Frost/Freeze — Kenedy, Texas

2015-02-18 · Kenedy, Texas

Event narrative

Two COOP sites in Kenedy County reported temperatures below freezing. The COOP site in Armstrong reported a low of 26 degrees and the site in Sarita reported a low of 30 degrees.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushed across Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley during the afternoon hours of February 16th. Surface high pressure centered over south central Texas, combined with clear skies, rapidly decoupling winds, and lowering dew points to provide a good setup for a radiational cooling event that resulted in a short duration freeze for Kenedy County. Temperatures across Kenedy County dropped to or below freezing for several hours during the early morning hours of February 18th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 563508. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.