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Eventdex · Cold & Wind Chill

JIM HOGG

213738

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Event typeevent_typeFrost/Freeze
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id213,738
Episode IDepisode_id36,072
Begin UTCbegin_utc2010-01-08T09:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2010-01-08T16:30:00+00:00
StatestateTEXAS
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameJIM HOGG
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceMesonet
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA blast of very cold Canadian air came sweeping down the Great Plains, migrating from the Yukon and Northwest Territories through Saskatchewan and Alberta Provinces, starting on January 6th. The high pressure cell, sourced near the Arctic Circle, brought sharply falling temperatures on January 7th, which would fall just below freezing across the Rio Grande Plains by daybreak of January 8th, and near freezing by mid to late morning on the 8th before struggling to rise into the mid 30s to near 40 toward evening under slate gray clouds, accompanied by a little sleet and rain mixed across the Lower Rio Grande Valley around midday.||Evening clouds on the 8th allowed a gradual temperature fall, but as skies cleared toward midnight, temperatures began a steady drop beginning across the Rio Grande Plains before midnight, spreading southeast and clearing the coast a couple of hours after midnight. By daybreak, all of Deep South Texas, save for the immediate coast and urban/developed locations, sustained hard freeze conditions.||Minimum temperatures ranged from the upper teens across the ranchlands of the Upper Rio Grande Valley of Zapata and Starr County stretching east through much of Jim Hogg, Brooks, northern Hidalgo, and into western Kenedy County. Elsewhere, lows ranged through the low and mid 20s, except mid and upper 20s in the urban pockets of McAllen/Pharr/Edinburg and toward the immediate coast from Brownsville to South Padre Island, who even touched 32.||The freeze on the 9th probably caused the most damage for the entire period, as insulating frost was confined to low lying, wind protected areas. Light winds and low humidity in most areas kept frost from developing.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeDespite abundant mid level cloudiness, shallow modified arctic air was able to reach into northern Jim Hogg County before daybreak on the 8th, and continue through just before noon before temperatures rose a little above 32 degrees. Low temperatures at Hebbronville reached 30 degrees between 8 and 930 AM.
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