Winter Weather — Parmer, Texas

2024-02-29 · Parmer, Texas

Wider weather episode

A quick-moving, but potent disturbance moving across southern New Mexico and Far West Texas brought strong lift and enough moisture to generate widespread precipitation. Initially, the lower atmosphere was quite dry, but as it moistened from cloud level downward, the precipitation did make it all the way to the surface. Temperatures were cool enough in the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle to see accumulating snowfall.

Snowfall reports from NWS cooperative weather observers are listed below:

3.0 inches at Friona (Parmer County),

2.8 inches at Farwell (Parmer County),

2.5 inches at Muleshoe (Bailey County),

1.8 inches at Olton (Lamb County),

1.5 inches at Dimmitt (Castro County),

1.0 inch at Earth (Lamb County), and

1.0 inch at Hart (Castro County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1154508. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.