NWS Lubbock 2011 Snow Cold Event

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

124 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...WINTER STORM BRINGS ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE REGION...

A WINTER STORM TRACKED THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BRINGING BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE AREA. GENERALLY...BETWEEN TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO FIVE INCHES ALONG A NARROW BAND
IN NORTHERN PARMER AND SWISHER COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE SOUTH
PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS...A TRACE TO ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS
OBSERVED...WITH PERHAPS A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS THAT HAD SLIGHTLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS.

THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS REPRESENT SOME OF THE
HIGHEST OBSERVED TOTALS. THE DATA IS PROVIDED FROM NWS COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER SITES...NWS STORM SPOTTERS...AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR FEBRUARY 8TH-9TH...

HAPPY.............5 INCHES
DIMMITT...........3 INCHES
FRIONA............3 INCHES
TULIA.............3 INCHES
VIGO PARK.........3 INCHES
CHILDRESS.........2 INCHES
FARWELL...........2 INCHES
PLAINVIEW.........2 INCHES
SILVERTON.........2 INCHES
TURKEY............2 INCHES
FLOYDADA..........1 INCH
HART..............1 INCH
MATADOR...........1 INCH
MULESHOE..........1 INCH
PADUCAH...........1 INCH
ROARING SPRINGS...1 INCH
LUBBOCK AIRPORT...TRACE