To show you how widespread this winter weather problem is, here is a list of places under some type of winter advisory, watch or warning:
…All but 10 counties in New mexico
…All of the Texas Panhandle and North Texas including Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth-Dallas
…All but one county in Oklahoma (SE corner)
…All but four counties in Missouri
…All of Illinois except the extreme south edge
…NW Indiana
…South part of Lower Michigan
…Southeast half of Iowa
…Southwest Michigan
…Over 1/2 of Kansas
…East and South Colorado
WHERE IS THE COLD FRONT NOW?
From Central Missouri to near the NW tip of Arkansas (but still 70 degrees at 4 pm in Fayetteville) then across SE Oklahama into North Texas
BIG TEMPERATURE CONTRASTS
…A hot 90 degrees in Laredo at 4 pm, while in the North part of the Texas Panhandle it was 27 with a cold north wind. That is a 63-degree range!
…80 degrees in Houston and Victoria.
OTHER NOTES
…A Tornado Watch continues for NE Texas and SE Oklahoma.
…Very large hail 1-3/4 inch in diameter this afternoon near Gainesville in North Texas
…Record high of 78 in Fort Smith, Ark. today
…Record high of 75 in McAlester, Okla.
ALABAMA NOW
Mild statewide and mostly cloudy. Scattered showers limited mainly to the Tennessee Valley in the Extreme North. Some of Alabama may get an inch or more before this storm gets through the state with the heaviest rain and the better chance of strong to severe thunderstorms Thursday night.
