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021110 SNOW FROM MADISONVILLE TO LUFKIN

141 views · Published 16 June 2013 · 2:40 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: SCOTT ENGLE-MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE REPORTER- · 2013 · News & Politics

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While residents of north Texas counties are accustomed to snow this time of year, it hit areas further south Thursday night, and as the sun began to rise it turned to ice on roadways in some areas north of Montgomery County.

The town of Madisonville and surrounding areas were affected, with multiple wrecks that slowed I-45 traffic to a crawl.



Madisonville wrecker driver Gaylon Drake said rain began to fall around dark, and then around 9 p.m., the snow blew in and the only two wrecker services in town got extremely busy.

Drake said two vehicles had to be pulled from creeks, but no one was injured.

The long-time Madisonville area resident said the snowflakes Thursday night were the largest he had seen and the longest he had seen heavy snowfall since he was a child.

Drake said in the midst of the storm it was difficult to see anything more on the road than the tracks of the vehicle ahead, and despite the heavy weight of the wreckers, "they were trying to slide."

A winter weather advisory was in effect for Madisonville until 9 a.m., with a 20 percent chance of snow but there was little or none as temperatures begin to warm.

Weather Underground was reporting a light snow falling in Madisonville and Huntsville at 5 a.m. on Friday.

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