Almost a foot of snow in Texas!

Snow in the south and southwest isn't unusual, but nearly a foot of snow in one day?  That doesn't happen too often.  But, that was the case down in Texas where parts of the state received almost a foot of snow by Thursday afternoon.  Temperatures dropped to freezing during the day Wednesday, changing rain over to snow with cities in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas receiving almost 10 inches of snow!  A heavy band of snow developed right along the I-40 corridor late Wednesday and produced nearly a foot of snow between the New Mexico and Oklahoma state lines.  Snowfall rates of almost 4 inches per hour were reported.  That's a lot of snow!  With that heavy snow, Amarillo, TX recorded 11 inches, setting a daily snowfall record.

Now, compare that to the snow Rockford has received all season.  Since the first snow fell back in October (on Halloween), we've only received 11.1 inches.  So, this means Amarillo picked up almost as much snow in one day as we've received all winter.  Some snow is in the forecast for the end of the weekend, but it won't be enough to make up for our deficit.