Winter Weather — Cochran, Texas

2025-04-05 · Cochran, Texas

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system combined with a cold front creating a late season heavy snow event across the extreme southern Texas Panhandle into portions of the South Plains and Rolling Plains. A storm system moved southeastward out of the four corners region on the fifth along with a cold front early in the day. Increasing northerly winds allowed for temperatures to continually fall through the daytime hours. Initially, precipitation began as rain but changed over to snow as surface temperatures cooled. The TROWAL region of this system remained over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle which allowed precipitation to persist all day before tapering off late on the fifth.

Snowfall reports from NWS cooperative weather observers are listed below:

12.0 inches at Silverton (Briscoe County),

11.0 inches at Vigo Park (Swisher County),

7.0 inches at Kress (Swisher County),

6.5 inches at Plainview (Hale County),

6.5 inches at Hale Center (Hale County),

6.0 inches at Caprock Canyons State Park (Briscoe County),

5.6 inches at Turkey (Hall County),

5.0 inches at Lockney (Floyd County),

4.0 inches at Matador (Motley County),

4.0 inches at Tulia (Swisher County),

3.5 inches at Abernathy (Hale County),

3.3 inches at Friona (Parmer County),

2.7 inches at Shallowater (Lubbock County),

2.5 inches at Morton (Cochran County),

2.1 inches at Dimmitt (Castro County),

2.0 inches at Floydada (Floyd County),

2.0 inches at Flomot (Motley County),

2.0 inches at Floydada 9SE (Floyd County),

2.0 inches at Tell (Childress County),

1.5 inches at Lubbock International Airport (Lubbock County),

1.5 inches at Muleshoe (Bailey County),

1.2 inches at Levelland (Hockley County), and

1.0 inch at Roaring Springs (Motley County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1241810. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.