Thousands of homes and businesses were without electricity Sunday morning in the Houston region, where residents awoke to cold, wet and in some cases icy conditions as a winter storm moved in.
Houston-area residents woke up to a cold, rainy, stormy and in some cases icy Sunday – with reports of thunder sleet in some locations – as temperatures plunged toward freezing and a winter storm warning remained in effect.
Freezing conditions were setting in north and west of the city, where there were reports of freezing rain and sleet as well as slick roadways, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Davis. He said there had been “quite a bit of lightning” reported, along with thunder sleet, a rare phenomenon in which a thunderstorm coincides with freezing precipitation.
Rain fell across greater Houston early Sunday morning. Precipitation dissipated later in the morning, but temperatures were dipping below freezing in northern parts of the metropolitan area…