Amazing reports about massive Midwest storm
[Satellite-radar composite of Midwest storm, showing classic comma shape and huge swath of heavy precipitation.] NASA is calling the storm exploding over in the Midwest "one of the largest winter storms since the 1950s." On Monday, we talked about what all of the ice and snow the storm might bring. Now it's well underway. Here are some Twitter reports aggregated from a variety of sources, illustrating the power, severity and danger of this historic winter storm: CNNweather: The 13.2" measured in Tulsa breaks the 1-day record, and breaks the record for most snow during the month of February, all in 1 day. Radar from Chicago shows intense area of 2" to 3" per hour snowfall rates about 45 minutes south of Chicago metro area. More than 1 million people from the Midwest to Northeast could be without power due to ice downing tree limbs and powerlines. Ice Storm Warning issued for Indianapolis. Roads will become impassable due to icing. Widespread, long-duration power outages are likely. Wind chills as low as -36 at Boise City, OK. [T]his is the lowest wind chill recorded by the Oklahoma mesonet! First ever "hard freeze" warning issued by the DFW [Dallas] National Weather Service.