Heavy Snow, Gaines
- When
- February 12, 7:15 AM CST to February 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.741, -102.635 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Texas, February 12 to 13, 1997
An upper level low pressure system over northern Mexico provided necessary lift over the region to produce measurable snow over a large area averaging 1-2" and a total of 5" in Seminole. The snow was said to have been very wet.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
An upper level low pressure system over northern Mexico provided necessary lift over the region to produce measurable snow over a large area averaging 1-2" and a total of 5" in Seminole. The snow was said to have been very wet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- High Surf in Washington, February 12, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Flooding in Texas, February 12 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 12, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 12, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 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: 5600867.