Heavy Snow, Carson
- When
- February 9, 3:10 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.404, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Texas, February 9, 2003
A storm system in the upper atmosphere passing over the Texas panhandle produced areas of heavy snow across the central and eastern Texas panhandle during the early morning hours. and Pampa received six to eight inches of snow.
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
- 3
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 storm system in the upper atmosphere passing over the Texas panhandle produced areas of heavy snow across the central and eastern Texas panhandle during the early morning hours. Mobeetie received four inches of snow...White Deer received five inches of snow...and Pampa received six to eight inches of snow.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 2:55 PM CST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 2:55 PM CST, 12 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 253 PM CST SAT 08 FEB 2003 UPPER JET SHOULD BE POSITIONED WELL TO PROVIDE SOME LIFT OVER THE CWA TONIGHT. A DISTURBANCE WILL MAKE ITS WAY EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL BE ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. WENT TO CHANCE CATEGORY AND HAVE INCREASED AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST. ON SUNDAY...PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OVER BY THE AFTERNOON WITH THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT CHANCES IN THE EXTREME EAST. TEMPERATURES RETURN TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS FOR THE EARLY WEEK AS THE FLOW IS MORE WEST TO EAST. PIECES OF ENERGY BREAK OFF THE WEST COAST SYSTEM AND APPROACH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. THE TIMING STILL LOOKS IN LINE AND NO CHANGES MADE FOR THE LATE WEEK. FCSTID = 21 AMARILLO 23 45 19 53 / 30 20 00 00 BEAVER 18 35 16 45 / 40 30 00 00 BOISE CITY 19 33 15 43 / 40 20 00 00 BORGER 23 44 18 51 / 40 30 00 00 BOYS RANCH 22 43 17 52 / 30 20 00 00 CANYON 24 45 19 54 / 30 20 00 00 CLARENDON 26 47 20 54 / 30 30 00 00 DALHART 21 41 16 49 / 40 20 00 00 GUYMON 19 37 14 46 / 40 30 00 00 HEREFORD 25 46 19 54 / 30 20 00 00 LIPSCOMB 20 40 18 48 / 40 30 00 00 SHAMROCK 26 47 21 53 / 30 30 00 00 WELLINGTON 28 48 22 54 / 30 30 00 00 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. WYNNE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 1:00 PM CST, 14 hours 10 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-091200- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CST SAT FEB 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED AND SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN ONE INCH. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NUNEZ
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Gray
- When
- February 9, 3:10 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gray forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wheeler
- When
- February 9, 3:10 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wheeler forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.270 (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
- Avalanche in Alaska, February 9, 2003
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 9 to 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 9 to 10, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 9 to 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 9 to 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, February 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, February 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, February 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 9, 2003
- High Wind in Colorado, February 9 to 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 9 to 10, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2003
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: 5344034, 5344035, 5344036.