Late Easter Snow falls in Texas Panhandle

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Late Easter Snow falls in Texas Panhandle

#1 Postby CaptinCrunch » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:17 am

1 to 2 inches of snow fell in the Panhandle of Texas yesterday morning. From Dalhart to Amarillo 8-)
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#2 Postby vbhoutex » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:57 am

Taht is very late for the TX panhandle I believe!! does anyone have a latest snowfall ever date for that area? I'm usre it would be later than this, but I'm curious.
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#3 Postby yoda » Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:43 am

I found some interesting things on NCDC, but don't know if its waht you wanted...


http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi ... ent~280857 is another one...

WOAH!!! APRIL 25!!
Event: Heavy Snow
Begin Date: 25 Apr 1997, 02:00:00 AM CST
Begin Location: Not Known
End Date: 25 Apr 1997, 05:00:00 PM CST
End Location: Not Known
Magnitude: 0
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Property Damage: $ 0.0
Crop Damage: $ 3.0M
State: Texas
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affected: Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Potter, Randall

Description:
Unusual day in the Texas Panhandle where storm system dumped anywhere from 4 to 8 inches of snow during the morning and afternoon and also flooding occurred in the south central Texas Panhandle. Three to five thousand head of cattle were killed by the late season heavy snow and damage to crops was in the millions of dollars.



Still looking, but that may be it.
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#4 Postby vbhoutex » Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:28 am

Thanks Yoda!! That could be lthe latest!!! That is very late, even for the "Northern Texas" area!
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