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A developing storm system has combined with an unusually cold airmass from Canada to bring Houston, Texas its earliest snowfall ever!

{The previous earliest snows in Houston, Texas occurred on December 10, 2008 & December 10, 1944}

Snow began falling early Friday morning and is expected to accumulate up to at least 2 inches in some areas.

For this reason, a Winter Storm Warning is in effect for all of Southeastern Texas including Houston and portions of Southwestern Louisiana.

This system is projected to move across the South, producing rare snows from Southeast Texas through Southern Louisiana, Southern Mississippi into Alabama with the highest accumulations expected just inland. (Generally 1 to 3 inches of snowfall possible)

Snow certainly is rare in the South and especially this early in the season.  In a matter of fact, Houston has only recorded snow 33 times since 1895!  In Jackson, Mississippi, where flurries to possibly a dusting of snow is projected--if measurable snow does fall, it would be one of the earliest snows ever recorded dating back to 1938!

Live Houston, Texas Tower Camera

Houston National Weather Service Statement:

SNOW IS FALLING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEARS THE AREA PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ICY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. 

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 20S FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.