A winter storm brought heavy snow and deadly travel conditions to the South Plains of west Texas during the 22nd and 23rd.
Snow began to overspread the the extreme southwestern Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains around sunset on the 22nd, and then spread southeastward to encompass most of the region by late evening.  By the pre-dawn hours of the 23rd, at least three distinct east-west oriented bands of heavy snow had developed over the western and central South Plains and the southern Rolling Plains.  These bands resulted in localized 4 to 8 inch accumulations.  A post-storm survey by meteorologists from the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet revealed a ten mile-wide swath of 6 inch accumulations over portions of the southwestern South Plains that extended from between Bledsoe (Cochran County) and Bronco (Yoakum County) eastward to west of Ropesville (Hockley County) associated with one of these bands.
Sub-freezing daytime temperatures that preceded the snowfall contributed to rapid changes in driving conditions immediately following the onset of precipitation.  Area roadways quickly became treacherous, and 65 weather-related accidents were reported in Lubbock (Lubbock County).  At least 16 accidents were reported elsewhere across the South Plains.  A Lubbock police officer suffered a broken arm when her cruiser collided with a pickup truck near the intersection of 6th Street and Frankford in one such accident.  A 20-year-old man was killed and his passenger was injured when their pickup truck slid off of Interstate 27 and rolled north of Plainview (Hale County).  One motorist was injured in a three-vehicle collision near Levelland (Hockley County).  A dozen vehicles reportedly slid off of U.S. Highway 84 between Lubbock and Slaton in Lubbock County, and many flights from Lubbock's Preston Smith International Airport were canceled or delayed.
Total economic damages were estimated at $350,000
A list of reported snow accumulations follows:  8 inches in Post (Garza County), 6 inches over rural areas of southern Cochran and Hockley Counties and northern Terry and Yoakum Counties, 5 inches in Post (Garza County), 5 inches in Southland (Garza County), 5 inches in Tahoka (Lynn County), 4 inches in Abernathy (Hale County), 4 inches in Aspermont (Stonewall County), 4 inches in Lubbock (Lubbock County), 3 inches in Brownfield (Terry County), 3 inches in Childress (Childress County), 3 inches in Denver City (Yoakum County), 3 inches in Dimmitt (Castro County), 3 inches in Friona (Parmer County), 3 inches in Jayton (Kent County), 3 inches in Muleshoe (Bailey County), 3 inches in Plains (Yoakum County), 3 inches in Rhea (Parmer County), 3 inches in Spur (Dickens County), 3 inches in Tulia (Swisher County), 2 inches in Crosbyton (Crosby County), 2 inches in Floydada (Floyd County), 2 inches in Flomot (Motley County), 2 inches in Guthrie (King County), 2 inches in Hart (Castro County), 2 inches in Kirkland (Childress County), 2 inches at Lake Alan Henry (Garza County), 2 inches in Levelland (Hockley County), 2 inches in Morton (Cochran County), 2 inches in Olton (Lamb County), 2 inches in Paducah (Cottle County), 2 inches in Plainview (Hale County), 2 inches in Ropesville (Hockley County), 2 inches in Silverton (Briscoe County), 2 inches in Shallowater (Lubbock County), 2 inches in Turkey (Hall County), 2 inches at White River Lake (Crosby County), 1 inch in Littlefield (Lamb County), 1 inch in Matador (Motley County), and 1 inch in Memphis (Hall County).

Winter Weather in DICKENS, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in CROSBY, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in MOTLEY, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in FLOYD, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in LAMB, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in BAILEY, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in PARMER, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in CASTRO, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in SWISHER, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in BRISCOE, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in HALL, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in CHILDRESS, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in HALE, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in YOAKUM, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in TERRY, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in LYNN, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in GARZA, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in STONEWALL, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in COCHRAN, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in HOCKLEY, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Heavy Snow in LUBBOCK, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in KENT, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in KING, TEXAS
From 22-FEB-10 17:00:00 to 23-FEB-10 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer