Winter Weather, Cherokee
- When
- January 20, 6:00 PM CST to January 21, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.837, -95.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Texas, January 20 to 21, 2025
A very cold, arctic air mass settled south into the Four State Region on January 19th, and persisted through the 22nd before gradually warming for the final week of January. A strong upper trough of low pressure translated east across Texas into the Northern Gulf on the 20th-21st, resulting in an increase in large scale forcing over portions of the Southeast Texas coast into Central and South…
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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.
A very cold, arctic air mass settled south into the Four State Region on January 19th, and persisted through the 22nd before gradually warming for the final week of January. A strong upper trough of low pressure translated east across Texas into the Northern Gulf on the 20th-21st, resulting in an increase in large scale forcing over portions of the Southeast Texas coast into Central and South Louisiana where the air column was able to moisten sufficiently for areas of moderate to heavy snow across these areas. This system generated historic snowfall totals and cold across South Louisiana, while the northern fringes of this disturbance yielded a dusting to up to 2 inches of snow over portions of Deep East Texas, North and Central Louisiana.
The following are known snowfall totals that were reported over portions of Deep East Texas:
Cherokee County: 0.1 inches was recorded 7 miles south of Alto. |Nacogdoches County: 0.1 inches (a light dusting) was recorded 5 miles east-southeast of Appleby.|Shelby County: 0.1 inches (a light dusting) was recorded in Center. |Sabine County: 0.1 inches (a light dusting) was recorded throughout much of the county. |San Augustine County: 0.3 inches was recorded 11 miles southeast of Broaddus near the banks of Sam Rayburn Reservoir.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Nacogdoches
- When
- January 20, 6:00 PM CST to January 21, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.616, -94.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Shelby
- When
- January 20, 6:00 PM CST to January 21, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.792, -94.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Sabine
- When
- January 20, 6:00 PM CST to January 21, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sabine forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.343, -93.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, San Augustine
- When
- January 20, 6:00 PM CST to January 21, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- San Augustine forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.394, -94.168 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Angelina
- When
- January 20, 6:00 PM CST to January 21, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Angelina forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.255, -94.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1234230, 1234231, 1234232, 1234233, 1234234, 1234235.