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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 SnowAn early morning flurry Eagle photo /Stuart Villan ll&M Consolidated High School sophomore Sawa Vasilyev runs through an early morning snow flurry during track .practice Friday. By DARREN BENSON Eagle Staff Writer Brazos Valley residents teased by brief snowstorm Winter blew into the Brazos Valley on Friday morning, leav- ing a thin blanket of snow across the region. Parts of Brazos County saw an inch of snow on the ground, according to the National Weath- er Service. Some areas reported even more. "We had at least a couple of inches, I would think," said Michelle McCauley. It started snowing at the McCauleys' Franklin home around 4 a.m., she said, and didn't stop until about 8:30. "It was snowing pretty good." The snowman her 5- and 7 -year- olds built was still standing in the yard Friday night, she said. "They just absolutely loved it," she said of her kids, Gracie and Cody. "They were so excited. It was the first time I could get them out of bed without a problem." School officials across the region said there were no cancel- lations and no problems because of the snow. "The kids were excited by it," said Julie Simmons of the North Zulch school district. "But it was just a normal day." In Bryan and College Station, most of the snow had melted by the time students got to school, See SNOW, Page but that didn't stop some from trying to take a snow day. "When we got here at 7:30, pe ple were calling to ask if we we closed," said Kathy Decker at A &M Consolidated High School College Station. Even some teachers tried to t it as an excuse to start Spring Break a day early. `But all of our substitutes Snow From Al showed up on time," Decker said, and the day went on as normal. In Madison County, Sharon Phelps said the snow was melting by the time she left for work about 8:30, but it was fun while it lasted. "It didn't last long, but it's surely a lasting memory," she said. "I heard the kids were able to make a snowball or two. If you were up looking at it, it was extremely enjoy- able." Friday's storm was part of an upper -level low- pressure system that left as much as 9 inches of snow in North Texas. Paul Lewis, a meteorologist at the National Weather Ser- vice in Houston, said Friday's snowstorm may be unusual, but in Texas, anything can happen. Just a few days ago, tem- peratures were near 80, but, Lewis said, that's typical of Texas springtime weather patterns. "In the early spring, we tend to have more of a variety not." of hot -cold weather," he said. "It seems like it's been that way for the past month now." And it's going to continue, Lewis said, with warmer tem- peratures for a few days, then another cold front coming through. "It's about like clockwork every three to five days," he said. Another storm system is expected to move through the area early next week, Lewis said, with a stronger cold front later in the week. "But I don't know about snow," he said. "Probably • Darren Benson's e-mail address is darren.benson@theeagle.com.