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Houston's Winter Storm: Ice Blankets Houston's Roadways
Schools and municipal offices north of Houston to Galveston are closed as icy roads, sleet, and snow grip the Houston area
HOUSTON, TX — The arctic front that forced schools and businesses to close on Tuesday is expected to freeze over the rain-slicked roads that resulted from the rain that came in ahead of the freezing temperatures onvernight.
The high of about 52 degrees happened at about 1 a.m., with temperatures plummeting into the low 30s and into freezing in areas north of Houston in just a few hours.
Most awakened to teperatures in the upper 20s at about 5 a.m.
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The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning at 4:55 a.m. Tuesday for residents living in:
Austin-Brazos-Burleson-Colorado-Grimes-Harris-Houston-Liberty- Madison-Montgomery-Polk-San Jacinto-Trinity-Walker-Waller- Washington- Including the cities of Bellville, Brenham, Brookshire, Bryan, Caldwell, Cleveland, Coldspring, College Station, Columbus, Conroe, Corrigan, Crockett, Dayton, Eagle Lake, Groveton, Hempstead, Houston, Humble, Huntsville, Katy, Lake Somerville, Liberty, Livingston, Madisonville, Navasota, Onalaska, Pasadena, Prairie View, Sealy, Shepherd, The Woodlands, Tomball, Trinity, Weimar, and Willis until midnight Tuesday.
On Monday, school districts opted to close well ahead of the arctic front.
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Those districts and colleges that are Tuesday closed are:
- Aldine ISD
- Alief ISD
- Alvin ISD
- Anahuac ISD
- Barbers Hill ISD
- Bay City ISD
- Boling ISD
- Brazos ISD
- Brazosport ISD
- Burton ISD
- Channelview ISD
- Clear Creek ISD
- Cleveland ISD
- Coldspring-Oakhurst ISD
- Conroe ISD
- Crosby ISD
- Cy-Fair ISD
- Dayton ISD
- Deer Park ISD
- Dickinson ISD
- Fort Bend ISD
- Friendswood ISD
- Galena Park ISD
- Galveston ISD
- Goodrich ISD
- Goose Creek Consolidated ISD
- Hardin ISD
- Hempstead ISD
- Houston ISD
- Hitchcock ISD
- Huffman ISD
- Hull-Daisetta ISD
- Humble ISD
- Huntsville ISD
- Katy ISD
- Klein ISD
- La Porte ISD
- Lamar CISD
- Liberty ISD
- Magnolia ISD
- Montgomery ISD
- Navasota ISD
- Needville ISD
- New Caney ISD
- New Waverly ISD
- Onalaska ISD
- Pasadena ISD
- Pearland ISD
- Royal ISD
- Santa Fe ISD
- Sealy ISD
- Sheldon ISD
- Shepherd ISD
- Splendora ISD
- Spring ISD
- Spring Branch ISD
- Stafford ISD
- Sweeny ISD
- Tarkington ISD
- Texas City ISD
- Tidehaven ISD
- Tomball ISD
- Waller ISD
- Wharton ISD
- Willis ISD
The list includes private and charter schools in the Houston area
College and Universities that are closed:
- Aviation Institution of Maintenance
- Brazosport College
- College of the Mainland
- Galveston College
- Houston Baptist University
- Houston Community College
- Lee College
- LeTourneau University
- Lone Star College
- Prairie View A&M University
- Rice University
- San Jacinto College
- Sam Houston State University- (Main campus, The Woodlands)
- South Minister School
- Texas A&M University-Galveston
- Texas Chiropractic College
- Texas Health School
- Texas Southern University
- Texas State Technical College
- Texas Woman's University-Houston
- Universal Technical Institute
- University of Houston
- University of Houston-Downtown
- University of Houston-Clear Lake
- University of St. Thomas
- Wharton County Junior College
City offices in Conroe, Huntsville, Willis, Tomball, Magnolia, Cleveland are closed, as are the court dockets in Houston, Galveston, Fort Bend, Waller, Pasadena and Montgomery County.
The freezing temperatures ushered in reports of sleet and snow flurries in The Woodlands, Spring and Conroe and areas north of downtown.
Temperatures are expected to remain below freezing all day Tuesday and into eary Wednesday.
Image: (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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