#19 Postby brunota2003 » Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:58 pm
Well, the weather over the last month or so has been interesting. We had a couple small ice storms (one started out as rain, changing over to freezing rain, the other started out as snow and changed over to freezing rain). We didn't get more than a 0.1" of an inch of ice in either, but some locations nearby received up to 0.5"
Then, yesterday we had those storms roll through. Measured a peak gust of 26 mph in our little valley. I estimated winds of 50 to 55 mph up on the ridge tops, though. We had a tornado warned storm pass by just to our NW (it was approximately 3 miles from us). No tornado touched down, though...which is a good thing, because our schools did not delay (many in the area posted delays, and quite a few even closed!). My sister's school bus showed up during the storm! All the school buses were on the road during the tornado warning, and they KNEW the line was coming! Ugh. It was pretty cool hearing the siren go off at the elementary school (it's about 1/2 mile away), first time I've ever heard one in person for a tornado (they were used for the volunteer FD in coastal NC, but no tornado sirens)!
Then today, we got a 1/2" of snow this morning, which melted by this afternoon. As I sit here typing this, it is currently snowing, and I measured 3/4" about 40 minutes ago.
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