Winter Weather — Randall County, Texas

2020-01-16 to 2020-01-17 · Randall County, Texas

Event narrative

Freezing rain caused some areas of ice on some streets and roadways. In Amarillo, around 08:22, the ice on a bridge and speed led to a driver losing control of her vehicle, which slid into oncoming traffic, colliding into another car. The driver of the first car died at the scene of the accident. The driver of the second vehicle was taken to a local hospital with what was initially believed to be life-threatening injuries.

Wider weather episode

A prolonged period of intermittent light freezing rain and freezing drizzle across the Texas Panhandle resulted in ice accumulations as high as 0.20 inch. Icy roads were reported across all counties of the Texas Panhandle. A few reports of traffic accidents were received from the northeast and north-central Texas Panhandle, namely at Canadian in Hemphill County and near Spearman in Hansford County. One accident in Amarillo resulted in death and injury.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 870889. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.