A powerful cold front swept through north Texas early on the first, allowing a deep cold airmass to fill into the region. An approaching upper level wave brought sufficient lift to generate bands of light to moderate snow over much of western north Texas.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A powerful cold front swept through north Texas early on the first, allowing a deep cold airmass to fill into the region. An approaching upper level wave brought sufficient lift to generate bands of light to moderate snow over much of western north Texas. Snow gradually ended late on the 2nd, but not before impressive storm total snow accumulations occurred.
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 Feb 1, 11:07 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1107 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014
.AVIATION...
02/06Z TAFS...VFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY
IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST 18-20Z WITH
HEAVY BAND OF SLEET/SNOW DEVELOPING WRN/SW OKLAHOMA TOWARD 10-12Z
AND SPREADING EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TERMINALS WILL LIKELY REMAIN MVFR OR VFR
THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT
KHBR/KLAW TERMINALS. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TOWARD AND AFTER 00Z
TOMORROW EVENING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1016 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/
DISCUSSION...
MINOR CHANGES TO GOING WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. CONSISTENT
SIGNAL FOR HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS TO BE OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...WHERE THEY NEED MOISTURE THE MOST.
SUBSTANTIAL GRADIENT OF SNOW AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS YOU GUESSED
IT...THE OKC METRO. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGEST SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE METRO...INCLUDING NORMAN...COULD SEE AROUND FOUR
INCHES WITH FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF METRO AN INCH OR LESS. LEFT ICE
STORM WARNING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTACT...WITH FREEZING
RAIN/INTENSITY AND TIMING OF SLEET TRANSITION TOMORROW MORNING IN
QUESTION. THEY SHOULD SEE THE TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS BUT A LITTLE WORRIED THAT
ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTY COULD SEE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 22 31 17 34 / 50 80 10 20
HOBART OK 22 32 16 30 / 60 70 10 20
WICHITA FALLS TX 26 30 19 33 / 60 100 10 20
GAGE OK 16 34 11 37 / 20 10 0 20
PONCA CITY OK 19 32 11 36 / 10 10 10 10
DURANT OK 30 33 20 37 / 40 100 30 20
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR OKZ016>022-
024>026.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR OKZ023-027>047-
050-051.
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR OKZ048-052.
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR TXZ083>090.
&&
04/11/11HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
559 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-021300-
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-
559 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA TONIGHT... WILL LEAD
TO ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION.
INSTABILITY WILL BE TOO WEAK FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY FEB 2.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION MAY START AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA... BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA... A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW AND SLEET.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
ONGOING WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH
OF THIS AREA.
ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY... WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
MODELS SHOW WINTER PRECIPITATION OCCURRING AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY ACROSS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SLICK AND POSSIBLY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP WITH BOTH OR EITHER OF THESE STORMS.
THERE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES WITH THESE SYSTEMS SO CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY
FOR UPDATES TO THE FORECAST.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
5 AM SUNDAY...WITH UPDATES AS NEEDED.
EM/MBS/MA/JTKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
By the time the storm had ended, up to 8 inches of snow had fallen at Chillicothe.
By the time the storm had ended, up to 12 inches of snow had fallen west of Truscott.
By the time the storm had ended, up to 12.5 inches of snow had fallen in Crowell.
By the time the storm ended, 4 inches of snow had fallen in Bellvue.
By the time the storm ended, 5 inches of snow had fallen in Vernon.
By the time the storm ended, 4 inches of snow had fallen at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls.
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, February 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: 504215, 504217, 504219, 504222, 504228, 504225.