Big snow, record low temperatures set stage for icy week
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The Alamo is seen early Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, after 3 to 5 inches of snow fell overnight. The Alamo was closed because of the bitter cold and snow.William Luther /Staff photographer
A powerful winter storm unlike anything seen in 31 years, when temperatures fell to 6 degrees in San Antonio, left a thick carpet of snow on top of a layer of ice across San Antonio and the Hill Country on Monday.
As bad as the storm was, even greater dangers loomed after dusk and into today, when the radiant heat of the sun no longer melts ice from roofs and roads and when temperatures nose-dive, turning slush into deadly ice.