Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, TX
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Photos taken from around Brownsville during the morning of February 4th, 2011. |
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Winter Crashes Into the RGV With the Groundhog Freezes, Dangerous Wind Chill, and an Ice Storm Feb. 2nd to 5th 2011 |
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Event Reminiscent of those in 1989 |
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The Story February 2nd: Groundhog Felt at Home Stiff northerly winds persisted through much of the day. These winds combined with a steely gray overcast to hold air temperatures in the low to mid 30s. Dangerous wind chills held in the teens to lower 20s for the remainder of the daylight hours, one of the coldest feeling days in decades. A number of locations had temperatures drop to or below the freezing point (32°F) for several hours; a brief hard freeze occurred across the northern tier of the brush country and King Ranch. Full details can be found in the February 2nd Temperature Table. |
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Surface U.S. weather chart, 6 AM CST February 2, 2011. Note center of arctic sourced high pressure spreading across the Great Plains. |
Deep South Texas/Rio Grande Valley map of lowest air temperature (azure) and wind chill, or "feels like" temperature (tan) on February 2, 2011. |
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