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Icy Conditions Bring County to a Standstill

By News Staff
Icy conditions on Thursday, Feb. 3, contributed to a rollover accident on Interstate 10 in Schulenburg. An SUV pulling a camper trailer west on I-10 rolled over just west of the US 77 overpass around 4 p.m. last Thursday. Officials reported ice on the bridge at the time. No one was injured, but the accident blocked traffic in the westbound lane for about an hour while emergency workers cleared the wreckage. Photo courtesy of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department
With school cancelled, Maddox Wick of La Grange was able to scrape together enough ice to put together a small snowman as sleet fell here Thursday afternoon.

You know it’s time to stay home when even HEB closes.

The weather conditions were never as bad a predicted, but icy precipitation fell across Fayette County Thursday afternoon, prompting the closure of numerous businesses and governmental agencies, and yes, even an early closure for the La Grange HEB.

All Fayette County schools closed as a precaution Thursday, and with freezing weather staying around Friday morning as well, all the schools cancelled that day too.

But roadway accidents were few and far be tween. Some bridges and overpasses in the county did ice over but a healthy dose of gravel and ice kept them passable throughout the duration of the storm.

According to LCRA weather data, in La Grange the temperature dropped to freezing at 11:55 a.m. Thursday and stayed at 32 or below until 12:25 p.m. Friday afternoon, reaching a low of 23 early Friday morning.

It again got as low was 23 early Saturday morning. It all it was freezing for 37 hours in a 45 hour span between Thursday midday and Saturday morning.

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