard a lot of bad things going on with Austin's infrastructure. They've had multiple major ice events in addition to their snow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cstrunk Posted February 18 32 minutes ago, TexMexWx said: I've read it a couple of times on twitter... is it true that more pipes might burst when the weather actually warms up? I've already had at least three friends with pipe bursts in their homes, and I'm afraid that my luck will run out at some point. I hope all of y'all are still able to be warm and safe. Obviously, problems are pretty widespread throughout the state (power, water, etc.), but I've heard a lot of bad things going on with Austin's infrastructure. They've had multiple major ice events in addition to their snow. Well, it's likely there are burst pipes that are still frozen and the leak won't be known until the ice thaws. There's still brutal cold in the area and there will continue to be more frozen pipes through the next few days. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chargers09 Posted February 18 Pushing 3 inches here with round 2. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chinook Posted February 19 I wonder how many continuous hours that some part of Texas has had a cold-weather-related watch, warning, or advisory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cheese007 Posted February 19 5 inches for DFW. When averaged with the marginal amounts since 15-16 we actually end up at roughly our expected yearly average (about an inch per year) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFWWeather Posted February 19 2 hours ago, cheese007 said: 5 inches for DFW. When averaged with the marginal amounts since 15-16 we actually end up at roughly our expected yearly average (about an inch per year) The snow records at DFW only go back to 1940. The average annual snowfall at DFW from 1940 to today is exactly 2.44 inches per year. If we had a complete snow record back to 1899 it would likely be a bit higher. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notsomadscientist Posted February 21 On 2/19/2021 at 11:56 AM, Chinook said: I wonder how many continuous hours that some part of Texas has had a cold-weather-related watch, warning, or advisory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
