Heavy Snow, Beaver
- When
- November 23, 12:00 PM CST to November 24, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 23 to 24, 2004
A strong low pressure system in the upper atmosphere approaching the Oklahoma panhandle from the west combined with very cold air at the surface to produce heavy snowfall across the eastern Oklahoma panhandle. Beaver reported four inches of snow on the ground.
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 low pressure system in the upper atmosphere approaching the Oklahoma panhandle from the west combined with very cold air at the surface to produce heavy snowfall across the eastern Oklahoma panhandle. Beaver reported four inches of snow on the ground.
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 in Louisiana, November 23, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, November 23 to 24, 2004
- Tornado in Texas, November 23, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, November 23, 2004
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 23, 2004
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 23, 2004
- Tornado in Texas, November 23, 2004
- Tornado in Texas, November 23, 2004
- Tornado in Texas, November 23, 2004
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 23, 2004
- Tornado in Texas, November 23, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, November 23, 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: 5425820.