Ice Storm in Big Bend Area, Texas

Ice Storm November 22, 2013 – November 24, 2013 · Big Bend Area, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Law enforcement reported 1/2 inch ice accumulation on roads in and near Marathon. Power outages in Marathon, Alpine and south of Alpine. 4, 849 people were without power in Marfa, Alpine, Valentine, Fort Davis and Marathon.

The wider storm

An arctic airmass moved into the region with well below normal temperatures in it's wake. An upper trough was situated over the western Conus, and stayed there for several days. An extended period of wintry precipitation resulted over West Texas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 480004. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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