A double shot of winter weather impacted north Texas during the day on the 5th and continuing into the 6th. Initially, wintry precipitation came in all forms, with freezing rain, sleet and snow.
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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.
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A double shot of winter weather impacted north Texas during the day on the 5th and continuing into the 6th. Initially, wintry precipitation came in all forms, with freezing rain, sleet and snow. The second round of winter weather came as primarily snow, though some sleet and freezing rain continued into the morning hours of the 6th. Substantial snow, sleet and ice accumulations were reported over portions of western north Texas.
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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 1, 11:44 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 1 2013 .AVIATION... 01/18Z TAFS...VLIFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FIRST HOUR OR FORECAST AT KOUN...WHICH IS ON THE EDGE OF ERODING FOG DECK. AREA OF FOG PROGD BY ALL MODELS TO REFORM AFTER 06Z TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE SAME AREAS AS THIS MORNING...WITH MOST PERSISTENT LIKELY SOUTH AND EAST OF TERMINALS. WITH STAGNANT LOWER LEVEL FLOW WILL GO LIFR/VLIFR AT KOKC/KOUN AND MVFR AT KLAW/KSPS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 61 39 65 40 / 0 0 0 0 HOBART OK 62 36 65 37 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 65 38 69 40 / 0 0 0 0 GAGE OK 63 30 66 33 / 0 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 59 35 64 39 / 0 0 0 0 DURANT OK 65 44 66 45 / 0 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 26/11/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
500 AM CST SUN DEC 1 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011800-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
500 AM CST SUN DEC 1 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY DEC 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
AREAS OF FOG...WITH PATCHES OF DENSE FOG...WILL COVER THE EASTERN
TWO THIRDS OF OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WINDY...WARM...AND DRY CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL RAISE THE RISK OF
WILDFIRES. MUCH COLDER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY...AND WILL REMAIN
OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A FEW PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON
TODAY.
CMSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 sleet, 3 winter weather, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet and light freezing rain began during the afternoon of the 5th, continuing into the morning of the 6th. By the time the event ended, an inch of sleet had accumulated in Seymour.
Sleet and light freezing rain began during the afternoon of the 5th, continuing into the morning of the 6th. By the time the event ended, an inch and a half of sleet had accumulated in Henrietta.
Sleet and light freezing rain began during the afternoon of the 5th, continuing into the morning of the 6th. By the time the event ended, an inch and a half of sleet had accumulated in Archer City.
A mix of freezing rain and sleet transitioned over to snow by mid afternoon on the 5th. Light snow then continued into the early morning hours on the 6th. By the time the storm ended, 2 inches of snow and sleet had fallen in Crowell.
A mixture of light freezing rain and sleet quickly transitioned over to mainly snow by late mid afternoon on the 5th. Moderate to heavy snow then continued into the overnight hours. By the time the storm ended, 6 inches of snow had fallen in Quanah.
A mix of freezing rain and sleet transitioned over to snow by mid afternoon on the 5th. Light snow then continued into the early morning hours on the 6th. By the time the storm ended, around 2.5 inches of snow had fallen in Vernon.
A mix of freezing rain and sleet transitioned over to snow by mid afternoon on the 5th. Light snow then continued into the early morning hours on the 6th. By the time the storm ended, 1.5 inches of snow and some sleet had fallen in Electra.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2013
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: 492283, 492281, 492284, 492280, 492275, 492277, 492286.