Heavy Snow, Van Horn and Salt Flat Basin
- When
- December 22, 4:00 PM MST to December 23, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Van Horn and Salt Flat Basin forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Texas, December 22 to 23, 1997
The second in the series of storm systems dumped heavy snow two days after storm #1. This system was characterized by very strong lift in a deformation zone northeast of the center of upper level low pressure.
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.
The second in the series of storm systems dumped heavy snow two days after storm #1. This system was characterized by very strong lift in a deformation zone northeast of the center of upper level low pressure. The actual passage of the upper low was relatively quiet with only some flurries in the mountains as the lift stayed ahead of the upper low to the northeast.At Pine Springs, Guadalupe Mountains National Park rangers reported accumulations of 6 inches from the storm. Highway Department workers were able to keep U.S. Highway 62/180 open through the event.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Ice Storm in New York, December 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Vermont, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in Michigan, December 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Dense Fog in Oregon, December 22, 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: 5626231.