Winter Weather, Bailey
- When
- January 18, 6:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.069, -102.830 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Texas, January 18 to 19, 2025
A surge of arctic air occurred on the evening of the 18th which was able to produce light snowfall for areas on the Caprock. Although moisture totals generally only added up to a trace to few hundredths of an inch of liquid equivalent, this yielded a dusting to a half inch of snow for many locations of the South Plains.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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 surge of arctic air occurred on the evening of the 18th which was able to produce light snowfall for areas on the Caprock. Although moisture totals generally only added up to a trace to few hundredths of an inch of liquid equivalent, this yielded a dusting to a half inch of snow for many locations of the South Plains. A few locations measured around or slightly greater than an inch of snowfall.
Snowfall reports from NWS cooperative weather observers are listed below:
1.4 inches at Post (Garza County),|1.2 inches at Shallowater (Lubbock County),|1.0 inch at Muleshoe (Bailey County), and|1.0 inch at Morton (Cochran County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Cochran
- When
- January 18, 7:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 33.604, -102.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Lubbock
- When
- January 18, 8:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 33.610, -101.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Garza
- When
- January 18, 9:00 PM CST to January 19, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Garza forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -101.298 (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.
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- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Florida, January 18 to 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 18 to 21, 2025
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, January 18 to 19, 2025
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 18, 2025
- Dense Fog in California, January 18, 2025
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, January 18, 2025
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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: 1225141, 1225144, 1225143, 1225142.