Winter Storm, Bailey
- When
- December 20, 5:00 PM CST to December 21, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bailey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.069, -102.830 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Texas, December 20 to 21, 1997
) as reported by NWS cooperative observers.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LUB wrote it up.
A winter storm dropped 4 inches of snow in Muleshoe (Bailey Co.) and 5 inches in Friona (Parmer Co.) as reported by NWS cooperative observers.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Parmer
- When
- December 20, 5:00 PM CST to December 21, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Parmer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -102.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, December 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 20, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 20 to 21, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, December 20 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 20 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, December 20, 1997
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 20 to 21, 1997
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Texas, December 20 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 20, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 1997
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: 5623452, 5623453.