Heavy Snow, Cimarron
- When
- November 20, 7:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 20, 2004
A strong cold front moving south across the Oklahoma panhandle and a low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over the southwestern states approaching west Texas produced heavy snow across the western Oklahoma panhandle. Kenton and five miles north of Kenton reported four 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
- 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 AMA wrote it up.
A strong cold front moving south across the Oklahoma panhandle and a low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over the southwestern states approaching west Texas produced heavy snow across the western Oklahoma panhandle. Kenton and five miles north of Kenton reported four inches of snow.
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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, November 20 to 21, 2004
- High Wind in California, November 20 to 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow in California, November 20 to 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow in California, November 20 to 22, 2004
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 20 to 21, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, November 20 to 21, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, November 20 to 21, 2004
- Hail in Oklahoma, November 20, 2004
- High Wind in Alaska, November 20 to 21, 2004
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, November 20 to 21, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 20 to 21, 2004
- Hail in Texas, November 20, 2004
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, November 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5425538.