The snowstorm, dubbed “Rocky” by the Weather Channel, hit much of Oklahoma hard on February 25. The Oklahoma City metro area, however, missed out on the worst part of the storm, but instead enjoyed a rainy Monday.

A majority of northern Oklahoma was hit hard by the snowstorm. Snowfall ranged from five to 22 inches and had snow drifts of four to six feet.

The snowfall made some highways completely impassable. Enid received ten inches of snow, while Alva, Woodward, Taloga and Beaver all received over a foot of snow. In Woodward, a man died after a roof collapsed under the weight of all of the snow.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation spent nearly $2 million on clearing 2,500 miles of road in the aftermath of the large winter storm.

The snow storm was the fifth largest in the state’s history. In preparation for what was predicted to be a major storm for Oklahoma City, people raided grocery stores, the city prepared snow plows and salt trucks for when the storm hit.

Many people were unsatisfied with the amount of snow that Oklahoma City received, due to a dry slot that formed over the area.

According to Rick Smith with the National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office, the main reason the metro did not receive the quantity of snow that was predicted was because by the time temperatures were cold enough for snow across much of central Oklahoma, the storm system was moving away and pulling in more dry air.

This created a dry slot which, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is when a zone of air that wraps northeastward into the southern or eastern parts of systems. During the snow storm this dry slot that was created wrapped around a large portion of the metro and prevented snowfall.

Despite the metro not receiving much snow, it did receive much-needed rain, nearly an inch in many areas. February was above average for rainfall, which was a needed break from all the dry weather.

According Ryan Barnes, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service, a line separated the snow and the rain. Areas west of the line received snow and those east of the line received rain.