Right on the heels of the Ice Storm that affected the region a few days before, another surge of arctic air moved into West Central Texas on Monday the 15th. With the active sub-tropical jet overhead, and disturbances moving through the jet, snow began to fall Tuesday morning Janurary 16th across the Northern Edwards Plateau and along the I10 corridor.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Right on the heels of the Ice Storm that affected the region a few days before, another surge of arctic air moved into West Central Texas on Monday the 15th. With the active sub-tropical jet overhead, and disturbances moving through the jet, snow began to fall Tuesday morning Janurary 16th across the Northern Edwards Plateau and along the I10 corridor. The snow spread north and east into the Concho Valley including San Angelo. The snow continued to spread northeast across the Northwest Hill Country and into Coleman and Brownwood by Tuesday afternoon. The snow eventually spread across the I20 corridor across the southern Big Country early Wednesday morning. The Snow began to taper off early Wednesday morning across the area from northwest to southeast. The heaviest snowfall amounts were noted along and south of Interstate 10 where 4 to 8 inches of snow were reported. Further north, snowfall amounts ranged from a trace to an inch along Interstate 20. One to three inches of snow were measured between the I20 and the I10 corridors. This heavy snow closed Interstate 10 for two days between Junction and Ozona. Further north, many roads were ice and snow covered and many school districts either delayed or closed schools on the Wednesday the 17th. Ozona Emergency Management opened a shelter at the Ozona Convention Center for stranded motorists. The ice and snow also caused a few power outages across Sweetwater.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 16, 5:13 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 513 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 .AVIATION... SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND AFFECT THE KSJT TERMINAL ABOUT MIDMORNING...SNOW SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE AT KSJT BY LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR AT KABI THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 423 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007/ TAKE 2 FOR THE WINTERY PRECIP...AS A PARTIAL BREAK ON SUNDAY WILL MOVE INTO 2ND WAVE TO SET UP FOR TODAY INTO WED. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE IN THE LOWER LEVELS AND SWRLY FLOW IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS BRINGING IN A ROUND OF VORT MAXES AND PACIFIC MOISTURE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CURRENT PICTURE. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAY AND OVER THE PAST WEEKEND IS THAT OUR AIR MASS HAS COOLED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS...THUS LESSENING OUR CHANCES FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AND GREATER CHANCES FOR SNOW. BY WED AFTERNOON...WILL GET A WARM NOSE ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE REGION THUS WILL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE OF SLEET IN THE MIX BEFORE THINGS END FOR A BRIEF BREAK WED EVE. HOWEVER...AS THE SURFACE HIGH PULLS OFF THURSDAY...WILL SEE SRLY FLOW AND MOISTURE RETURNING ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AHEAD OF OUR NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM TO APPROACH TO THE AREA BY THURS NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE FOR NEXT WEEKEND IN THE EXTENDED AS WELL AFTER THE NEXT FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON FRI AND A PACIFIC LOW SETS UP TO MOVE ACROSS FOR THE WEEKEND. SEE NPW FOR WARNING ADVISORY DETAILS... && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 35 24 33 28 / 10 20 20 10 SAN ANGELO 30 23 32 26 / 50 40 30 10 JUNCTION 28 26 33 28 / 70 50 40 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR CROCKETT- KIMBLE-MASON-MENARD-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR CONCHO-IRION-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-TOM GREEN. && 15/99/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 434 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-171045- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 434 AM CST TUE JAN 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING AND SPREAD NORTHWARD TO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR WHERE AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS FURTHER NORTH TO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA THURSDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRIMARILY RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
12 winter weather, 6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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