It was All About Snow in South Liberty County

LIBERTY, December 11, 2008 - The snowfall last night and early this morning was remarkable. Everyone seemed to enjoy this rare event in South Liberty County.

There was even enough snow to make a snowman as folks did today at Liberty Dayton GM Autoworld on North Main Street in Liberty.

Liberty County Emergency Management Coordinator, Tom Branch also sent in some interested statistics about the snowfall we experienced.

Branch writes, "I just wanted to let you know that during last nights snow event, the members of our law enforcement community, dispatchers, fire departments, and ems were kept very busy. I truly believe they did a great job dealing with this rare southeast Texas event. What a beautiful sight , I have lived within 50 miles of here my entire life and do not believe I have ever seen such a beautiful snowfall."

SNOW FALL TOTALS FOR 10 DECEMBER 2008...

A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS YESTERDAY AND HAS PRODUCED A BROAD AREA OF SNOWFALL FOR EARLY DECEMBER. THIS TIES THE MARK FOR THE EARLIEST SNOW FALL IN THE HOUSTON AREA FOR DECEMBER. IT HAD ALSO SNOWED ON DECEMBER 10 IN 1944. LIGHT SNOW FELL DURING THE MORNING OVER PARTS OF WASHINGTON...BURLESON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES ON DECEMBER 10TH. SNOW REDEVELOPED DURING AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVED INTO THE HOUSTON AREA. SOME AREAS ACROSS THE REGION SAW A
CHANGE OF RAIN AND SLEET TO SNOW BY THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL WAS AT ITS HEAVIEST BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM LAST NIGHT MAINLY EAST OF AN INTERSTATE 45 LINE. SNOW FALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM A TRACE OVER PARTS OF WESTERN BRAZORIA...HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES TO AS MUCH 2 TO 3 INCHES IN EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY. TRACE TO ONE INCH AMOUNTS FELL ON GALVESTON ISLAND WITH GENERALLY AN INCH TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FALL FOR GALVESTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL WAS IN A BAND FROM CHAMBERS COUNTY TO POLK COUNTY WHERE SOME AREAS SAW AS MUCH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. BELOW ARE THE LATEST SNOW FALL TOTALS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

...BRAZOS...BURLESON...MADISON...HOUSTON COUNTIES...
COLLEGE STATION - 1.5-2 INCH
EASTERWOOD FIELD KCLL - 2.0 INCH
BRENHAM - 3 INCH
MADISONVILLE - 2-3 INCH
HOUSTON COUNTY - 1.0 INCH
CONROE - 1.2 INCH
NAVASOTA - 2.0 - 3.0 INCH

...HARRIS COUNTY...
KINGWOOD - 1.0 INCH
HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL - TRACE
CYPRESS - 0.5 INCH
DW HOOKS FIELD - TRACE
SPRING - 1.0 INCH
RICE/WEST U - 0.5 INCH
HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT - 0.3 INCH
PASADENA - 2.5 INCH
CHANNELVIEW - 2.5 INCH
LA PORTE - 3.0 INCH
BAYTOWN - 4.0 INCH
HOUSTON (SE) - 0.5 INCH
ELLINGTON FIELD KEFD - 1.0 INCH

...GALVESTON...BRAZORIA COUNTIES...
GALVESTON - 1.0 INCH
CLEAR LAKE - 1.0 INCH
NWS OFFICE - 1.5 INCH
LEAGUE CITY - 1.5 INCH
PEARLAND - 0.5 INCH
SEABROOK - 1.0 INCH
SANTA FE - 2.0 INCH
SWEENY - 0.5 INCH
ANGLETON - 0.5 INCH

...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY COUNTIES...
TRINITY - 1 INCH
LIVINGSTON - 2.0 INCH
SAN JACINTO COUNTY - 2.5 - 3.0 INCH
MOUNT BELVIEW - 5.0 INCH
LIBERTY - 5.0 INCH
ANAHUAC - 4.0 INCH
WINNIE - 5.0 - 6.0 INCH

WHEN DID IT SNOW LAST? SNOW FLURRIES FELL ACROSS THE EXTREME
NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION ON MARCH 7TH 2008 BUT THE LAST
MEASURABLE SNOW OCCURRED ON APRIL 7TH 2007 NORTH OF A CALDWELL TO LIVINGSTON LINE. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FELL ON THAT SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER.

THE LAST MEASURABLE SNOW TO FALL IN THE HOUSTON AREA FELL ON
CHRISTMAS EVE IN 2004. SNOW AMOUNTS WERE A TRACE AT
INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...BUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS LIKE PEARLAND... WEBSTER AND CLEAR LAKE RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. FURTHER SOUTH A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW AFFECTED WHARTON...FORT BEND AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES.

FOR WHAT IT`S WORTH...THE LAST LAND FALLING HURRICANE ON GALVESTON ISLAND BEFORE HURRICANE IKE WAS HURRICANE JERRY IN 1989. THERE WAS 1.7 INCHES OF SNOW ON DECEMBER 22 1989. HURRICANE ALICIA MADE LANDFALL IN 1983 AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DAYS WITH SNOW FLURRIES IN DECEMBER OF 1983. PERHAPS JUST A COINCIDENCE.

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