Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2009, 9:35 PM CST for 13 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 18 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2009, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 10:22 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Breckenridge, TX | 2 INCHES ON THE GRASSY AREAS IN BRECKENRIDGE |
| Dec 24, 12:47 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Nocona, TX | A LOT OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...HIGHWAY 82 IS SLUSHY BUT PASSABLE |
| Dec 24, 12:55 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Jacksboro, TX | DOWN TO 29F IN JACKSBORO...ROADS LOOK WET BUT ARE NOW ICY |
| Dec 24, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Jacksboro, TX | NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. 3 INCH ACCUM. SLUSH ON ROADS. |
| Dec 24, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 N Rhome, TX | 2 INCH ACCUM. SNOW COVERED ROADS. LOW VSBY. |
| Dec 24, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Breckenridge, TX | 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN BRECKENRIDGE. ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE |
| Dec 24, 3:11 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Eastland, TX | 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN EASTLAND COUNTY |
| Dec 24, 3:13 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Stephenville, TX | TWO INCHES OF SNOW IN STEPHENVILLE. ROADS BECOMING WORSE |
| Dec 24, 3:14 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Comanche, TX | 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN COMANCHE |
| Dec 24, 3:15 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Nocona, TX | NOCONA PD REPORTS 8 INCHES OF SNOW...NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. |
| Dec 24, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Jacksboro, TX | 5 INCH SNOW ACCUM. POOR VSBY. SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE. |
| Dec 24, 3:23 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Olney, TX | 8 INCH SNOW ACCUM. 4 FOOT DRIFTS IN SOME AREAS. SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE. |
| Dec 24, 3:26 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Gainesville, TX | TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW IN GAINESVILLE. BRIDGES BECOMING ICY |
| Dec 24, 4:57 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Nocona, TX | HEAVY SNOW HAS CRIPPLED TRANSPORTATION IN THE COUNTY. 287 IS AT A STANDSTILL WITH A MIN 3 HR DELAY. |
| Dec 24, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Graham, TX | GRAHAM FD ESTIMATED 7 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Dec 24, 7:10 PM CST | SNOW | Bowie, TX | MOTORISTS ARE STRANDED ON 287 IN MONTAGUE COUNTY...TRAFFIC NOT MOVING DUE TO DEEP SNOW |
| Dec 24, 7:17 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Bowie, TX | BOWIE PD REPORTS AROUND 9 INCHES OF SNOW...NUMEROUS 3-FT DRIFTS |
| Dec 24, 7:37 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Jacksboro, TX | JACKSBORO TXDOT ESTIMATES 9 INCHES OF SNOW...281 IS PASSABLE BUT VERY SLOW GOING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KFWD 240335 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 935 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 TXZ091>093-100>103-115>117-129-241000- /O.NEW.KFWD.WS.W.0002.091224T1200Z-091224T2200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO- PARKER-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 935 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. AREAS GENERALLY FROM EASTLAND TO MINERAL WELLS TO SHERMAN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY BE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST OF THE DAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...DESPITE THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. $$ TXZ094-095-104>107-118>123-130>134-141-241000- /O.NEW.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.091224T1500Z-091224T2200Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT... CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT... EAST TAWAKONI...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON 935 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS...ALTHOUGH NEAR SURFACE AND GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. $$ DUNN
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KFWD 240849 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 249 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 TXZ091>093-100>103-115>117-129-241700- /O.EXT.KFWD.WS.W.0002.091224T1200Z-091225T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO- PARKER-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 249 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE TO GAINESVILLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR AT TIMES IMPOSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. $$ TXZ094-095-104>107-118>123-130>134-141-241700- /O.EXT.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.091224T1500Z-091225T0000Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT... CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT... EAST TAWAKONI...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON 249 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...PLEASE PLAN ON SOME DELAYS AND USE CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS44 KFWD 241655 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1055 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 TXZ091>093-100>103-115>117-129-250000- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO- PARKER-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 1055 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE TO GAINESVILLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA IF CONDITIONS DETERIORATE WORSE THAN ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR AT TIMES IMPOSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. $$ TXZ094-095-104>107-118>123-130>134-141-250000- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0000Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT... CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT... EAST TAWAKONI...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON 1055 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...PLEASE PLAN ON SOME DELAYS AND USE CAUTION. $$ CAVANAUGH
000 WWUS44 KFWD 241903 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 103 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 TXZ130-141-250000- /O.UPG.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0000Z/ ERATH-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...COMANCHE... DE LEON 103 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ091>093-100>103-115>117-129-250000- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO- PARKER-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 103 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE TO GAINESVILLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA IF CONDITIONS DETERIORATE WORSE THAN ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR AT TIMES IMPOSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. $$ TXZ142>145-156-157-250300- /O.EXB.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...LAMPASAS... COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 103 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...PLEASE PLAN ON SOME DELAYS AND USE CAUTION. $$ TXZ094-095-104>107-118>123-131>134-250300- /O.EXT.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT... CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT... EAST TAWAKONI...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS 103 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY WITH AREAS OF RAIN TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...PLEASE PLAN ON SOME DELAYS AND USE CAUTION. $$ CAVANAUGH
000 WWUS44 KFWD 242316 AAA WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 516 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 TXZ100-115-129-130-141-250030- /O.CAN.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0000Z/ YOUNG-STEPHENS-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAHAM...OLNEY...BRECKENRIDGE...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...COMANCHE... DE LEON 516 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST WITH THE AREAS OF FALLING SNOW NOW MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL STILL BE WET FROM EARLIER SNOW AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING NOW. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICY THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. $$ TXZ142-143-156-157-250030- /O.CAN.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 516 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST WITH THE AREAS OF FALLING SNOW NOW MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL STILL BE WET FROM EARLIER SNOW AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING NOW. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICY THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. $$ TXZ091>093-101>103-116-117-250300- /O.EXT.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-JACK-WISE-DENTON-PALO PINTO-PARKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR 516 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AFFECTING MANY AREAS. ONE TO TWO MORE BANDS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY TO MOVE THROUGH THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO SNOW AND ICE. LATER TONIGHT...AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICE COVERED AND DANGEROUS. $$ TXZ094-095-104>107-118>123-131>134-144-145-250300- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-BOSQUE-HILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT... CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT... EAST TAWAKONI...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO 516 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AFFECTING MANY AREAS. ONE TO TWO MORE BANDS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY TO MOVE THROUGH THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO SNOW AND ICE. LATER TONIGHT...AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICE COVERED AND DANGEROUS. $$ DUNN
000 WWUS44 KFWD 250140 AAB WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 TXZ091-101-102-116-117-250245- /O.CAN.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ MONTAGUE-JACK-WISE-PALO PINTO-PARKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST WITH THE AREAS OF FALLING SNOW MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL STILL BE WET FROM EARLIER SNOW AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING NOW. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICY THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. $$ TXZ118-131>133-144-145-250245- /O.CAN.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ TARRANT-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-BOSQUE-HILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST WITH THE AREAS OF FALLING SNOW NOW MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL STILL BE WET FROM EARLIER SNOW AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING NOW. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICY THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. $$ TXZ092-093-103-250300- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-DENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO SNOW AND ICE. LATER TONIGHT...AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICE COVERED AND DANGEROUS. $$ TXZ094-095-104>107-119>123-134-250300- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN- VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO SNOW AND ICE. LATER TONIGHT...AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICE COVERED AND DANGEROUS. $$ DUNN
000 WWUS44 KFWD 250255 AAC WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 855 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 TXZ092-093-103-250400- /O.EXP.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-DENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY 855 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLIER CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND THE SNOW IS COMING TO AN END. ONLY SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW PERSISTS...AND THIS WILL END WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL STILL BE WET FROM EARLIER SNOW AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING NOW. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICY THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. $$ TXZ094-095-104>107-119>123-134-250400- /O.EXP.KFWD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091225T0300Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN- VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS 855 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLIER CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND THE SNOW IS COMING TO AN END. ONLY SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW PERSISTS...AND THIS WILL END WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL STILL BE WET FROM EARLIER SNOW AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING NOW. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ICY THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. $$ DUNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 23, 9:09 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 9:09 PM CST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 909 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 .AVIATION... HAVE UPDATED THE TAFS TO INCLUDE THE MENTION OF SNOW IN THE METRO TAFS FROM 15 TO 20Z. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE UPPER LOW MOVING FURTHER SOUTH AND THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVELING VERY HAZARDOUS GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. NOTE...PUBLIC GRIDS WILL BE UPDATED SOON. 85 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 229 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009/ LOTS GOING ON TODAY. THE SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES...INITIALLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN SOUTH TEXAS AND TRANSITIONS NORTHEAST...LOW LEVEL WINDS CAN BACK FARTHER WEST AND THE SEVERE THREAT MAY EXPAND BACK INTO THE INTERSTATE 35 AREA. AGAIN...HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT BUT BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH SHEAR FOR A TORNADO. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD TRANSITION ACROSS NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING IN THE NORTHWEST...REACHING SOUTHEAST ZONES BY LATE MORNING. THE NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE STRONG...AND WE HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE SOME SNOW IN NORTHWEST COUNTIES THURSDAY MORNING...BUT WITH WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WE DO NOT SEE MUCH ACCUMULATION. AGAIN...SHOULD THE UPPER LOW TRACK END UP FARTHER SOUTH...THE SNOW PATTERN WILL CHANGE ALONG WITH IT. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END ON THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LOW FINALLY PULLS OUT INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. PER THE 12Z GFS...THIS SYSTEM HAS 500MB HEIGHTS...STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES...MORE THAN 3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW THE AVERAGES. THESE STRONG SYSTEMS ARE RARE...AND THUS THE ESTIMATES OF A COUPLE OF FEET OF SNOW IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS...THE STRONG WINDS IN TEXAS...AND THE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY FOLLOWED BY UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. IN THE EXTENDED...NORTH TEXAS REMAINS COOL AND DRY UNTIL THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA AROUND TUESDAY. HAVE KEPT THE LOW POPS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH DAY 7 UNTIL WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE TIMING. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 41 44 25 43 28 / 90 50 5 5 5 WACO, TX 44 50 26 47 27 / 80 20 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 43 45 23 38 25 / 90 80 20 5 5 DENTON, TX 38 41 22 41 25 / 90 60 10 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 38 44 22 41 24 / 90 60 10 5 5 DALLAS, TX 41 45 25 42 28 / 90 50 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 46 46 26 43 27 / 90 50 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 47 50 27 44 27 / 90 40 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 47 51 28 47 29 / 80 10 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY FOR TXZ091>095- 100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 85/91
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 3:42 PM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 342 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241230- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 342 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE MAIN THREATS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL EXCEED 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE ALL OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND LAWN FURNITURE. RAIN MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW NORTHWEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO GAINESVILLE LINE AFTER DAYBREAK THURSDAY. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DUE TO WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES. MODERATE SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. WINDCHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 DEGREES...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 4:10 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
TXZ135-232245-
HENDERSON TX-
410 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY
AT 409 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BROWNSBORO AND CHANDLER.
HALF-INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
LAT...LON 3226 9545 3223 9547 3205 9575 3209 9585
3236 9575 3235 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 220DEG 19KT 3212 9575
25Special weather statement, Dec 23, 5:56 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
556 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
TXZ107-123-240030-
HOPKINS TX-RAINS TX-
556 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HOPKINS COUNTY
WESTERN RAINS COUNTY
AT 555 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF EMORY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EAST TAWAKONI AND EMORY.
HALF-INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
THE STORM IS EXHIBITING SIGNS OF ROTATION. SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR ANY VISIBLE LOW-LEVEL FEATURES...AND REPORT ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT
TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN FORT WORTH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
LAT...LON 3279 9581 3278 9583 3278 9586 3281 9592
3288 9597 3298 9594 3299 9586 3312 9586
3314 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 192DEG 28KT 3283 9590
25Special weather statement, Dec 23, 6:26 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
626 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
TXZ106-107-240100-
DELTA TX-HOPKINS TX-
626 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
DELTA COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN HOPKINS COUNTY
AT 625 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUMBY...MOVING NORTH AT
35 MPH.
THE STORM WILL CROSS I-30 JUST EAST OF CUMBY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE COOPER...CUMBY...AND COOPER LAKE PARK...DOCTORS
CREEK.
HALF-INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3302 9579 3303 9586 3347 9585 3350 9576
3349 9571 3348 9567 3349 9564 3347 9555
3346 9554
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 193DEG 30KT 3313 9581
25Special weather statement, Dec 23, 7:00 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 TXZ095-106-240130- LAMAR TX-DELTA TX- 700 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN DELTA COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY AT 659 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF COOPER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. HALF-INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3364 9585 3362 9560 3333 9572 3334 9582 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 189DEG 27KT 3339 9576 25
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 7:59 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
759 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
TXZ119-240230-
DALLAS TX-
759 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY
AT 758 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINS...MOVING NORTH AT
25 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BALCH SPRINGS...HUTCHINS...
MESQUITE...SEAGOVILLE...SUNNYVALE AND WILMER.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3255 9655 3255 9678 3288 9670 3284 9651
3263 9651 3261 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 198DEG 20KT 3258 9665
CAVANAUGHSpecial weather statement, Dec 23, 8:32 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
832 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
TXZ104-119-240300-
COLLIN TX-DALLAS TX-
832 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN COLLIN COUNTY
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY
AT 832 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF GARLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 25
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALLEN...FAIRVIEW...
GARLAND...LOWRY CROSSING...LUCAS...MURPHY...PARKER...RICHARDSON...
ROWLETT...SACHSE AND WYLIE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3317 9647 3299 9650 3298 9652 3285 9651
3283 9652 3283 9675 3319 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 184DEG 24KT 3288 9663
CAVANAUGHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 7:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 8:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 9:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Delta and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 9:35 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Stephens, Wise, Young | 8 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.