Winter Weather — Terry, Texas

2024-02-11 · Terry, Texas

Wider weather episode

A powerful storm system digging through the four corners provided widespread precipitation across the southern High Plains on the tenth and 11th. Initially, spotty light rain affected the region on the morning of the tenth and early afternoon as a disturbance ahead of the primary storm system emerged over the region. A good portion of the South Plains did see sunshine and mild temperatures during the afternoon, but that quickly changed that night as colder air moved in behind a backdoor cold front. Immediately in advance of the colder air, a broken line of non-severe thunderstorms formed over the southern Rolling Plains but quickly shifted off to the east. Behind the cold front temperatures dipped into the lower 30s and upper 20s during the early morning hours of the 11th just as precipitation expanded in coverage and intensity. The rain changed to snow from northwest to southeast across the South Plains and Rolling Plains as the colder air moved in. The exception was across the far southern Rolling Plains, around Stonewall and Kent Counties, where temperatures remained mild enough to keep the precipitation a cold rain. The snow, heavy at times, continued through much of the day for the South Plains, southern Texas Panhandle, and northern and central Rolling Plains, before finally diminishing from west to east in the evening as the upper level system shifted off into Oklahoma and North Texas. The heaviest snow was concentrated across the northern South Plains and south-central Texas Panhandle where totals in excess of six inches were common.

Snowfall reports from NWS cooperative weather observers are listed below:

12.0 inches at Plainview (Hale County),

11.0 inches at Olton (Lamb County),

10.0 inches at Vigo Park (Swisher County),

10.0 inches at Turkey (Hall County),

9.4 inches at Abernathy (Hale County),

8.7 inches at Floydada (Floyd County),

8.5 inches at Hart (Castro County),

7.5 inches at Flomot 2E (Motley County),

7.0 inches at Dimmitt (Castro County),

6.0 inches at Littlefield 5SE (Lamb County),

6.0 inches at Silverton (Briscoe County),

6.0 inches at Roaring Springs (Motley County),

5.7 inches at Shallowater (Lubbock County),

5.7 inches at Reese 4E (Lubbock County),

5.5 inches at Ropesville 6NNW (Hockley County),

5.0 inches at Tulia (Swisher County),

5.0 inches at Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge (Bailey County),

5.0 inches at Matador (Motley County),

5.0 inches at Northfield (Motley County),

5.0 inches at Paducah 10S (Cottle County),

5.0 inches at Floydada 9SE (Floyd County),

4.5 inches at Muleshoe (Bailey County),

4.0 inches at Childress (Childress County),

4.0 inches at Tell 3S (Childress County),

4.0 inches at Woodrow 3W (Lubbock County),

3.6 inches at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (Lubbock County),

3.3 inches at Morton (Cochran County),

3.2 inches at Levelland (Hockley County),

3.1 inches at Dumont (King County),

3.0 inches at Paducah 7E (Cottle County),

3.0 inches at Friona (Parmer County),

2.5 inches at Kirkland 1W (Childress County),

2.5 inches at Dodson 5S (Childress County),

2.3 inches at Childress 7NW (Childress County),

2.0 inches at Slaton (Lubbock County),

2.0 inches at Crosbyton (Crosby County),

2.0 inches at Memphis (Hall County),

1.8 inches at Southland (Garza County),

1.5 inches at Brownfield (Terry County), and

1.0 inch at Tahoka (Lynn County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1153464. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.