Frost/Freeze, Dallam
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dallam forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -102.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost and Freeze in Texas, May 1, 2017
With parts of the northern and western combined TX and OK Panhandles receiving several inches of snow concluding earlier that day on the 30th, antecedent conditions were present, even though some snow melt did occur earlier in the day. Combined that with northwesterly flow continuing to advect cold air into the region with winds exceeding 50 kts the evening on the 30th with light and variable…
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- 12
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 AMA wrote it up.
With parts of the northern and western combined TX and OK Panhandles receiving several inches of snow concluding earlier that day on the 30th, antecedent conditions were present, even though some snow melt did occur earlier in the day. Combined that with northwesterly flow continuing to advect cold air into the region with winds exceeding 50 kts the evening on the 30th with light and variable winds with mostly clear skies by overnight 30th into the 1st, temperatures were able to drop meeting freeze warning criteria up in the northwestern combined Panhandles.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Frost/Freeze, Hartley
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hartley forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Sherman
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Hansford
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hansford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Roberts
- When
- May 1, 2:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Roberts forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Carson
- When
- May 1, 2:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 35.404, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Potter
- When
- May 1, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Randall
- When
- May 1, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Armstrong
- When
- May 1, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Armstrong forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Hemphill
- When
- May 1, 4:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hemphill forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 1, 4:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -102.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Donley
- When
- May 1, 4:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Donley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -100.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 2017
- Flooding in Missouri, May 1 to 6, 2017
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 31, 2017
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 1, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 1, 2017
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 1 to 31, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arkansas, May 1 to 5, 2017
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, May 1, 2017
- Flooding in Missouri, May 1 to 31, 2017
- Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 2017
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, May 1, 2017
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, May 1, 2017
More
Every storm in Texas in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 696318, 696319, 696322, 696323, 696324, 696329, 696327, 696328, 696330, 696325, 696331, 696332.