Frost/Freeze, Bailey
- When
- May 14, 1:10 AM CST to 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Bailey forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 34.069, -102.830 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost and Freeze in Texas, May 14, 2014
The passage of a strong spring cold front the previous day coupled with clearing and calm conditions overnight led to a late season freeze in the far southwest panhandle and northwest South Plains. Temperatures across Bailey County dipped near or below 32 degrees for several hours.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 LUB wrote it up.
The passage of a strong spring cold front the previous day coupled with clearing and calm conditions overnight led to a late season freeze in the far southwest panhandle and northwest South Plains. Temperatures across Bailey County dipped near or below 32 degrees for several hours. No widespread damage to crops was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 14, 2014
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Florida, May 14, 2014
- Avalanche in Washington, May 14, 2014
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 14, 2014
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Georgia, May 14 to 15, 2014
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Florida, May 14 to 15, 2014
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, May 14, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 14, 2014
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 14, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 14, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 14, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, May 14, 2014
More
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2014
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 506309.