Heavy Snow, Blaine
- When
- January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Blaine forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.875, -98.433 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Public report of 5.5 inches.
Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 6, 2017
An upper level storm system brought widespread snow to the Oklahoma early morning on the 6th, with the heaviest bands occurring along I-40.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 5
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 OUN wrote it up.
An upper level storm system brought widespread snow to the Oklahoma early morning on the 6th, with the heaviest bands occurring along I-40.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jan 5, 11:01 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 11:01 PM CST, 59 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
1101 PM CST Thu Jan 5 2017
.DISCUSSION...
Please see the 06Z aviation discussion below.
&&
.AVIATION...
A few minor changes were made to the new TAF's. Removed most
mentions of IFR cigs as confidence as decreased. However, they
can't totally be ruled out. Most will experience MVFR cigs through
early tomorrow afternoon. Snow showers will also result in reduced
vsbys, especially along the I40 corridor. Winds will weaken
through early morning.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK 16 21 6 34 / 100 40 0 0
Hobart OK 16 21 6 33 / 80 60 0 0
Wichita Falls TX 18 24 12 35 / 30 60 0 0
Gage OK 8 20 5 36 / 80 40 0 0
Ponca City OK 8 25 8 36 / 60 10 0 0
Durant OK 20 24 14 35 / 20 50 10 0
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Winter Weather Advisory until noon CST Friday for OKZ004>007-
009>012-014>036-038>043.
TX...None.
&&
06/03/03Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 10:00 PM CST, 2 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1000 PM CST THU JAN 5 2017 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-061130- 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- 1000 PM CST THU JAN 5 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT... .SNOW... AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY. HIGHER AMOUNTS...POSSIBLY UP TO FOUR INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SLICK ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. .COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL... ARCTIC AIR AND A BREEZY NORTH WIND WILL PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. BUNDLE UP IN LAYERS IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .SNOW... AREAS OF SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE-HALF INCH POSSIBLE. .COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL... ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE VERY STRONG...WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO AND IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO WILL BE SEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Canadian
- When
- January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 35.542, -97.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Report of 4.2 inches.
Heavy Snow, Kingfisher
- When
- January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kingfisher forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 35.945, -97.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Report of 4 inches.
Heavy Snow, Dewey
- When
- January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dewey forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.988, -99.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Report of 4 inches.
Heavy Snow, Roger Mills
- When
- January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Roger Mills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.688, -99.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Report of 4 inches.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Debris Flows in California, January 6 to 12, 2017
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, January 6 to 11, 2017
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in North Carolina, January 6 to 9, 2017
- Sleet and Winter Weather in Mississippi, January 6, 2017
- Sleet in Louisiana, January 6, 2017
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 6, 2017
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Georgia, January 6 to 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 6 to 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 6 to 7, 2017
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 6 to 7, 2017
- High Wind in Alaska, January 6 to 9, 2017
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 6, 2017
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 2017
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 668544, 668547, 668549, 668550, 668551.