PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
652 AM CDT MON APR 9 2007

...UNPRECEDENTED APRIL SNOWFALL AFFECTS PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING...YOU REALIZE YOU
HAVEN`T. SNOW IN APRIL? YES VIRGINIA...SNOW IN APRIL! RAIN MIXED
WITH SLEET AND SNOW FELL GENERALLY NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO CONROE TO
LIVINGSTON LINE FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
LOOKING BACK THROUGH LOCAL CLIMATE RECORDS SHOWS THAT SNOW WILL
FALL INTO LATE MARCH BUT THIS PART OF TEXAS HAS NEVER RECORDED
SNOW IN APRIL. ALTHOUGH APRIL 1938 AND 1939 WERE BOTH RATHER
COLD...THE PRECIPITATION HAD ENDED BEFORE THE COLD AIR FILTERED
INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SO SNOW WAS NOT REPORTED IN AREA
OBSERVATIONS. THE LAST MEASURABLE SNOW FOR THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COUNTY WARNING AREA OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 24-25TH 2004.

THE COMMUNITY OF GRAPELAND IN HOUSTON COUNTY RECEIVED BETWEEN 1
AND 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A KURTEN TO CROCKETT TO LUFKIN LINE
RECEIVED ACCUMULATING SNOW ON SATURDAY.

BELOW IS A TABLE LISTING SNOWFALL DATA FOR A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

CITY       LATEST DATE FOR SNOW     PREVIOUS LATEST DATE

CROCKETT   1 INCH APRIL 7 2007      1 INCH MARCH 27 1930
LIVINGSTON TRACE* APRIL 7 2007     .5 INCH FEB 24 1965
COL STAT   TRACE* APRIL 7 2007      TRACE MARCH 5 1954
HUNTSVILLE TRACE* APRIL 7 2007     .3 INCH MARCH 12 1948

ANOTHER UNUSUAL FACT ABOUT THIS LATEST SNOW EVENT IS THAT THE
TEMPERATURE NEVER FELL BELOW FREEZING AT ANY OF OUR OBSERVATION
SITES. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE ESTABLISHED AT GALVESTON AND
COLLEGE STATION ON SATURDAY APRIL 7TH. RECORD LOW MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES WERE ALSO ESTABLISHED AT HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION
ON THE 7TH. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND QUICKLY AND HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE MID 80S BY WEDNESDAY.

* DAILY AND MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORDS