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Flash Flooding Likely into Tonight for Portions of Kansas and Missouri; Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Tropical Storm Krosa Forms Near the Marianas.

Flash flooding likely in northeast Kansas & Missouri into tonight. Widespread extreme heat will develop and persist across much of the Southeast this weekend & next week. Tropical Storm Krosa has formed and will continue to cause heavy rain across Guam & the CNMI through Saturday. Severe storms with flooding rains expected into tonight for portions of the Midwest. Read More >

Overview

An upper level storm system brought an arctic air mass and moisture to the Panhandles February 2nd through the 4th. Flurries started Tuesday overnight into Wednesday morning with a narrow band of moderate snowfall setting up Wednesday morning from Vega to Pampa. The band slowly shifted northward and expanded in area through the day. Late Wednesday night there was a lull in the snowfall before more bands of enhanced snowfall developed Thursday morning, favoring the southern TX Panhandle. The upper level storm system moved eastward and allowed for precipitation to end by Thursday afternoon. Overall, the Panhandles generally received between 3 to 5 inches of snowfall. There were isolated areas of 6 to 8 inches with the highest total being 8 inches across portions of the eastern half of the Oklahoma Panhandle and north central Texas Panhandle. With the arctic air mass and snow, temperatures on Thursday remained very chilly with wind chills keeping the Panhandles feeling like 10 to 20 below zero in the morning and only warming up to near 0 by the afternoon before falling again Thursday night into Friday morning. Wind chills remained below freezing Friday morning, feeling like 15 to 25 below zero in some areas. Daytime temperatures Friday remained at or slightly above freezing through the day with sunny skies giving way to snow beginning to melt away.

 

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