Texas, 2023Heavy Snow in Texas, January 24, 2023
January 24, 2023 · NWS OUN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A cutoff low brought heavy snow to portions of western-north Texas the 24th. Warm ground temperatures and air temperatures hovering just above freezing limited the ability of snowfall to accumulate, but portions of the area observed around 4 inches of snowfall accumulation.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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A cutoff low brought heavy snow to portions of western-north Texas the 24th. Warm ground temperatures and air temperatures hovering just above freezing limited the ability of snowfall to accumulate, but portions of the area observed around 4 inches of snowfall accumulation.
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 23, 10:46 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 10:46 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Hardeman
- When
- January 24, 3:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from 2 to 4 inches in the county, with the highest total of 4 inches measured in Chillicothe, TX.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, January 24, 2023$6.9 million · EF3 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, January 24, 20233 injured · $800,000 · EF2 · 11 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, January 24, 20232 injured · $1.1 million · EF2 · 10 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 24, 20233 injured · $204,000 · EF1 · 6 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Missouri, January 24 to 25, 20239 injured · 34 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Missouri, January 24 to 25, 2023$400,000 · 11 events
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 24 to 25, 2023$315,000 · 7 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 24 to 25, 2023$75,000 · 19 events
- Winter Weather in Texas, January 24, 2023$150,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 24 to 25, 2023$45,000 · 13 events
- High Wind in Texas, January 24, 2023$60,000 · 54 kt wind · 4 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 24 to 25, 202338 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: 1074744.