Heavy Snow — Presidio Valley, Texas

1998-12-11 · Presidio Valley, Texas

Event narrative

4 - 5 inches of snow

Wider weather episode

A strong upper level storm system interacted with copious amounts of Gulf and Pacific moisture to produce a heavy snow event across portions of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. This storm system moved from west to east across the area with snowfall amounts up to 12 inches in western Reeves County. This turned out to be the snow storm of the century for the Midland/Odessa area as the 9.75 inches recorded at the Midland International Airport set new records for the greatest daily snowfall, the greatest single event snowfall, and the greatest monthly snowfall ever recorded. Most of this snow fell in an intense 4-5 hour period. Numerous traffic accidents were reported on icy roads with a large number of injuries and one fatality. The heavy snowfall also resulted in loss of power for some communities.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5674521. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.