New from National Weather Service about Christmas Eve Blizzard
CHRISTMAS EVE BLIZZARD…
IN OKLAHOMA CITY… THE 14.1 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT WILL ROGERS
WORLD AIRPORT IS THE HIGHEST RECORDED DAILY SNOWFALL AND HIGHEST
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. THE PREVIOUS DAILY AND 24 HOUR RECORD WAS 11.3
WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 19 1924. THE PREVIOUS STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
RECORD WAS 12.1 INCHES ON JANUARY 5 THROUGH JANUARY 7 1988. OKLAHOMA
CITY RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1890.
IN WICHITA FALLS… THE 7.8 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED IS THE THIRD
HEAVIEST DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDED. THE HIGHEST DAILY AMOUNT WAS 9.7
INCHES WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 15 1989… AND THE SECOND GREATEST
AMOUNT WAS 8.1 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 31 1985.
ALTHOUGH THESE ARE VERY HIGH SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY
AND WICHITA FALLS AREAS…
THE CHRISTMAS EVE BLIZZARD IS NOT THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS FOR 2009. ON MARCH
26 THROUGH 28 2009… PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA RECEIVED AROUND TWO FEET OF SNOW. THIS INCLUDES THE OKLAHOMA 24-HOUR RECORD FOR SNOWFALL WHICH WAS 26 INCHES IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD IN AREAS INCLUDING WOODWARD AND FREEDOM.
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Comments
Why is channel 4 saying we had 12 inches of snow in 1988 but channel 9 does not say that.??? Of coarse all I watch is channel 9, my sister told me about channel 4.
I am curious how the airport came up with their depth figure. If indeed they got 14 inches it doesn’t appear that it was the case through any of the areas in the western sections of Oklahoma City that I have been in. 6 to 8 appears to be more accurate from what I observed.
Will someone please call Al Gore and have him deliver some Global Warming to OKC? Thanks!