Winter Storm Goliath 2015

About 33 million people were under some sort of winter weather warning tied directly to the storm.

Winter storm goliath 2015. Drifts of up to six feet have been reported in various locations across the region. As the storm moved into chicago it caused hundreds of. Extreme weather across the country killed at least 23 and brought blizzard conditions to areas. Indeed texas experienced a devastating winter storm in 2015 that was one of the worst in the nations history.

Several states especially missouri were affected by heavy rain and snow causing severe floods. Wintry mix moved t. New mexicos governor declared a state of emergency. The winter storm goliath continues to march across texas leaving behind closed highways and roadways massive snow drifts and scattered power outages.

The 201516 north american winter refers to winter in north america as it occurred across the continent from late 2015 through early 2016. As the system moved through the great lakes region heavy rain ice pellets and heavy snow fell in the entire region. Record flooding occurred throughout the southern plains making december 2015 the wettest on record for most of the region. Winter storm goliath hit the southern plains on december 26 through 28 leaving in its wake record snowfall in parts of texas power outages from ice accumulations of over one inch in parts of oklahoma and freezing rain and sleet in kansas.

Tornadoes impacted areas around dallas texas. Up to 16 inches of snow have been reported from midland texas eastern new mexico and up to the texas panhandle. At least 19 people were killed by the wintry effects of winter storm goliath the seventh named storm of the 2015 16 season over several days as the massive system moved from the west coast. The unusual blizzard snow storm goliath engulfed parts of the southwest and southern plains sunday.

Contrary to the past two winters the united states including the northeast experienced warmer conditions mainly due to a strong el nino. Appropriately named goliath the onslaught left thousands of people stranded and even more without the cattle they had been raising since birth. The winter storm dumped upwards of three feet of snow in parts of eastern new mexico and violent winds drove snow drifts as high as 12 feet. Between the tornadoes in texas flooding in the.