Ice Storm, Brown
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.774, -99.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
A slow moving upper level storm system produced an ice storm across West Central Texas, greatly hampering post Christmas holiday travel. The northern and western counties saw the most accumulations, with areas northwest of a Sonora to Brady to Brownwood line picking up accumulations of freezing rain and sleet totaling at least a quarter inch.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 18 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
- 18
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 SJT wrote it up.
A slow moving upper level storm system produced an ice storm across West Central Texas, greatly hampering post Christmas holiday travel. The northern and western counties saw the most accumulations, with areas northwest of a Sonora to Brady to Brownwood line picking up accumulations of freezing rain and sleet totaling at least a quarter inch. Scattered thunderstorms produced pockets of much heavier accumulations, with up to 2 inches reported across parts of Sterling and Coleman counties. Numerous accidents were reported as area roadways quickly became hazardous. Unfortunately, one fatality was reported in Nolan County in a traffic accident on an icy Interstate 20.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
18 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Callahan
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Callahan forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.298, -99.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Coke
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coke forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.889, -100.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Coleman
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coleman forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.773, -99.454 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Concho
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Concho forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.327, -99.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Crockett
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crockett forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.723, -101.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Fisher
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fisher forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.743, -100.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Haskell
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Haskell forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.178, -99.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Irion
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Irion forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.304, -100.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Jones
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jones forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.740, -99.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Nolan
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nolan forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.304, -100.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Runnels
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Runnels forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.831, -99.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Schleicher
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Schleicher forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.897, -100.539 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Shackelford
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shackelford forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.736, -99.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Sterling
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sterling forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.828, -101.050 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Taylor
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.301, -99.890 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Throckmorton
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.178, -99.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Tom Green
- When
- December 25, 8:00 PM CST to December 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.404, -100.462 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Avalanche in Wyoming, December 25, 2000
- Rip Current in California, December 25, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, December 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, December 25 to 27, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, December 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 25 to 26, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2000
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: 5169505, 5169506, 5169507, 5169508, 5169509, 5169510, 5169511, 5169512, 5169513, 5169514, 5169515, 5169516, 5169517, 5169518, 5169519, 5169520, 5169521, 5169522.