More deaths blamed on wintry storm moving through central US
Source: AP
DALLAS (AP) — A slow-moving wintry storm system that has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths began moving eastward out of Texas on Saturday but kept coating some states to the north in ice, making driving dangerous.
The band of storms that has been moving through parts of the Plains and the Midwest since Thursday has been blamed for at least 14 deaths, including eight in Texas and six in Kansas. A 70-year-old woman whose car was swept away by flash flooding Friday in Fort Worth remained missing Saturday.
Although the icy conditions were expected to persist in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas through the end of Saturday, temperatures on Sunday were expected to be above freezing in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, allowing the region to thaw out, the National Weather Service said.
After "a major refreeze" Saturday night, "we're expecting a much better day" Sunday "and Monday is expected to be beautiful," said Texas Department of Transportation spokesman Paul Braun in Amarillo.
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Firefighter Wade Green looks for swept away victims on Oak Grove Road at Deer Creek, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in Fort Worth, Texas. Multiple people have died in fast-moving floodwaters in Texas as freezing rain and flooding pummeled the state and other parts of the central U.S. on Friday, with forecasters warning that the chilling weather would worsen over the holiday weekend. (Glen E. Ellman/Star-Telegram via AP) MAGS OUT; (FORT WORTH WEEKLY, 360 WEST); INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Hosts this mornings story only had 3 deaths. I feel there is enough new info for an OP.
It is headed this way again.
Severe Weather Alerts - Omaha, NE
Winter Storm Watch
Winter Storm Watch in effect from Monday, 12:00 AM CST until Tuesday, 12:00 AM CST. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT..THEN CONTINUE MONDAY
INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS IS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACT...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW... POSSIBLY 3 TO 6 INCHES. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR
ICING UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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