By ALTHEA PETERSON Staff Writer on Feb 26, 2013, at 11:09 AM Updated on 2/26 at 11:13 AM
WEATHER WORLD
It's not a Tulsa urban legend, myth or a running joke: It really does rain every year (since 2008) at downtown's Mayfest.
And ...
There is a lot to digest on the drought front, so I'll try to cover as much ground as I can.
Before showing this week's ...
Bad news this week, Oklahoma: Your drought situation was either unchanged or got worse.
If this comes as a surprise, ...
Sandra Elston, a poll worker at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence, Kan., knits by lantern light because of a power outage as she waits for voters for a city commission primary, Tuesday morning in Lawrence, Kan. MIKE YODER/AP Photo/Journal-World
A pair of snow plows head west on US-54 Highway, clearing the snow off the roadway, near Cheney, Kan., Tuesday. BO RADER/AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle
Traffic moves on the I-40 service road Monday, . A blizzard packing 50 mph wind gusts and more than 11 inches of snow blasted Amarillo and Texas Panhandle Monday, making travel nearly impossible. Interstate 40 and many major highways in the Panhandle have been closed. MICHAEL SHCHUMACHER/AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News
A pair of camels brave the blizzard conditions north of Palmer Lake, Colo. Sunday. MICHAEL CIAGLO/AP Photo/The Gazette
A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a city bus stuck in the snow Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. KEITH MYERS/AP Photo/The Kansas City Star
A BNSF train engine waits for another train to pass, Monday, along Lorraine Street, just northeast of Avenue A in Hutchinson, Kan. SANDRA MILBURN/AP Photo/The Hutchinson News
Heavy snow reduces visibility along US 24 near Rossville, Kan., Monday. ORLIN WAGNER/AP Photo
Tree limbs lay broken by heavy wet snow on Wehmeyer Road, Tuesday, after another winter storm dumped about eight inches of snow in central Boone County, Mo. DON SHRUBSHELL/AP Photo/The Columbia Daily Tribune
A man clears snow with a lawn tractor in Lawrence, Kan., Tuesday. ORLIN WAGNER/AP Photo
The Associated Press just moved a list of snowfall totals (in inches) for the Central Plains area. Here's the list, along with some snow photos from the area:
TEXAS
Follett: 21
Amarillo: 19
Borger: 16
Fritch: 16
Pampa: 16
Perryton: 15
Claude: 14
Dumas: 12
OKLAHOMA
Fort Supply: 18
Slapout: 15
Woodward: 15
Beaver: 14
Shattuck: 11
Cherokee: 9.3
Ponca City: 6.7
KANSAS
Sawyer: 12
Basehor: 10
Carbondale: 10
Anthony: 8.2
Auburn: 8
Kingman: 8
Osage City: 8
Quenemo: 7
Wichita: 6.8
Snow Lane: 5.8
MISSOURI
Warrensburg: 13.5
Brookfield: 12
Marceline: 12
Cole Camp: 11
Sedalia: 10.5
Butler: 10
Centralia: 8.6
Clinton: 8
Columbia: 8
Chillicothe: 7
Gladstone: 6
IOWA
Mystic: 7.5
Centerville: 5
Humeston: 4.5
Indianola: 4.5
Mount Ayr: 4.5
Murray: 4.1
Des Moines: 3.5
ILLINOIS
Macomb: 5.2
Galesburg: 5
Adair: 4
Loraine: 4
Peoria: 2.5
Here are some snowfall videos from the Associated Press:
--Althea Peterson
A sculpture of a Trojan mascot stands covered in snow at Topeka High School in Topeka, Kan., on Tuesday as a winter storm continues passing through northeast Kansas dumping additional snow on the region. JEFF DAVIS/AP Photo/The Topeka Capital Journal
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