FROM THE NWS IN LUBBOCK
A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY PUSHED INTO WESTERN TEXAS CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY...BRINGING SNOWFALL AND A RARE WHITE CHRISTMAS TO THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN PLAINS REGION. AS OF 1 PM CST ON CHRISTMAS DAY...GENERALLY AT LEAST 1-3 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE ONE EXCEPTION WAS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND EASTERN ROLLING PLAINS WHERE ONLY A LIGHT DUSTING OCCURRED AS WARMER TEMPERATURES KEPT RAIN AS THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR MOST OF THE EVENT IN THOSE AREAS.
THERE WAS ALSO A FAIRLY LARGE SNOW BAND THAT SET UP EARLY CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING INTO THE MID-AFTERNOON THAT PRODUCED SOME HEAVIER SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OCCURRED IN AN AREA STRETCHING FROM COCHRAN AND SOUTHERN BAILEY COUNTIES NORTH AND EAST THROUGH NORTHERN HOCKLEY...SOUTHERN LAMB...AND SOUTHERN HALE COUNTIES...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER WERE COMMON. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW OCCURRED ALONG A NARROW LINE STRETCHING FROM LITTLEFIELD TO SPADE TO COTTON CENTER WHERE BETWEEN 9-10 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED.
HERE IS A SUMMARY OF SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM NWS COOP SITES... EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND NWS STORM SPOTTERS AS OF 1 PM CST CHRISTMAS DAY:
COTTON CENTER.........................10.0 INCHES
SPADE.................................10.0 INCHES
LITTLEFIELD............................9.5 INCHES
LEVELLAND..............................6.5 INCHES
MORTON.................................6.5 INCHES
ABERNATHY..............................5.0 INCHES
LOCKNEY................................5.0 INCHES
DENVER CITY............................4.5 INCHES
PLAINS.................................4.0 INCHES
TOKIO..................................4.0 INCHES
ANTON..................................4.0 INCHES
ROPESVILLE.............................3.0 INCHES
FLOYDADA 9 SE..........................3.0 INCHES
PLAINVIEW..............................3.0 INCHES
OLTON..................................3.0 INCHES
TULIA..................................3.0 INCHES
VIGO PARK..............................2.5 INCHES
CROSBYTON..............................2.5 INCHES
SHALLOWATER............................2.5 INCHES
LUBBOCK INTL AIRPORT...................2.0 INCHES
FLOMOT.................................2.0 INCHES
TURKEY.................................2.0 INCHES
LAKE ALAN HENRY........................2.0 INCHES
TAHOKA.................................2.0 INCHES
BROWNFIELD.............................2.0 INCHES
SLATON.................................1.5 INCHES
FLOYDADA...............................1.5 INCHES
MATADOR................................1.5 INCHES
MULESHOE...............................1.0 INCH
HART...................................1.0 INCH
DIMMITT................................1.0 INCH
ROARING SPRINGS........................1.0 INCH
JAYTON.................................1.0 INCH
MEMPHIS................................1.0 INCH
GUTHRIE................................0.5 INCH
SPUR...................................0.5 INCH
CHILDRESS..............................TRACE
PADUCAH................................TRACE
GROW...................................TRACE
