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| Event typeevent_type | Frost/Freeze |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 208,943 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 36,060 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2009-12-05T06:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2009-12-05T14:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | TEXAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | WILLACY |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | COOP Observer |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A deep trough of mid level low pressure, extending from the Upper Midwest southwest into Texas brought a period of cold rain and snow to South Texas on the 4th. When the clouds cleared at the end of an unusually cold afternoon on the 4th, Canadian high pressure overspread the region overnight on the 4th and into the 5th, bringing the coldest surface temperatures in nearly 5 years to all of Deep South Texas. ||Morning lows on the 5th dropped to the mid 20s to around 30 in all counties, with freezing or lower temperatures lasting up to 6 hours in typically colder pockets. The freeze was frosty for many critical agricultural areas of the Rio Grande Valley; temperatures hovering just below 32 combined with calm winds limited notable damage to protected crops and plants. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | After a cloudy, cold afternoon on December 4th (temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s), skies rapidly cleared during the early evening as winds calmed, setting the stage for a widespread freeze overnight on the 4th into the morning of the 5th. Temperatures were estimated to fall to or below freezing around or a little midnight in rural locations north west of Federal Highway 77 corridor, probably a bit later at night east of the highway toward the coast. By daybreak, low temperatures ranged from the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. Measured low temperatures were 28 at Raymondville (Cooperative), and 26 degrees 4 miles southeast of Linn (in Hidalgo County just west of the Willacy County line).||Duration of the freeze west of Federal Highway 77 was estimated at 5 to 8 hours; duration east of Federal Highway 77 was estimated at 2 to 5 hours.||The freeze was accompanied by several hours of frost, which combined with calm winds minimized notable damage to temperature sensitive crops. Unprotected plants at individual residences may have received some damage, but costs were unknown. |
| Yearyear | 2,009 |
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