Winter Weather — Dallam, Texas

2025-02-12 · Dallam, Texas

Event narrative

Several rollover accidents to the northwest of Dalhart along US 87 and southwest of Dalhart along US 54. First accident was reported just after 0700CST and the last report was at 1130CST. There were injuries.

Wider weather episode

Light drizzle and fog started just after midnight on the morning of 2/12. Roads were already pretreated for snow prospects and kept ice from forming until about 5 or 6 in the morning. It was at this time that a strong cold front came through and dropped temperatures to a point where the brine on the road would not work and a thin layer of ice between 0.01 and 0.02 was just enough to wreak havoc especially on travel and caused several accidents across the Texas Panhandle.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1238688. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.