Strong lift ahead of a potent upper level storm system resulted in a mix of wintry precipitation across southeast New mexico and west Texas. Mainly snow fell in elevations above 6000 feet in the Guadalupe Mountains, while a mix of rain and sleet turned to snow across the southeast New Mexico plains, northern Permian Basin and western Low Rolling plains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Strong lift ahead of a potent upper level storm system resulted in a mix of wintry precipitation across southeast New mexico and west Texas. Mainly snow fell in elevations above 6000 feet in the Guadalupe Mountains, while a mix of rain and sleet turned to snow across the southeast New Mexico plains, northern Permian Basin and western Low Rolling plains.
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 10, 11:49 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1149 PM CST WED FEB 10 2010
.DISCUSSION...
THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW.
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.AVIATION...
EXPECT CEILINGS TO DROP TO THE MVFR CATEGORY AT MOST TAF SITES
THROUGH 11/10Z...THEN INTO IFR CATEGORY AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES
OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE
REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND
SLEET...THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET MOST LOCATIONS AFTER
11/09Z. VFR VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO MVFR LEVELS WITH THE INTI AL
PRECIPITATION...BUT COULD DROP TO IFR AT CARLSBAD...HOBBS...WINK
AND MIDLAND WHERE SNOW WILL BE MORE PREVALENT. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL LESSEN FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING...BUT AT LEAST
MVFR CEILINGS WILL LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON AT MOST TAF SITES. 67
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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 2 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
PLAINS...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 2 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... ANDREWS...BORDEN...DAVIS/APACHE
MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...
HOWARD...LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REEVES
COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 308 PM CST WED FEB 10 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-112115- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 308 PM CST WED FEB 10 2010 /208 PM MST WED FEB 10 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 6000 FEET. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AND A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...EXCEPT OVER THE PRESIDIO VALLEY AND BIG BEND REGION WHERE RAIN IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS IN AREAS WHERE MORE SLEET FALLS...BUT SOME ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A VAN HORN TO ALPINE TO MIDLAND TO COLORADO CITY LINE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS FROM MIDNIGHT CST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME... THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SOME ICY CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING...WITH PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS LIKELY SEEING PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO SNOW. SOME ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of snow was reported by a trained spotter in Lamesa.
Five inches of snow was reported in Snyder.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 211174, 211175.