Heavy Snow — Archer, Texas

2025-01-09 · Archer, Texas

Event narrative

Storm total snowfall accumulation ranged from 1 to 4 inches in the county, with the highest total of 4 inches measured near the Scotland community.

Wider weather episode

A widespread winter storm (with heavy snowfall) impacted the Southern Plains on the 9th into early morning hours of the 10th. On the synoptic scale, a deep (closed) upper system lifted from northern Mexico into portions of the Southern Plains, leading to expanding areas of light to moderate precipitation during the day on the 9th. While surface temperatures sat a few degrees above freezing prior to snowfall (morning of the 9th), a combination of sub-freezing wet-bulb temperatures and occasionally heavy rates lead to widespread snowfall accumulation across the WFO Norman Forecast area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226069. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.