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Lubbock ready for the end of freezing week, after 5 days of record-breaking cold
Lubbock ready for the end of freezing week, after 5 days of record-breaking cold By Kase Wilbanks | February 18, 2021 at 5:05 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 8:01 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The counting continued Thursday afternoon when Lubbock reached 165 continuous hours of temperatures below the freezing mark.
The winter storm that left the area with a week of freezing temperatures broke several daily high and low temperature records and forced Lubbock to a low of zero degrees, the first time since 1989.
“One of the more significant aspects of this event is we have nine straight days, from February 10th to the 18th, with at least a trace of frozen precipitation,” Lubbock NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jody James said. “When you add all these together, the length of the event, the cold, the wind chills, the number of consecutive days with winter precipitation, all of that togeth
Dangerous sub-zero temperatures to return to Lubbock area for first time in 30 years
Frigid air not felt in 30 years By Kase Wilbanks | February 11, 2021 at 4:14 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 6:53 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - One of the coldest air masses to reach the South Plains in 30 years is set to strike the area over the weekend and keep our temperatures from warming into next week.
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“We haven’t seen temperatures below zero here in Lubbock area since 1989,” Jody James, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, said. “So we could see temperatures below zero and, more importantly, perhaps wind chills maybe in the range of 15 to 25 below zero. That is a whole other animal than what we’re used to dealing with here.”
Fire safety urged ahead of potential âhistoricâ season for South Plains region
Fire safety urged ahead of potential âhistoricâ season for South Plains region By Kase Wilbanks | February 8, 2021 at 6:22 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 6:55 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - While the region braces for unbelievably low temperatures, officials are also preparing for the fire season that could result from the weather conditions that have plagued the South Plains.
âAbout this time, beginning of February, [the active fire season] starts getting kicked off,â Texas A&M Forest Service Task Force Coordinator Paige Purvis said. âWeâre not quite running as many fires, but theyâre starting. Cold fronts are coming in and those are also big events for us. Any prefrontal or postfrontal conditions always bring those winds, which can increase the fire danger. Weâll staff extra hours. Now, usually the February timeframe, we will be here basically 24/7 u
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