Winter Storm — Stonewall, Texas

2021-01-10 · Stonewall, Texas

Wider weather episode

A major winter storm impacted the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and extreme southern Texas Panhandle from late on the 9th through the 10th. A strong upper level low pressure system moved to the southeast across the Intermountain West on the 9th emerging in New Mexico late in the evening. The system then tracked into southeastern New Mexico and eastward on the 10th. Snow began late on the 9th in the western South Plains and spread eastward early on the 10th. As the upper level system moved away from the area late on the 10th, lingering light snow continued into late in the afternoon tapering off from west to east. The largest swath of heavy snow fell across the southwestern South Plains. This storm system brought a larger swath of heavy snow to Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Snowfall reports are from NWS cooperative weather observers:

11.0 inches at Denver City (Yoakum County), 9.0 inches at Post (Garza County), 8.0 inches at Tahoka (Lynn County), 7.6 inches at Lubbock International Airport (Lubbock County), 7.0 inches at Plains (Yoakum County), 7.0 inches at Jayton (Kent County), 7.0 inches at Crosbyton (Crosby County), 7.0 inches at Spur (Dickens County), 7.0 inches at Brownfield (Terry County), 7.0 inches at White River Lake (Crosby County), 6.0 inches at Ropesville (Hockley County), 5.3 inches at Levelland (Hockley County), 5.0 inches at Matador (Motley County), 5.0 inches at Floydada (Floyd County), 5.0 inches at Aspermont (Stonewall County), 4.0 inches at Guthrie (King County), 4.0 inches at Silverton (Briscoe County), 4.0 inches at Turkey (Hall County), 3.9 inches at Shallowater (Lubbock County), 3.5 inches at Vigo Park (Swisher County), 3.0 inches at Levelland (Lamb County), 3.0 inches at Hart (Castro County), 3.0 inches at Olton (Lamb County), 2.5 inches at Muleshoe (Bailey County), 2.5 inches at Dimmitt (Castro County), 2.5 inches at Friona (Parmer County), 2.5 inches at Tulia (Swisher County), 1.9 inches at Plainview (Hale County), 1.5 inches at Tell (Childress County), and 1.0 inch at Childress (Childress County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 930722. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.