The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Frost/Freeze |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 280,591 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 48,079 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2011-02-03T01:55:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2011-02-04T16:55:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | TEXAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | ZAPATA |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | AWOS |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | Arctic air continued plunging through Deep South Texas on February 3rd and 4th, returning freezing temperatures to all areas during the late evening of the 2nd or just after midnight on the 3rd. A weak upper level disturbance combined with just enough low level moisture to develop a mist of freezing drizzle and light freezing rain soon after sunrise on the 3rd across the Lower Valley, spreading west and north through the day. The precipitation combined with gusty north winds to lock down temperatures at or below 32 degrees for more than 30 hours in all areas.||Overnight on the 3rd and into the 4th, temperatures remained steady from the Lower Rio Grande Valley to the King Ranch, but skies cleared before daybreak farther west, allowing temperatures to bottom out in the lower to mid 20s - a hard freeze. The combination of gusty north winds 20 to 25 mph mainly east of highway 281 held wind chill temperatures near or below 20 for much of the day on the 3rd, making it the coldest feeling day in more than two decades. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Air temperatures fell back to 32 degrees prior to midnight on February 2nd at the Zapata County (Medina) Airport, and would not recover above 32 until just before noon on February 4th - a total of 39 hours at or below 32 degrees. The Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) site at Falcon Lake, in Starr County along the Zapata/Starr County line, recorded a similar long duration freeze (35.5 hours). Low temperatures at Zapata County Airport dipped to 26 degrees on the 3rd, and to 22 degrees on the 4th after skies cleared. Temperatures were below 28 degrees for more than 14 hours at this location and the Falcon Lake RAWS also had 14 hours below 28 degrees on the 4th. Temperatures were in the mid 20s (26 each morning) at Falcon Lake. |
| Yearyear | 2,011 |
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