Winter Storm, Wood
- When
- December 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.786, -95.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Texas, December 16, 1996
Sleet caused traffic accidents in and near Tyler, Tx. Sleet also accumulated across bridges and overpasses in Big Sandy causing a few minor traffic accidents.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Sleet caused traffic accidents in and near Tyler, Tx. Sleet also accumulated across bridges and overpasses in Big Sandy causing a few minor traffic accidents.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Upshur
- When
- December 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.736, -94.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Smith
- When
- December 16, 5:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Smith forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.375, -95.269 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 16 to 18, 1996
- Dense Fog in California, December 16, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, December 16, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 16 to 18, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 16 to 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Indiana, December 16, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 16 to 19, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 16, 1996
- Blizzard in Montana, December 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, December 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 16, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 16 to 17, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578970, 5578971, 5578972.