Texas, 1996

Heavy Snow in Texas, January 2, 1996

January 2, 1996 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Three to six inches of snow fell in and around the city of Van Horn and five inches fell at Guadalupe Pass from an upper level storm system that moved southeastward through southwestern New Mexico and Far West Texas.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.

Three to six inches of snow fell in and around the city of Van Horn and five inches fell at Guadalupe Pass from an upper level storm system that moved southeastward through southwestern New Mexico and Far West Texas.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Van Horn & Hwy 54 Corridor

When
January 2, 5:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Van Horn & Hwy 54 Corridor forecast zone

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5552825.