Winter Weather in Cherokee, Texas

A very cold, arctic air mass settled south into the Four State Region on January 19th, and persisted through the 22nd before gradually warming for the final week of January. A strong upper trough of low pressure translated east across Texas into the Northern Gulf on the 20th-21st, resulting in an increase in large scale forcing over portions of the Southeast Texas coast into Central and South Louisiana where the air column was able to moisten sufficiently for areas of moderate to heavy snow across these areas. This system generated historic snowfall totals and cold across South Louisiana, while the northern fringes of this disturbance yielded a dusting to up to 2 inches of snow over portions of Deep East Texas, North and Central Louisiana.

The following are known snowfall totals that were reported over portions of Deep East Texas:

Cherokee County: 0.1 inches was recorded 7 miles south of Alto.

Nacogdoches County: 0.1 inches (a light dusting) was recorded 5 miles east-southeast of Appleby.

Shelby County: 0.1 inches (a light dusting) was recorded in Center.

Sabine County: 0.1 inches (a light dusting) was recorded throughout much of the county.

San Augustine County: 0.3 inches was recorded 11 miles southeast of Broaddus near the banks of Sam Rayburn Reservoir.