A mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow fell on southeast New Mexico and west Texas as an arctic airmass resided over the region, and ahead of a slow moving upper trough.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 MAF wrote it up.
A mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow fell on southeast New Mexico and west Texas as an arctic airmass resided over the region, and ahead of a slow moving upper trough.
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 2, 4:38 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 416 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031030- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 416 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 /316 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PREDOMINANT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SLEET AND SNOW MIXED IN OVER THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS COULD RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT ICE AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER INCH. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA EXCEPT FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING FOR ADDITIONAL ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...ICY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ON SATURDAY EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of snowfall reported in Queen.
Four inches of snow in Carlsbad, on top of additional ice accumulation from earlier in the day.
Six and one half inches of snow reported in Artesia, on top of additional ice accumulation from earlier in the day.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2015
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 549414, 549413, 549415.