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Heavy Snow in Van Horn & Hwy 54 Corridor, Texas

Heavy Snow December 22, 2011 – December 24, 2011 · Van Horn & Hwy 54 Corridor, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Considering Pine Springs in the Guadalupe Mountains had 17 inches of snowfall, northern portions of the Van Horn and Highway 54 corridor zone could have had 8-10 inches of snowfall.

The wider storm

An upper level cutoff low pressure center moved slowly eastward over west Texas, creating a prolonged period of wintry precipitation. Although rain, sleet and snow occurred, the precipitation fell mainly as snow, with significant accumulations over west Texas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 354411. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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