Well above normal temperatures are forecast to shift from the northern Plains through the Northeast U.S. over the long holiday weekend. A few strong to severe thunderstorm will be possible as well along with a potential for excessive rainfall. A tropical or subtropical depression could form off the Southeast U.S. coast over the weekend while drifting northward to northeastward. Read More >
Overview
A storm system dropped south of the Four Corners and brought snow to the entire Panhandles, with even heavier snowfall south towards Lubbock and Midland. Overall snow accumulations ranged from a half an inch to 3.5 inches. The western and portions of the central Panhandles picked up the higher snow amounts, with the lighter snow amounts in the southeastern Panhandles.Estimated snow across the Panhandles based on reports
Water Vapor satellite of the system moving south of the Panhandles. Notice that the larger moisture swath was between Lubbock, TX and Midland, TX. It also tracked east and provided heavy snow amounts between Forth Worth, TX and San Antonio, TX.
Photos around the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles
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Hereford, TX (Raquel Mendoza) |
Medipark in Amarillo, TX (Darla Wright) |
Lake Mackenzie, TX (Tish Morrison) |
Amarillo, TX (Sandy Beilue) |
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park (Teri Folkner) |
Palo Duro Lake Spearman, TX (John Loewen) |
Sunray, TX (Ashley Crenshaw) |
Turpin, OK (Larry Flynt) |
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Canyon, TX (Brandy Wagaman) |
Stinnett, TX (Donna Haynes) |
Boise City, OK (Toni Trantham) |
Snow Crystal in Amarillo, TX (Kayla Reed) |
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Hereford, TX (Reyna Perez) |
Dumas, TX (Santiago Rodriguez) |
Canyon, TX (Patrick Holloway) |
Hedley, TX (Troy Monroe) |
Storm Reports
...SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM SUNDAY JANUARY 10TH SNOW EVENT... LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE PROVIDER 4 SSW AMARILLO 3.5 IN 1222 PM 01/10 NWS EMPLOYEE BOISE CITY 3.5 IN 1017 AM 01/10 EMERGENCY MNGR 7 WSW AMARILLO 3.3 IN 1229 PM 01/10 OTHER FEDERAL 3 E CANYON 3.3 IN 0830 AM 01/10 COCORAHS DALHART 3.1 IN 0855 AM 01/10 CO-OP OBSERVER 5 N AMARILLO 3.0 IN 0223 PM 01/10 PUBLIC 4 NNE BLACK MESA PARK 3.0 IN 0800 AM 01/10 COCORAHS 7 ESE BUSHLAND 3.0 IN 0148 PM 01/10 NWS EMPLOYEE CANYON 0.9 SSE 3.0 IN 1000 AM 01/10 COCORAHS DAWN 3.0 IN 0527 AM 01/10 PUBLIC VEGA 3.0 IN 1000 AM 01/10 CO-OP OBSERVER AMARILLO 6.9 SW 2.8 IN 0820 AM 01/10 COCORAHS 5 SW AMARILLO 2.6 IN 0836 AM 01/10 NWS EMPLOYEE HEREFORD 2.4 ENE (COCORAHS) 2.6 IN 0700 AM 01/10 COCORAHS 7 ENE AMARILLO 2.5 IN 0600 PM 01/10 OFFICIAL NWS OBS AMARILLO 5.9 WSW (COCORAHS) 2.5 IN 0550 AM 01/10 COCORAHS 8 ESE BUSHLAND 2.5 IN 0900 AM 01/10 COCORAHS GUYMON 2.5 IN 1019 AM 01/10 PUBLIC 1 SSE STRATFORD 2.5 IN 0116 PM 01/10 COCORAHS 7 NNE CACTUS 2.3 IN 0936 AM 01/10 PUBLIC GLAZIER 2.3 IN 0703 PM 01/10 TRAINED SPOTTER 1 N HEREFORD 2.3 IN 0630 AM 01/10 COCORAHS TEXLINE 2.2 IN 0530 AM 01/10 COOP AMARILLO 4.8 WSW (COCORAHS) 2.1 IN 0700 AM 01/10 COCORAHS BOOKER 2.0 IN 1024 AM 01/10 PUBLIC BORGER 2.0 IN 1029 AM 01/10 EMERGENCY MNGR BUSHLAND 2.0 IN 0835 AM 01/10 CO-OP OBSERVER CANYON 2.0 IN 1257 PM 01/10 PUBLIC CHANNING 2.0 IN 1025 AM 01/10 PUBLIC CLAUDE 2.0 IN 1032 AM 01/10 PUBLIC 5 NW CANYON 2.0 IN 0644 AM 01/10 NWS EMPLOYEE CANYON 1.9 W (COCORAHS) 2.0 IN 0920 AM 01/10 COCORAHS DUMAS 2.0 IN 1027 AM 01/10 PUBLIC 3 ESE FELT 2.0 IN 0800 AM 01/10 COCORAHS PERRYTON 2.0 IN 1023 AM 01/10 PUBLIC PANHANDLE 2.0 IN 0621 PM 01/10 TRAINED SPOTTER TEXHOMA 1.8 N 2.0 IN 0700 AM 01/10 COCORAHS PERRYTON 1.2 SSW 1.9 IN 0700 AM 01/10 COCORAHS CLARENDON 1.8 IN 0553 PM 01/10 PUBLIC GRUVER 1.5 IN 0825 AM 01/10 CO-OP OBSERVER KENTON 1.5 IN 1100 PM 01/09 PUBLIC 2 WNW WHEELESS 1.5 IN 0720 AM 01/10 COCORAHS BALKO 1.3 IN 1046 AM 01/10 PUBLIC FRITCH 5.1 E 1.2 IN 0700 AM 01/10 COCORAHS 8 WNW CODMAN 1.0 IN 1000 AM 01/10 TRAINED SPOTTER 8 N FLORIS 1.0 IN 0700 AM 01/10 COCORAHS LIPSCOMB 1.0 IN 0805 AM 01/10 CO-OP OBSERVER 4 WSW LAKE MCCLELLAN 1.0 IN 0805 AM 01/10 CO-OP OBSERVER SANFORD 1.0 IN 0625 AM 01/10 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 SSW WELLINGTON 1.0 IN 0600 AM 01/01 STORM CHASER PAMPA 2 NNW 0.9 IN 0630 AM 01/10 COOP CANADIAN 0.5 IN 0932 AM 01/10 LAW ENFORCEMENT BEAVER 0.3 IN 0941 AM 01/10 LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEELER 0.1 IN 1037 AM 01/10 LAW ENFORCEMENT OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.
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