A trough of low pressure spread east across the Southern Plains during the evening hours of January 15th, with a arctic air mass quickly spilling south into the Ark-La-Tex during the late afternoon through the evening hours behind a strong cold front. Scattered areas of light rain developed along and just behind the front over much of Northeast Texas during the early evening, with the rain quickly changing over to a mixture of freezing rain, sleet, and then snow during the overnight hours. Ice accumulations of up to a tenth of an inch were common across the western sections of Northeast Texas, with snowfall accumulations of one to two inches, with isolated higher amounts observed. This caused significant travel impacts across much of Northeast Texas, with the rain and melted snow quickly freezing into black ice on many roadways, bridges and overpasses, as temperatures plummeted into the upper teens to lower 20s by daybreak on the morning of the 16th.
Here are some of the snowfall totals across Northeast Texas: In Franklin County, 0.1 inches of snow was recorded in Mount Vernon. In Titus County, Mount Pleasant recorded 1.0 inches of snow. In Camp County, Pittsburg recorded 2.0 inches of snow. In Morris County, Lone Star recorded 3.0 inches, and Daingerfield recorded 2.5 inches of snow. In Bowie County, 2 miles east of Leary recorded 3.0 inches of snow, 1 mile north northeast of Texarkana recorded 3.0 inches, 1 mile southeast of New Boston recorded 1.1 inches, New Boston also recorded 1.1 inches, and Dekalb recorded 0.7 inches of snow. In Cass County, Hughes Springs recorded 3.4 inches, Atlanta 3.0 inches, and 3 miles south southwest of Atlanta 2.5 inches. In Marion County, 7 miles south of Avinger recorded 2.8 inches of snow, and Jefferson 2.0 inches. In Harrison County, Scottsville recorded 2.1 inches of snow, 6 miles south of Scottsville 1.8 inches, Jonesville 1.5 inches, 3 miles west northwest of Waskom 1.5 inches, and Hallsville 5.5 miles north 1.5 inches.  In Upshur County, 1 mile west northwest of Union Grive recorded 2.0 inches of snow, 7 miles south southwest of Ore City 2.0 inches, 6 miles north of Big Sandy 1.8 inches, and Gilmer 1.8 inches. In Gregg County, 2 miles northwest of Longview recorded 2.5 inches of snow, 2 miles east southeast of Longview 2.0 inches, 3 miles east north of Longview 2.0 inches, 4 miles north of Longview 2.0 inches, 2 miles east of  Longview 1.5 inches, and 3 miles east southeast of Longview 1.5 inches. In Wood County, Mineola recorded 2.5 inches of snow, and 2 miles east of Mineola recorded 1.5 inches. In Smith County, 3 miles west of Tyler recorded 2.0 inches of snow, 3 miles west of Lindale 2.0 inches, 2 miles east southeast of Tyler 2.0 inches, 1 mile south of Tyler 2.0 inches, 2 miles south of Tyler 1.5 inches, 1 mile north northeast of Tyler 1.5 inches, 1 mile south southwest of Tyler 1.3 inches, 2 miles south of Tyler 1.3 inches, Bullard 1.0 inches, and 1 mile west southwest of Tyler 1.0 inches. In Cherokee County, 1 mile south of Bullard recorded 1.0 inches of snow, and Jacksonville recorded 0.2 inches. In Rusk County, 5 miles south southeast of New London recorded 1.2 inches of snow, 2 miles south of Kilgore 1.1 inches, 1 mile south southwest of Kilgore 1.1 inches, and Henderson 1.0 inches. In Panola County, Carthage recorded 2.0 inches of snow, and Beckville also recorded 2.0 inches.

Winter Storm in BOWIE, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 22:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in CASS, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 22:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in MORRIS, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 22:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in TITUS, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 22:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in CAMP, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 22:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in FRANKLIN, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 22:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in WOOD, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 23:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in UPSHUR, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 23:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in MARION, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 23:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in HARRISON, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 23:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in GREGG, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 23:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in SMITH, TEXAS
From 15-JAN-18 23:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in CHEROKEE, TEXAS
From 16-JAN-18 00:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in RUSK, TEXAS
From 16-JAN-18 00:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Storm in PANOLA, TEXAS
From 16-JAN-18 00:00:00 to 16-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement