PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
947 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
...THE SECOND SNOW EVENT OF THE 2009-2010 WINTER SEASON STRIKES THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE COUPLED WITH A SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BROUGHT
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF
THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO
INCHES. COLDER AIR BEGAN TO FILTER INTO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT
AND RAIN BEGAN TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND 9 PM.
THE SNOW QUICKLY BECAME HEAVY NORTH OF A CALDWELL TO LIVINGSTON
LINE. IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECEIVES MULTIPLE SNOW
EVENTS IN ONE WINTER SEASON. THE LAST TIME TWO SNOW EVENTS
OCCURRED IN THE SAME SEASON WAS BACK IN 1985. ACCUMULATING SNOW
FELL ON JANUARY 3 AND AGAIN ON JANUARY 12 1985. HERE ARE THE
SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM LAST NIGHTS SNOW EVENT:
COMMUNITY SNOWFALL
WECHES 3.5 INCHES
LATEXO 2.5 INCHES
MADISONVILLE 2.5 INCHES (PUBLIC)
MADISONVILLE 2.0 INCHES (CO-OP)
CROCKETT 2.0 INCHES
LOVELADY 2.0 INCHES
KENNARD 2.0 INCHES
W. GRAPELAND 1.7 INCHES
IOLA 1.0 INCHES
BRYAN 0.5 INCHES
TRINITY 0.5 INCHES
COL STATION 0.2 INCHES
THE SNOW HAS ENDED AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AND MELT ANY
REMAINING SNOW. LOOKING AHEAD...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.
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