Upper level disturbances moving across West Central Texas and freezing surface temperatures brought areas of light snow to the region. Approximately 1 to 2 inches of snow fell across most of the area except east of a line from Brownwood to Brady to Mason.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Upper level disturbances moving across West Central Texas and freezing surface temperatures brought areas of light snow to the region. Approximately 1 to 2 inches of snow fell across most of the area except east of a line from Brownwood to Brady to Mason.
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 Feb 12, 4:57 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 457 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... && .AVIATION... CEILINGS ARE SLOWLY LOWERING ACROSS THE AREA...AS LOW CLOUDS SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. EXPECT CEILINGS TO BECOME MVFR TO IFR AT ALL TAF SITES LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IFR TO BRIEF LIFR CEILINGS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE NEXT AVIATION CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. EXPECT A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND RAIN AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE DAY...THEN A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE NIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 3 TO 5 STATUTE MILES WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. EAST WINDS THIS EARLY MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST BY LATE MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 34 34 57 35 71 / 70 70 20 0 10 SAN ANGELO 36 36 64 37 75 / 60 60 10 0 0 JUNCTION 39 38 68 35 76 / 50 50 20 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COKE...COLEMAN...CONCHO... FISHER...HASKELL...IRION...JONES...NOLAN...RUNNELS... SHACKELFORD...STERLING...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON...TOM GREEN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CROCKETT...KIMBLE...MASON...MCCULLOCH... MENARD...SAN SABA...SCHLEICHER...SUTTON. && DANIELS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 357 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-131000- 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- 357 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF A COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 838 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-121645- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER... STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS... MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA... HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN... ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN... BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON 838 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 820 AM...SLEET WAS REPORTED IN OZONA BY THE PUBLIC. AT 830 AM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SLEET FROM OZONA TO SONORA AND IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS AREA OF SLEET WILL MAKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES VERY SLIPPERY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARDS MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...AND ELDORADO THROUGH 930 AM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 850 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-121645- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER... STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS... MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA... HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN... ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN... BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON 850 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 820 AM...SLEET WAS REPORTED IN OZONA BY THE PUBLIC. AT 850 AM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SLEET FROM OZONA TO SONORA AND IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS AREA OF SLEET WILL MAKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES VERY SLIPPERY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AND IMPACTS THE I10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN OZONA AND JUNCTION...AND ALSO AS THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION AFFECTS MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...AND ELDORADO THROUGH 1030 AM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 933 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-121745- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER... STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS... MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA... HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN... ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN... BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON 933 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING... AT 930 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SNOW MIXED WITH SOME SLEET APPROACHING THE I10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN OZONA AND JUNCTION. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS AREA OF SLEET WILL MAKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES VERY SLIPPERY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AND IMPACTS THE I10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN OZONA AND JUNCTION THROUGH NOON. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ALSO IMPACT THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY REGION OF BRADY...SAN SABA...MASON...AND MENARD. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH NOON. SCATTERED AREAS OF SLEET OR SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...AND ELDORADO THROUGH NOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
25 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
An inch of snow was estimated in Junction by the Sheriff's Office.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer estimated 0.6 inches of sleet 7 miles north northwest of Junction.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured an inch of snow 14 miles south southeast of Mertzon.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured an inch of snow 11 miles northeast of Eldorado.
An inch of snow was measured 12 miles north northwest of Mertzon.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured an inch of snow in Water Valley.
A National Weather Service Office measured half an inch of snow in San Angelo.
The Sterling County Judge measured an inch of snow in Sterling City.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer estimated an inch of snow 8 miles east of Sterling City.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured two inches of snow 11 miles north northeast of Water Valley.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured 1.5 inches of snow and sleet in Wingate.
Local police estimated 1.5 inches of snow in Sweetwater.
Highway department personnel estimated an inch of snow in Roby.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured 1.2 inches of snow in Silver Valley.
Highway department personnel estimated an inch of snow in Coleman.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured 1.4 inches of snow in Abilene.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured 1.5 inches of snow 8 miles west southwest of Buffalo Gap.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured two inches of snow 12 miles south of Baird.
A Cocorahs observer measured 1.4 inches of snow 3 miles west of Potosi.
A city official estimated an inch of snow in Anson.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured two inches of snow in Putnam.
Local police estimated 1.5 inches of snow in Hamlin.
The Sheriff's Office measured two inches of snow in Albany.
A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured 1.5 inches of snow in Haskell.
A Volunteer Fire Department personnel estimated 1.5 inches of snow in Throckmorton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2012
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: 366809, 366925, 366930, 366946, 366812, 366926, 367404, 366810, 366944, 366943, 366933, 366935, 366949, 366929, 366948, 366811, 366928, 366931, 366932, 366936, 366927, 366938, 366942, 366934, 366947.