Winter Storm in Northern Newton, Texas

Sleet moved into northern sections of Newton County during the evening of the 23rd, and soon changed over to snow. Snow kept falling through the night and into the morning of the 24th with accumulations ranging from around 2 inches to around 3.5 inches.

A cold air mass plunged south to the gulf coast while an upper level disturbance moved across the region. Rain, snow, and sleet moved into the region during the late afternoon of the 23rd and gradually turned to all snow across the East Texas Lakes Region. Farther south along Interstate 10 sleet and freezing was the dominate precipitation type. At the coast mostly rain and freezing rain occurred.