Following a strong arctic front, a light mixture of ice pellets, freezing rain and snow visited much of the South Plains region on the morning of the second, ahead of a decaying upper trough. Ground temperatures were relatively mild enough following the previous day's near record highs, but motorists still found themselves having to contend with some slick spots on overpasses and bridges.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Following a strong arctic front, a light mixture of ice pellets, freezing rain and snow visited much of the South Plains region on the morning of the second, ahead of a decaying upper trough. Ground temperatures were relatively mild enough following the previous day's near record highs, but motorists still found themselves having to contend with some slick spots on overpasses and bridges. In Lubbock, light freezing rain resulted in some hazardous travel. Several mostly minor vehicle accidents occurred along access ramps to Interstate 27, especially near 19th Street. One of these accidents resulted in two serious injuries. Farther northwest, colder air aloft resulted in light snow accumulations of 1 to 1.5 inches in parts of Bailey, Parmer, Castro, Lamb, and Swisher Counties. In parts of Cottle County, elevated instability created a few thunderstorms with freezing rain before noon CST; however, area roads were not adversely affected.
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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 2, 10:03 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1003 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO LOWER HIGH TEMPS EVEN FURTHER TODAY PER REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS. NO CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME WITH THE WINTER WX ADVISORY AS THE EVENT IS BEHAVING RATHER WELL. SMALL EXCEPTION TO THIS CONCERNED THE WESTERN EDGE OF ELEVATED CAPE FROM COTTLE COUNTY SOUTH TO STONEWALL COUNTY WHERE A FEW ELEVATED TSTORMS ERUPTED EARLIER...BUT THIS SPOTTY ACTIVITY WILL SOON EXIT OUR CWA WITH LITTLE FANFARE. FARTHER WEST...THE MAIN AXIS OF WINTRY PRECIP IS CURRENTLY FOCUSING ITS WORST EFFECTS IN OUR COUNTIES SERVED BY THE WINTER WX ADVISORY. EARLIER CALLS TO OBSERVERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PARMER AND BAILEY COUNTIES INDICATED MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN...ALTHOUGH DUAL-POL FROM THE NEARBY CANNON 88D AND OBSERVATIONS UPSTREAM CONFIRM SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES AS WELL. WE STILL EXPECT THIS MAIN ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIP TO TRANSLATE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER HAZY WHETHER OR NOT CHILDRESS/MOTLEY/COTTLE COUNTIES WILL EVEN SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF IMPACTS TO WARRANT AN EXPANSION OF THE ADVISORY. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY INCLUDING LUBBOCK...THE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF PRECIP SHOULD BE MINIMAL ENOUGH TO PREVENT TRAVEL HEADACHES...BUT WE WILL MONITOR THIS CLOSELY. A SECOND...MORE ABBREVIATED ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIP REMAINS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AS THE PRIMARY VORT MAX /CURRENTLY APPROACHING ALBUQUERQUE/ OVERSPREADS THE TX PANHANDLE. VARIOUS HI-RES MODELS PROG AN ENHANCED BAND OF SLEET OR SNOW NEAR THE BASE OF THIS FEATURE WHICH SEEMS PLAUSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY...NO AMDAR DATA ARE AVAILABLE TO SHOW US THE STRENGTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE WARM NOSE...SO ANTICIPATING THE PREDOMINANT PRECIP MODE WILL BE TRICKIER THAN USUAL TODAY! && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 604 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014/ AVIATION... MUCH OF THE REGION WILL BE SPARED FROM A MAJOR WINTER STORM BUT LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL STILL BE LIKELY AT BOTH TERMINALS LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SEE A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND/OR SNOW. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES ARE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN MVFR THROUGH THE DAY WITH MINOR VISBY RESTRICTIONS DURING PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION. LOW CIGS WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. UPDATE... VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN AS OF 12Z THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE OF A WEAKENING SHORT WAVE. LOW LEVEL FLOW IS STILL ANTICIPATED TO BACK LATER THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE IN COMBINATION WITH LARGE SCALE LIFT SPREADING OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST. TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS TO SEE SOME SNOW MIX IN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AND HAVE ADDED THIS POSSIBILITY TO THE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 17 10 45 26 62 / 100 10 0 0 0 TULIA 16 6 40 23 58 / 100 10 0 0 0 PLAINVIEW 18 6 41 23 61 / 90 10 0 0 0 LEVELLAND 22 12 42 25 62 / 60 0 0 0 0 LUBBOCK 22 9 41 23 62 / 50 10 0 0 0 DENVER CITY 27 13 43 26 62 / 30 0 0 0 0 BROWNFIELD 24 12 42 25 62 / 30 0 0 0 0 CHILDRESS 16 3 31 19 54 / 60 10 0 0 0 SPUR 19 5 34 22 57 / 30 10 0 0 0 ASPERMONT 20 6 34 22 55 / 30 0 0 0 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ021>025-027>030. && 93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 334 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014 TXZ021>044-030945- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 334 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE DAY TODAY. SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH PRECIPITATION DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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