Winter Weather — Schleicher, Texas

2018-02-21 to 2018-02-22 · Schleicher, Texas

Event narrative

Area radar and observations showed freezing rain fell during the morning of February 21. Freezing drizzle also fell during the overnight hours into the morning of February 22. Schleicher County Independent School District started classes two hours late on February 22.

Wider weather episode

A Winter Storm impacted the Big Country during the morning and early afternoon of February 21. With surface temperatures in the middle to upper 20s, heavy sleet mixed with freezing rain fell across the Big Country. This freezing precipitation resulted in numerous school closures and traffic accidents. As the heavy precipitation ended by early afternoon on February 21, light freezing drizzle continued through the night across the Big Country into the early afternoon on February 22. The weight of the ice resulted in some downed tree branches across the area.

The heavy sleet and freezing rain abated by the early afternoon on February 21 and became freezing drizzle as it continued across the remainder of West Central Texas, south of Interstate 20 during the night of February 21 and into the morning on February 22. This continued to cause ice to accumulate on some roads, bridges, elevated objects and trees.

These conditions lead to a multiple vehicle pileup on Interstate 10 near Sonora. Many school districts across West Central Texas began school about two hours late on February 22.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 742374. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.