Heavy Snow, Fisher
- When
- December 11, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.743, -100.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Texas, December 11, 1998
A potent upper level storm system brought a dose of heavy snowfall to West Central Texas. The heaviest totals were across the western sections of the Big Country and the Northwest Concho Valley, where Colorado City recorded 7 inches of snowfall and both Sweetwater and Sterling City recorded 6 inch totals.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 SJT wrote it up.
A potent upper level storm system brought a dose of heavy snowfall to West Central Texas. The heaviest totals were across the western sections of the Big Country and the Northwest Concho Valley, where Colorado City recorded 7 inches of snowfall and both Sweetwater and Sterling City recorded 6 inch totals. A few of the heavier totals include: Colorado City 7 inches Sterling City 6 inches Sweetwater 6 inches Roby 4.5 inches Trent 4 inches The storm system also brought lighter snow accumulations to areas farther south and east, where totals in the 1 to 3 inch range were received from parts of Irion, Tom Green, Coke, Runnels, and Jones Counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mitchell
- When
- December 11, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.306, -100.921 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Nolan
- When
- December 11, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.304, -100.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sterling
- When
- December 11, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sterling forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.828, -101.050 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Taylor
- When
- December 11, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.301, -99.890 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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: 5673850, 5673851, 5673852, 5673853, 5673854.