A strong and vigorous upper low moved across the Rockies and produced heavy snow and blizzard conditions along with freezing rain to the western and central Texas panhandle. Five people were killed as a result of the winter storm and about one thousand seven hundred and seventy customers were without electricity in Dumas...Dalhart...Hartley...Sunray...Etter...Texline...Bushland...and Cactus. About one thousand customers were without electricity in Spearman...Vega...Adrian...and Wildorado. Motorists had to be rescued after becoming stranded by the heavy snow near Texline with four foot high snow drifts. Major roads and highways were closed due to the heavy snow including Interstate 40 west of Amarillo...U.S. Highway 87 north out of Dalhart...U.S. Highway 54 west out of Dalhart...and U.S. Highway 287 north out of Stratford. Three people were killed in Randall county involving a car and train accident with two people injured in the accident. Two other people were killed in separate car accidents with four people injured in both Potter and Randall counties...however one of those four injured on December 29, 2006 died exactly one month later on January 29, 2007 from her injuries.

Heavy Snow in DALLAM, TEXAS
From 28-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 30-DEC-06 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Six inches of snow was estimated fourteen miles northwest of Dalhart with waist high drifts of at least six inches.

Heavy Snow in DALLAM, TEXAS
From 28-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 30-DEC-06 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Five and a half inches of snow was estimated in Dalhart.

Heavy Snow in SHERMAN, TEXAS
From 28-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 30-DEC-06 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Five inches of snow was estimated at Stratford with snow drifts to three feet.

Ice Storm in RANDALL, TEXAS
From 29-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 31-DEC-06 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 68.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Thirty-eight hundreds of an inch of ice from freezing rain and freezing drizzle was measured seven miles west southwest of Amarillo on tree limbs.

Heavy Snow in DALLAM, TEXAS
From 28-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 30-DEC-06 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Eighteen inches of snow was measured at Texline and the strong winds were producing four foot snow drifts.

Heavy Snow in DALLAM, TEXAS
From 28-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 30-DEC-06 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue

Twelve inches of snow was estimated in Texline with snow drifts of eight feet. Snow total was hard to estimate due to drifting.

Ice Storm in POTTER, TEXAS
From 29-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 31-DEC-06 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

One half inch of ice from freezing rain and freezing drizzle was measured at the National Weather Service Office in Amarillo six miles east of Amarillo.

Ice Storm in MOORE, TEXAS
From 29-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 31-DEC-06 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

One quarter of an inch of ice was estimated in Dumas from freezing rain and freezing drizzle.

Ice Storm in POTTER, TEXAS
From 29-DEC-06 18:00:00 to 31-DEC-06 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 32.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Four tenths of an inch of ice from freezing rain and freezing drizzle was measured at the National Weather Service Office in Amarillo six miles east of Amarillo.

Blizzard in DALLAM, TEXAS
From 29-DEC-06 16:36:00 to 30-DEC-06 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

The Dalhart ASOS reported visibilities of less than or equal to one quarter of a mile...sustained wind gusts of greater than thirty-five miles an hour...and heavy snow.

Blizzard in HARTLEY, TEXAS
From 29-DEC-06 16:36:00 to 30-DEC-06 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

The Dalhart ASOS reported visibilities of less than or equal to one quarter of a mile...sustained wind gusts of greater than thirty-five miles an hour...and heavy snow.