Texas, 2020Winter Weather in Texas, January 11, 2020
January 11, 2020 · NWS FWD · 5 events in 4 counties and zones
A deep upper trough produced a round of snow across parts of North Texas as it moved overhead during the early morning hours of Saturday, January 11. No significant impacts were reported from this event during which an average of 2-3 inches of snow accumulated in the northwest counties of the NWS Fort Worth CWA.
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- 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.
A deep upper trough produced a round of snow across parts of North Texas as it moved overhead during the early morning hours of Saturday, January 11. No significant impacts were reported from this event during which an average of 2-3 inches of snow accumulated in the northwest counties of the NWS Fort Worth CWA.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 10, 11:34 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 11:34 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 10, 9:02 PM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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- When
- January 11, 3:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 32.736, -98.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Amateur radio reported 3 inches of snow at Hubbard Creek Lake, or approximately 2 miles west of the city of Breckenridge, TX.
Winter Weather, Wise
- When
- January 11, 4:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wise forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 33.216, -97.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A National Weather Service employee reported 2 inches of snow along Highway 3 near the city of Runaway Bay, TX.
Winter Weather, Wise
- When
- January 11, 4:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wise forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 33.216, -97.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A National Weather Service employee reported 3 inches of snow between the cities of Rhome and Decatur, TX.
Winter Weather, Montague
- When
- January 11, 4:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montague forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.676, -97.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Emergency management reported one inch of snow in the city of Bowie, TX.
Winter Weather, Denton
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Denton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 33.205, -97.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Photos posted to social media from the cities of Krum and Denton indicated between 2 and 3 inches of snow accumulation.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 11, 20204 deaths · 1 injured · $2.8 million · EF2 · 30 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 11, 20203 deaths · 7 injured · EF2 · 66 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 11, 20206 injured · $6.4 million · EF2 · 94 events
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in West Virginia, January 11 to 12, 20201 death · 2 injured · $511,000 · 55 kt wind · 58 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 11, 20204 injured · $5.3 million · EF2 · 54 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 11, 20202 injured · $7.5 million · EF2 · 15 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 11, 20204 injured · $950,000 · EF2 · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 11, 20202 injured · $1.8 million · EF1 · 46 events
- Lakeshore Flood in Illinois, January 11 to 12, 2020$25 million · 2 events
- Lakeshore Flood in Wisconsin, January 11 to 13, 2020$18 million · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 11, 20203 injured · $3,000 · EF2 · 30 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, January 11 to 13, 20201 injured · $20 · EF2 · 22 events
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: 873231, 873232, 873235, 873236, 873237.