Heavy Snow, Hansford
- When
- March 16, 12:00 PM CST to March 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hansford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Texas, March 16 to 17, 1998
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere moved northeast into Oklahoma which allowed much colder and more moist air to push southward into the Texas Panhandle. Snowfall totals were generally in the four to five inch range across the central Texas Panhandle from this storm system.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 AMA wrote it up.
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere moved northeast into Oklahoma which allowed much colder and more moist air to push southward into the Texas Panhandle. Snowfall totals were generally in the four to five inch range across the central Texas Panhandle from this storm system.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Hutchinson
- When
- March 16, 12:00 PM CST to March 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -101.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Potter
- When
- March 16, 12:00 PM CST to March 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Randall
- When
- March 16, 12:00 PM CST to March 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 16, 1998
- High Wind in Mississippi, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, March 16 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flooding in Nebraska, March 16 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 1998
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: 5639558, 5639559, 5639560, 5639561.