Winter Weather — Lubbock, Texas

2020-01-10 to 2020-01-11 · Lubbock, Texas

Wider weather episode

Cold air that filtered into the region on the day on the 10th combined with an upper level disturbance to create several bands of snowfall from late on the 10th through the morning on the 11th. Most areas on the South Plains and extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle saw up to one inch of snowfall along with a three inch snowfall report in Bovina (Parmer County). Most snowfall on area roadways melted with mild surface temperatures experienced before the cold front moved through. However, temperatures fell into the 20s early on the 11th which allowed the freezing of any moisture that remained on the roadway. These icy roadways resulted in two fatalities in Lubbock County. Emergency personnel were responding to a single vehicle rollover in the northbound lanes at the 11600 block of Interstate-27 in Lubbock County. A vehicle driving in the southbound lanes veered into the northbound lanes due to the slick conditions and struck a Lubbock police officer and Lubbock firefighter killing them both. A third firefighter was injured.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 865838. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.