NWS Lubbock Local Weather Events

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

835 PM CST THU DEC 27 2007

...QUICK BURST OF HEAVY SNOW FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN SOUTH
PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...

A HEAVY BAND OF SNOWFALL OCCURRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND IS STILL
MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES AN HOUR
OCCURRED AS IT MOVED OVER SEVERAL COMMUNITIES.

SNOWFALL TOTALS AS OF 840 PM (ALL IN INCHES):

LAZBUDDIE   2.5
HAPPY       1-3
TULIA       2 WITH LOCALLY MORE
NAZARETH    1-2
DIMMITT     1
PLAINVIEW   1-1.5
SILVERTON   AROUND 1
FLOYDADA    DUSTING (< .5)
HART        DUSTING (1/4)
MULESHOE    LESS THAN 1 BUT MOST OF IT HAS MELTED
EARTH       TRACE
OLTON       LESS THAN 1