Heavy Snow — Lower Brewster County, Texas

2020-12-30 to 2020-12-31 · Lower Brewster County, Texas

Event narrative

Nine inches of snow was measured in Terlingua.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper level low dug into the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Cold air ahead of the low caused rain showers to change to snow that quickly accumulated and remained on the ground for over a day. Snow fell across much of the area with the heaviest amounts from the Big Bend into the eastern Permian Basin.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 935665. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.