| The first snow of 2020 for the South Plains 10-11 January 2020 |
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| Snowy start to the day in Pep, Texas, on 11 January 2020. The image is courtesy of Stacy Schroeder. | |
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After a mild January day (Friday, 10 January 2020), with highs primarily in the 60s, a strong cold front moved through the South Plains region late in the day. In addition to providing gusty northerly winds, the front carried much colder air southward. The front, coupled with a passing upper level disturbance, were sufficient to cause several bands of precipitation to develop across the southwest Texas Panhandle and western South Plains Friday evening. The precipitation quickly changed from rain to snow as the cold air infiltrated the region. |
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| Regional radar animation valid from 12:58 am to 2:08 am on 11 January 2020. Additional animations can be found at: 11:38 pm on 10 January to 12:48 am on 11 January 2020; and 2:48 am to 3:58 am on 11 January 2020. | |
| The bands of snow then pivoted southeastward across much of the South Plains late Friday night and early Saturday morning before diminishing and shifting east of the area. The light to moderate snow didn't last very long at any given location, but many spots across the Caprock did pick up a quick dusting to an inch of snow. | |
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| View of the snow in Lubbock (left) and Friona (right) late Friday night into Saturday morning (10-11 January 2020). | |
| The snowfall did make for a pretty sight, and early on it didn't cause many problems on area roadways as the ground was relatively "warm". This allowed most of the snow to melt on roadways initially. However, as temperatures continued to fall in the 20s (and even teens in spots), the residual moisture then froze. This caused roadways to become very slick, which contributed to many accidents. Sadly, one accident that occurred on I-27 on the north side of Lubbock took the lives of two first responders (a police officer and a firefighter), and critically injured another, while they were assisting with two earlier accidents. | |
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| Radar-estimated and bias-correct liquid equivalent from the rain and snow 10-11 January 2020. The melted totals from the West Texas Mesonet for this same period can be VIEWED HERE. | |
| Overall, precipitation totals were on the light side. Snow totals of a dusting to around an inch were common, with a few locations, including in parts of Lubbock, seeing a little over an inch. One report of 3 inches of snow was received from Bovina, in Parmer County. Once the snow was melted down, liquid equivalents ranged from a trace to about a tenth of an inch. Officially, Lubbock recorded exactly 1 inch of snow, which melted down to 0.04 inches of liquid. | |
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| Visible satellite image captured at 9:06 am on 11 January 2020. | |
| The above satellite image snapped after the sun rose Saturday morning nicely illustrates the coverage of the snow. Below can be found numerous snow observations collected from around the region. | |
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Daily Temperature and Precipitation Summary
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
925 AM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
The following data are for the previous 24 HRS (8AM - 8AM)
Highs typically from the previous day. Low can be either day.
7-8AM
24 HOUR TODAY 24HR SNOW SNOW
LOCATION HI LOW 7-8AM PCPN FALL DEPTH
Aspermont 69 31 31 0.01
Big Spring AWOS 67 32 30 0
Brownfield 61 21 21 0.10 1.0 1
Childress M M M M M M
Childress ASOS 66 24 22 T T 0
Crosbyton 63 20 21 0.01 T T
Denver City M M M M M M
Dimmitt 56 17 17 M T 0
Floydada 62 20 21 T T 0
Friona 50 13 13 0.14 1.0 1
Guthrie 68 28 28 0
Hart 58 17 17 T
Jayton M M M M M M
Lake Alan Henry M M M M M M
Levelland 62 16 16 0.02 1.1 1
Littlefield 5SE 60 20 21 M 0.1 T
Lubbock 64 20 20 0.04 1.0 1
Matador 66 23 23 M
Memphis M M M 0
Morton 61 18 18 0.05 0.5 T
Muleshoe 60 18 18 0.08 T T
Muleshoe Refuge 59 14 15 M M M
Olton 58 20 21 T 0.1 0
Paducah 15S (Grow) 66 26 26 0
Plainview Wtr Plnt 58 18 18 0.02 0.2 T
Plainview Dly Hrld M M M M M M
Plains 59 20 21 M T T
Post 65 28 28 T T T
Silverton 61 16 17 M 1.0 1
Snyder 68 31 33 0.01 M M
Spur 69 26 26 M
Tahoka 66 26 26 0.02 T T
Tulia 53 15 16 0
Turkey 61 23 24 T T T
White River Lake M M M M M M
Automated Stations High Low 7AM Rain
Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge 59 14 15 0.04
Caprock Canyons State Park RAWS 65 23 23 0
Jayton RAWS 70 28 28 0
The following mesonet data show 24hr highs and lows
and precipitation 8am-8am.
Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet...
24-HR 8AM 8AM-8AM
HI LOW
Abernathy 5NE 61 19 19 0
Aiken 3WSW 60 18 18 0.02
Adrian 6WSW 47 15 17 0
Amarillo 7SSE 52 17 17 0
Amarillo 9NNE 48 14 14 0
Amarillo 15NNW 50 15 15 0
Amherst 1NE 62 20 20 0
Andrews 2NE 61 26 26 0.01
Anton 6S 60 20 20 0
Aspermont 3NE 69 29 29 0.09
BBNP Persimmon Gap 74 34 34 0
BBNP Castolon 1NW 77 38 39 0
Big Lake 1WNW 70 33 33 0
Bootleg 11WNW 49 13 14 0
Boys Ranch 1WSW 47 15 15 0
Brownfield 2S 63 22 22 0
Canadian 6E 49 14 14 0
Caprock Canyons 61 22 23 0
Childress 2NNE 66 21 21 0
Clarendon 2WSW 58 17 17 0
Claude 12SW 53 16 16 0
Clyde 2WNW 72 28 28 0
Colorado City 5NW 71 32 32 0
Coyanosa 63 30 31 0
Crane 1NNW 65 30 31 0
Crowell 1E 69 26 26 0
Dell City 1N 53 22 22 0
Denver City 7W 58 23 23 0
Dimmitt 2NE 56 17 17 0
Dora NM 2SW 55 19 20 0.02
Dozier 2W 61 19 19 0
Earth 9WSW 60 16 16 0.01
Endee NM 2SW 49 12 13 0
Estelline 3SSE 66 22 22 0
Floydada 2NE 63 20 20 0
Fluvanna 3W 66 27 27 0
Fort Chadborne 72 34 34 0
Fort Lancaster 72 39 39 0
Fort Lewis CO 34 -1 6 0.04
Fort McKavett 74 38 39 0
Friona 2NE 52 9 9 0
Fritch 1WNW 47 16 17 0
Gail 2SE 68 27 27 0
Goodlett 3W 66 23 23 0
Goodnight 55 16 16 0
Graham 5SW 65 25 25 0
Guadalupe N.P. 45 24 27 0.09
Guthrie 10W 70 27 27 0
Hackberry 2SSE 67 24 24 0
Happy 1E 54 16 17 0
Hart 3N 58 17 18 0
Haskell 1NW 69 29 29 0
Hefner 1SW 69 28 28 0
Hereford 2NW 51 12 13 0
Hobbs NM 5NW 56 24 25 0.01
Jayton 1S 70 26 26 0
Junction 1SSW 76 40 41 0
Kent 9E 55 29 29 0
Knox City 3NW 71 29 29 0.01
Lake Alan Henry 1NW 70 27 27 0
Lake McClellan 2NW 53 15 15 0
Lamesa 2SE 63 25 25 0
Lesley 2S 65 21 21 0
Levelland 4S 62 17 17 0
Lomax 1SSE 68 31 31 0.07
Lubbock (TX Tech) 64 21 21 0
Lubbock (Reese Ctr) 62 21 21 0
McLean 1E 56 15 15 0
Memphis 1NE 64 21 21 0
Menard 2NWE 76 37 39 0
Mertzon 3NNE 74 34 34 0
Morton 1NE 61 17 18 0
Muleshoe 2S 59 15 16 0.05
New Home 64 22 22 0
Northfield 1S 67 23 23 0
O`Donnell 1N 65 24 24 0
Olton 6S 58 19 19 0
Odell 4ENE 70 24 24 0
Paducah 10SW 68 24 24 0
Paloduro 4E JA Ranch 58 20 20 0
Palo Duro Canyon Rim 54 18 18 0
Palo Duro Cnyn Floor 57 21 21 0
Palo Duro Reservoir 41 8 9 0
Pampa 2E 48 13 13 0
Panhandle 1SSW 49 14 15 0
Plains 3N 59 20 21 0
Plainview 1S 59 20 20 0
Post 1NE 68 26 26 0
Ralls 1SE 63 22 22 0
Roaring Springs 3N 66 23 23 0
Rotan 5W 69 30 30 0.04
San Angelo 7NW 73 37 37 0
Seagraves 1SW 61 20 21 0
Segovia 7SSW 75 39 39 0
Seminole 2N 59 25 25 0
Seymour 3NW 73 27 27 0.04
Sierra Blanca 1SSE 48 25 28 0.06
Silverton 7E 61 16 17 0
Slaton 2NE 64 23 23 0
Smyer 62 20 20 0
Snyder 3E 68 29 29 0.01
Snyder 3SSW (WTC) 69 30 30 0
South Plains 3ENE 62 18 18 0
Spur 1W 69 26 26 0
Stamford 5ESE 71 28 29 0.02
Stinnett 1NNW 43 12 12 0
St Lawrence 5SW 68 32 32 0
Sterling City 4WNW 70 33 33 0
Sundown 8SW 61 15 15 0
Sweetwater 11SW 68 31 31 0
Tahoka 3NE 66 21 21 0
Tarzan 2WNW 64 28 28 0.02
Tatum NM 2SW 56 18 21 0
Throckmorton 1SW 73 28 29 0.06
Truscott 2SE 70 27 27 0
Tulia 2NE 54 17 17 0
Turkey 2WSW 61 22 22 0
Umbarger 3NNE 49 13 13 0
Van Horn 3ENE 53 24 25 0
Vigo Park 55 15 15 0
Wall 1E 75 37 37 0.08
Weinert 2NNE 71 29 29 0.01
Welch 63 19 20 0
White River Lk 6NW 66 24 24 0
Wolfforth 6SW 63 21 21 0
Supplemental Precipitation..
Childress USDA (Childress Cnty) M M M
Childress 14NW (Childress Cnty) 0
Childress 7NW (Childress Cnty) 0
Dodson 5S (Childress Cnty) M M M
Kirkland 1W (Childress Cnty) 0
Dumont (NW King County) 0
Floydada 9SE (Floyd County) T T T
Flomot 2E (NW Motley County) 0
Flomot 4NE (NW Motley County) 0
Lubbock 9N (Lubbock County) M M M
Lubbock 7WSW (77TH NR Iola) M M M
Lubbock 7SW (90TH NR Slide) 0.04 1.0 1
Lubbock 7SW #2 (103RD NR Slide) M M M
Northfield (NE Motley County) 0
Paducah 10S (Cottle County) T T 0
Pitchfork Ranch (E Dickens) M
Reese 4E (8th ST & Milwaukee) M M M
Roaring Springs (Motley County) 0
Ropesville 6NNW(Hockley County) 0.06 1.0 1
Shallowater (Lubbock County) 0.06 0.6 1
Tell 3S (Childress Cnty) T T T
Woodrow 3W (154th & Indiana) 0.08 1.0 1
..Automated USGS Rain Gauges..
Aspermont 13N (Stonewall County) 0
Brice 6SW (Hall County) 0
Childress 10N(Childress County) 0
Friona 12S Running Water Dr 0.01
Justiceburg(Garza County) 0
Kirkland 1NNE N Grosebeck Ck 0
Lake Alan Henry (Garza County) 0
Lockney 10SW Callahan Draw 0
Lubbock 4ESE (50TH LOOP 289) 0
Mackenzie Lake (Briscoe County) 0
Silverton 7W Rock Ck Tr 0
Wellman 1NE (Terry County) 0
White River Lake (Crosby County) 0
Wayside (Armstrong County) 0
------------- Agricultural Data -----------------
Pan Evaporation
Lake Alan Henry M
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