Not the ongoing snow/sleet/rain/cold event, but the Big Freeze of 1899:
“On this day in 1899, Tulia, Texas [south of Happy, “the town without a frown” in the Panhandle], reported the coldest temperature ever recorded in the state–minus 23 degrees Fahrenheit. This was part of the ‘Big Freeze,’ an infamous norther that killed 40,000 cattle across the state overnight.”
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 