Winter Storm — Armstrong, Texas

2025-03-08 to 2025-03-09 · Armstrong, Texas

Event narrative

The heaviest snow fell across the northern half of the county, especially around Claude where 8 to 12 of snow was measured. Off the Caprock in the canyon is where less than 6 of snow fell.

Wider weather episode

An upper level storm system approached the region on Saturday March 8th, expected to bring several inches of snow for the northwest to southern Panhandles. By early Saturday morning, areas of moderate snow began across the northwest, providing some reports of 1-2 inches of accumulations, with scattered pockets of lighter snow further south and east causing no accumulations. As the morning went on, the upper level low slowed down over New Mexico, causing the expected transition to more widespread moderate snow to not occur till later in the afternoon. This led to an early end of snow across the northwest, but an early start of a rain-snow mix across the southeast TX Panhandle, eventually becoming moderate and even heavy snow at times through the evening hours. Final totals generally ranged 3 to 6 inches across the SE to S central CWA from Wellington to Panhandle, with lighter accumulations of 1-2 inches or less elsewhere.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1246050. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.