January 22, 2015 Amarillo Snowstorm

A large, potent, positive-tilted trough rolled from the 4 corners area over the panhandles, providing adequate lift over a moist post-frontal area in the panhandles. A very heavy mesoscale band of snow, dumping up to 4" per hour at times, sat over I-40 and around the Amarillo area. In total, up to 13" of snow fell in this area during the very early hours of the 22nd.