The historic storm is expected to unleash more severe weather Thursday after already generating 100 mph winds, a severe blizzard, and flooding on Wednesday.
Satellite view of bomb cyclone on the evening of March 13. By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow Jason Samenow Editor and writer covering weather and climate Email Bio Follow March 14 at 11:49 AM From the Palmer divide to the Plains Wednesday, an exceptionally-powerful “bomb cyclone” brought 100 mph wind gusts and conditions rivaling those of a hurricane, except with blinding snow in many places.
In the transition zone between the warm and cold sectors of the storm, the combination of downpours and melting snow poses flooding concerns in eastern Nebraska and Minnesota, southeast South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and northern Michigan. Ice jams are a major concern along rivers in this region. Individual storms and clusters merged into a violent squall line that left a 500-mile-long path of wind damage as far east as Dallas. A gust of 78 mph was measured at the Dallas Fort Worth-International airport, while nearby stations such as Grand Prairie and Granbury, Tex., hit 80 mph. A “logistics facility” at the airport was partially unroofed, the debris landing on and damaging multiple vehicles, according to the Weather Service, while an Amazon Warehouse also saw its roof peeled off.
“We’d have to go . . . way back to find something that matched the wind aspect of this event,” said Greg Hanson, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Denver. “It’s Colorado. We can handle the snow. But the wind has been extremely impactful.” It’s an absolute MESS out here on Peña Blvd... two lanes have now become five lanes! Cars stuck in snow, drivers trying to help push each other out. @CBSDenver #MarchBlizzard #4wx #COwx @DENAirport pic.twitter.com/EIzFTNON59
Seventy miles to the south, Colorado Springs Airport gusted to 97 mph amid blinding whiteout conditions. Pueblo, Colo. unofficially dropped to its lowest air pressure on record. The lower the pressure, the more intense the storm. It’s an indicator that the atmosphere weighs less over a given location, the removal of air creating a vacuum effect. That sucks in surrounding air and results in damaging winds.Dodge City, Kan. also saw its lowest pressure record broken in the past century.
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