Oklahoma, 2023

Winter Weather in Oklahoma, January 24 to 25, 2023

January 24 to 25, 2023 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong upper level low pressure system migrated out of the Four Corners Region and into Northcentral Texas on January 23rd-24th, inducing strong surface low development along the middle and upper Texas coast on the 24th. Cold, much below normal temperatures were observed areawide on the 24th as areas of showers and embedded storms developed and became widespread ahead of the low, although…

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 SHV wrote it up.

A strong upper level low pressure system migrated out of the Four Corners Region and into Northcentral Texas on January 23rd-24th, inducing strong surface low development along the middle and upper Texas coast on the 24th. Cold, much below normal temperatures were observed areawide on the 24th as areas of showers and embedded storms developed and became widespread ahead of the low, although colder temperatures on the backside of the low allowed for a transition from rain to snow across Northern McCurtain County Oklahoma. In fact, temperatures were able to fall to near or slightly below freezing across this area, allowing for snow accumulations to occur on elevated and grassy surfaces, as well as some roadways. Widespread snowfall amounts of 1.0-1.5 inches, with isolated higher amounts, fell across Northern McCurtain County, before the upper low and associated wrap-around snow departed the region into Western and Central Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 25th.

The following are some snowfall totals that were measured across Northern McCurtain County during this event:

Battiest, 1.8 inches; 4SSE Bethel, 1.0 inches; Smithville, 1.0 inches.

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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 23, 3:12 PM CST, 23 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:12 PM CST, 23 hours 48 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, McCurtain

When
January 24, 3:00 PM CST to January 25, 3:13 AM CST
Where
McCurtain forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
34.115, -94.771 (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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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1073373.