Courtesy of CBS
A raging blizzard has dumped a record 17 inches of snow across the Amarillo area of the Texas Panhandle with gusts in the area topping 77 mph. Snow drifts have been measured at 3-6 feet widely and this is considered one of the worst blizzards to strike the area in living memory. Winds have gusted to 75 mph at Rick Husband Amarillo Internation Airport with most roads across the Panhandle declared impassable. It is officially Amarillo second biggest snowstorm on record and we may find snow totals may be higher when all the stata is collected. Somewhere mau have totaled upwards of 20 inches of snow with drifts beyond 10 feet.
Here are some of the incredible snow totals observed in the Texas Panhandle as of 12 noon CT according to the NWS.
Courtesy of NWS Amarillo
Here is another graphic issued by the NWS Amarillo office, not every day you see this…
Courtesy of NWS Amarillo
The low pressure system responsible for bringing these conditions is sliding ENE and deepening as it does so. Oklahoma and Kansas are getting hammered by the blizzard now with such cities as Wichita and Kansas City now feeling the full effects of this storm less than a week after the other snowstorm which brought historic snows to both. It will be interesting to see how much snow fell as Wichita’s 14.2 inches became the city’s second largest snow total while Kansas City tallied 11 inches, the biggest in 20 years. This storm may rival those totals.
Here is some great video taken earlier of the blizzard across the Panhandle.
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