A multi-cell cluster formed just west of Lubbock, TX. Several landspouts were observed as the supercell tracked southeast through Brownfield and Lamesa. At approximately 6:09pm, it produced a dusty EF-1 reaching an estimated width of 100 yards, moving southeast for 6.82 miles with winds up to 100 mph and baseball-sized hail.

The first few days of a multi-day chase, traveling through OK and TX tracking a severe weather outbreak.

The first recorded blizzard and most significant winter storm in the Gulf Coast region since 1895, originating from an area of low pressure formed in the Gulf of Mexico along an east-bound Arctic cold front.