Winter Weather, Cimarron
- When
- November 11, 7:20 PM CST to 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Oklahoma, November 11, 2012
Isolated snow showers moved out of northeast New Mexico and into the extreme western Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours on November 11th. The snow showers formed behind an upper level trough which had moved into the Central Plains earlier in the day.
Where it happened
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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.
Isolated snow showers moved out of northeast New Mexico and into the extreme western Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours on November 11th. The snow showers formed behind an upper level trough which had moved into the Central Plains earlier in the day. The snow showers were not long lived and dissipated roughly 3 hours after forming. The cooperative observer 2 miles west-northwest of Wheeless (Cimarron County) reported up to an inch of accumulated snow. No accidents or injuries were reported in association with the snow showers or snow accumulation.
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 Nov 11, 5:31 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 5:31 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 531 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THERE ARE A FEW MID LEVEL CLOUDS...AND HAVE HAD A FEW REPORTS OF FLURRIES IN THE AREA...THOUGH LAST REPORT WAS THAT THE SHSN HAD DISSIPATED. THUS...HAVE NOT PUT ANY MENTION OF THIS IN THE TAFS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...AND THE DIRECTION WILL BE SHIFTING FROM NORTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY...AND THE DIRECTION COULD BE VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. JOHNSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012/ DISCUSSION... THROUGH TONIGHT: A COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO LIGHT WINDS...CLEARING SKIES...AND VERY DRY AIR. YOU/LL WANT TO DRESS THE KIDS WARMLY FOR THE BUS STOP IN THE MORNING AS LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TEENS IN THE NORTHWEST TO LOWER 20S IN THE SOUTHEAST. MONDAY-MONDAY NIGHT: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP...BUT THE COOL AND DRY AIR MASS OVER THE AREA WILL BE SLOW TO MODIFY. DESPITE AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF SUNSHINE...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S IN THE NORTHWEST TO MID 50S IN THE SOUTHEAST. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS ANTICIPATED WITH LOWS ABOUT 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN TONIGHT. TUESDAY-TUESDAY NIGHT: A WEAK FRONT WILL EDGE INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE PANHANDLES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NONETHELESS...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE NICELY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 50S TO NEAR 60. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT DUE TO VERY LIMITED MOISTURE. WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY: ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASING INTO THE 20 MPH RANGE BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGHS WILL STILL BE PLEASANT AS THE LOW- LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION LAGS THE FRONT. SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE PANHANDLES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE ROCKIES. WE MAY NEED TO ADD POPS FOR SATURDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE COMBINATION OF LIFT AND MOISTURE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY LOW AT THIS TIME. JACKSON FIRE WEATHER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BETWEEN 13 AND 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES ON MONDAY...BUT 20-FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW 15 MPH...PRECLUDING ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MARGINAL ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLES...BUT CONFIDENCE OF OCCURRENCE IS LOW. OTHERWISE...NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS EITHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND/OR 20-FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 16/09
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 5:46 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 546 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-121215- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 546 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SIMPSON
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, November 11, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 11, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 11, 2012
- High Wind in Illinois, November 11, 2012
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, November 11, 2012
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 11 to 12, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 11, 2012
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 11, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 11 to 12, 2012
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 11, 2012
- Marine High Wind in Lake Michigan, November 11, 2012
- High Wind in Oregon, November 11 to 12, 2012
More
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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: 416020.