Oklahoma, 2007

Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 27 to 28, 2007

December 27 to 28, 2007 · NWS AMA · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A winter storm system over the Four Corners region tracked east toward the Oklahoma Panhandle during the nighttime hours and produced heavy snow by morning. and four inches of snow was reported at Beaver Oklahoma in Beaver County.

Where it happened

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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 winter storm system over the Four Corners region tracked east toward the Oklahoma Panhandle during the nighttime hours and produced heavy snow by morning. Four inches of snow was reported at Felt Oklahoma in Cimarron County...four inches of snow was reported at Guymon Oklahoma in Texas County...and four inches of snow was reported at Beaver Oklahoma in Beaver County.

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 Dec 27, 5:58 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 5:58 PM CST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
558 PM CST THU DEC 27 2007

.AVIATION...
RADAR SHOWS A SNOW BAND MOVING INTO THE SW TX PANHANDLE AND WILL
BRING OCCASIONAL LIFR/VLIFR CONDITIONS FOR AMA AND DHT THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AND PRECIPITATION LIFTS TO
THE NORTHEAST. THE PATH OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION
OVER GUY THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING AND WRAP AROUND MOISTURE COULD
EXTEND IFR CONDITIONS BEYOND MIDNIGHT.

WYNNE

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 PM CST THU DEC 27 2007/

DISCUSSION...
BUSY FIRST PERIOD OF FORECAST. MODELS AGREE THAT UPPER LOW WILL PUSH
INTO NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. UNCERTAINITY CREEPS IN AS
TO WHERE THE SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP. MOST MODELS INDICATE A BROAD
SURFACE LOW OVER WEST TEXAS...BUT A DEVELOPING LOW SOUTHEAST OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE BY MIDNIGHT. THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH A DEEPER UPPER
LOW WILL ALLOW GOOD WRAP AROUND SNOWFALL INTO THE NORTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE. THEREFORE...EXPANDED HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE INTO THIS AREA AS WELL. HAVE MAINTAINED SNOW ADVISORY FOR
REMAINDER OF TEXAS PANHANDLE. LIGHT SNOWS ALREADY OCCURRING...SO
ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. OTHER FIRST
PERIOD PROBLEM IS FREEZING FOG. WILL CONTINUE AN ADVISORY FOR DENSE
FREEZING FOG THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHEN FRONT FINALLY SWEEPS THROUGH AREA.

DID NOT DO A LOT OF TWEEKING TO REMAINDER OF FORECAST. DEPENDING ON
SNOWFALL...MAX TEMPERATURES COULD TAKE A BEATING TOMORROW.
OTHERWISE...FORECAST OF DEVELOPING ZONAL FLOW AND RIDGING BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS GOOD. APPEARS NEXT FORECAST PROBLEM JUST
BEYOND THE HORIZON OF THE DAY SEVEN FORECAST.

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...
     DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...
     HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...
     OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...WHEELER.

     HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HANSFORD...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...
     OCHILTREE...ROBERTS.

     SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...
     DONLEY...GRAY...HARTLEY...MOORE...OLDHAM...POTTER...
     RANDALL...SHERMAN...WHEELER.

OK...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.

     HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.

&&

21/07
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 3:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
330 PM CST THU DEC 27 2007

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-281200-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
330 PM CST THU DEC 27 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH 6 AM CST FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. A
SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 AM CST FRIDAY. IN THE ADVISORY AREA...TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES. A
DENSE FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
FREEZING FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO.

JORDAN

The radar

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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Cimarron

When
December 27, 6:00 PM CST to December 28, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Cimarron forecast zone
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Four inches of snow was reported at Felt Oklahoma.

Heavy Snow, Texas

When
December 27, 6:00 PM CST to December 28, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Texas forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Four inches of snow was reported at Guymon Oklahoma.

Heavy Snow, Beaver

When
December 27, 6:00 PM CST to December 28, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Beaver forecast zone
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Four inches of snow was reported at Beaver Oklahoma.

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

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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: 68443, 68444, 68445.