A strong cold front moved through Oklahoma and north Texas early on the 27th. Several post frontal snowbands developed across southwestern and central Oklahoma.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through Oklahoma and north Texas early on the 27th. Several post frontal snowbands developed across southwestern and central Oklahoma. Snow accumulations up to 3.5 inches were reported across 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 27, 5:29 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 529 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.... && .AVIATION... A WINTRY MESS IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE SN...PL...RA...AND POSSIBLY SOME FZRA. IN THE HEAVIER BANDS OF SN...VISIBILITIES ABRUPTLY BUT TEMPORARILY DIP TO BELOW 1 SM. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SLOWLY SE AND DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...AND BY LATE AFTERNOON SHOULD HAVE ENDED AT ALL OUR TAF SITES. -RA AND -SN WILL CONTINUE IN E OK INTO THE EVENING. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT...AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 432 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2014/ DISCUSSION... RADARS SHOW A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. SURFACE REPORTS...FROM REGULAR OBSERVING SITES AND FROM THE PING PROJECT...INDICATE A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES. IN ADDITION...THE LIGHTNING DETECTION NETWORK SHOWED A COUPLE OF CLOUD-TO-GROUND STRIKES OVER SOUTHERN GARVIN COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT THE RADARS SHOW IS ACTUALLY REACHING THE GROUND. SHORT-RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT THAT THE EXISTING PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MORE SCATTERED OR END OVER THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OR SO OF OUR FORECAST AREA...BUT THE BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES SHOULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ON MOST ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...BUT IF A HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW OR SLEET DEVELOPS...THERE COULD BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS. ALSO...THE WEAK INSTABILITY THAT SUPPORTED EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...SO LIGHTNING/THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY AFTER SUNRISE. THE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO SHIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TODAY...AND END TONIGHT. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THEREAFTER UNTIL THURSDAY...NEW YEARS DAY. NEXT THURSDAY WILL LIKELY START WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ENOUGH TO TURN THE MIX INTO ALL RAIN OVER MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. DEPENDING ON GROUND TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION INTENSITY/DURATION...THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING QUITE PROBLEMATIC. THERE IS A LOT OF TIME AND POTENTIAL FOR THIS SCENARIO TO CHANGE...HOWEVER. MONDAY WILL BE THE ONLY DAY OF THE NEXT SEVEN WITH NEAR-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...BEFORE A FEEBLE WARMING TREND IS ABRUPTLY HALTED BY A VERY LARGE MASS OF ARCTIC AIR. THIS MASS OF LOW-LEVEL COLD AIR IS THE REASON FOR THE CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...BUT LESS-COLD WEATHER WILL TURN MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. FROZEN OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...AND WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP AGAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 37 24 43 28 / 20 0 0 0 HOBART OK 38 20 43 25 / 20 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 40 24 48 31 / 30 0 0 0 GAGE OK 36 14 43 17 / 0 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 38 20 40 24 / 20 0 0 0 DURANT OK 41 28 46 31 / 50 20 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 04/23/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 510 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-281115- 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- 510 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... .WINTER WEATHER... LIGHT SNOW... SLEET AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL... WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. MINOR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY SEE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .WINTER WEATHER... PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL RETURN BY MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS... AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. MA/JTK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow began early in the morning and tapered off by noon. By the time snow had ended, 2 inches were reported in Electra and at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls.
Snow began early in the morning and tapered off by noon. By the time snow had ended, 3.5 inches had fallen in Seymour.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2014
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: 553415, 553461.