Winter Storm — Northern Newton, Texas

2014-01-23 to 2014-01-24 · Northern Newton, Texas

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 494359. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.