Ice Storm — Red River, Texas

2000-12-24 to 2000-12-26 · Red River, Texas

Event narrative

After trying to recover from an ice storm earlier in the month, another even more devastating ice storm struck the northern third of northeast Texas. Freezing rain resulted in ice accumulations ranging from 1/4 to 3 inches which devastated the middle Red River Valley counties of northeast Texas. Tens of thousands of trees and numerous power lines were either broken or felled from the weight of the ice leaving vast regions of northeast Texas without power for weeks. Bowie, Cass and Red River counties were declared disaster areas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5169487. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.