A closed upper low over central New Mexico moved east to south of the Texas panhandle during the nighttime and early morning hours. Heavy snowfall occurred across the extreme southwest and south-central Texas panhandle during this period.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A closed upper low over central New Mexico moved east to south of the Texas panhandle during the nighttime and early morning hours. Heavy snowfall occurred across the extreme southwest and south-central Texas panhandle during this period.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Six to eight inches of snow fell at Hereford with snow drifts of three to four feet deep.
Five to six inches of snow fell in Canyon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 1999
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: 5720213, 5720214.