Winter Weather, Yoakum
- When
- November 25, 12:00 PM CST to November 26, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Yoakum forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 33.173, -102.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Texas, November 25 to 26, 2022
A powerful storm system dropped out of the southern Rockies on the 24th. This system strengthened over northern Chihuahua on the 25th, then ejected northeastward across the Permian Basin and into North Texas on the 26th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
A powerful storm system dropped out of the southern Rockies on the 24th. This system strengthened over northern Chihuahua on the 25th, then ejected northeastward across the Permian Basin and into North Texas on the 26th. The bulk of the precipitation in the morning of the 25th was focused across the Permian Basin though steady rain did edge northward into the southern South Plains and Rolling Plains. The rain mixed with sleet and snow at times across parts of the Caprock as temperatures hovered in the middle 30s. The precipitation did fully change to snow at times across the western and southwestern South Plains, where light accumulations occurred.
Total snow accumulations from National Weather Service cooperative weather observers:
2.0 inches at Levelland (Hockley County),|1.5 inches at Plains (Yoakum County), and|1.0 inch at Denver City (Yoakum County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Hockley
- When
- November 25, 7:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 33.608, -102.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Dense Fog in Kentucky, November 25 to 26, 2022
- Dense Fog in Illinois, November 25 to 26, 2022
- Dense Fog in Missouri, November 25 to 26, 2022
- Winter Weather and Strong Wind in Montana, November 25 to 27, 2022
- Dense Fog in Indiana, November 25 to 26, 2022
- Hail in Texas, November 25, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 25, 2022
More
Every storm in Texas in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2022
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: 1058834, 1058835.