Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2011, 11:09 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. 12 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
- Jan 31, 2011, 11:09 AM CST (17:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 33 counties
Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 1:23 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Cisco, TX | 1/4 OF AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION |
| Feb 1, 1:43 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.75 | Bowie, TX | 3/4 OF AN INCH OF SLEET HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ROADS HAVE BECOME TREACHEROUS. |
| Feb 1, 2:05 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Jacksboro, TX | |
| Feb 1, 2:18 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Olney, TX | TRAVEL IS TREACHEROUS AND NOT ADVISED |
| Feb 1, 4:38 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Santo, TX | 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN SANTO |
| Feb 1, 6:10 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 N Cisco, TX | |
| Feb 1, 6:36 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Glen Rose, TX | 1 TO 1.5 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS SOMERVELL COUNTY |
| Feb 1, 6:38 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Decatur, TX | 2 TO 4 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS WISE COUNTY |
| Feb 1, 6:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Jacksboro, TX | TWO TO FIVE INCHES REPORTED ACROSS JACK COUNTY |
| Feb 1, 6:41 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Fort Worth, TX | 1 INCH MEASURED AT FWD NWS OFFICE. APPROXIMATELY 0.5 INCHES OF SLEET |
| Feb 1, 6:43 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 E Boonsville, TX | 5 INCHES OF SNOW JUST EAST OF BOONSVILLE |
| Feb 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Muenster, TX | NWS CO-OP OBSERVER REPORTED 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN MUENSTER |
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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WWUS44 KFWD 311709 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1109 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 .DISCUSSION...NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS UPGRADED TO WINTER STORM WARNING. WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS IS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PREVIOUS WATCH AREA. WILL DECIDE ON FURTHER UPGRADES TO WATCH AND ADVISORY ISSUANCE WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. TXZ091-092-100>102-115-116-129-010115- /O.UPG.KFWD.WS.A.0002.110201T0600Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WS.W.0002.110201T0600Z-110201T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE... MINERAL WELLS...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 1109 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CISCO...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO DECATUR...TO GAINESVILLE. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND CONTRIBUTE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY FALLING TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. TOTAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS YOUNG...JACK...AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE TRAVEL PLANS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ TXZ093-094-103>105-117>120-130>133-141-010115- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.A.0002.110201T0600Z-110201T2100Z/ GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE... DE LEON 1109 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW OF 1/2 INCH TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES BY MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. $$ 92
6 follow-up statements
204 WWUS44 KFWD 312136 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 336 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 .DISCUSSION...A WINTER STORM WARNINS IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE GOLDTHWAITE...TO HAMILTON...TO CLEBURNE..TO ROCKWALL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA. THE ONLY AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS THE REGION SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KILLEEN TO ATHENS. TXZ093-103-104-117>120-130>133-141-010545- /O.UPG.KFWD.WS.A.0002.110201T0600Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFWD.WS.W.0002.110201T0900Z-110201T2100Z/ GRAYSON-DENTON-COLLIN-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...WEATHERFORD... BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE...DE LEON 336 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE EARLY TUESDAY. BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW. AROUND 1/2 INCH OF SLEET IS EXPECTED. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES BY MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ142-143-010545- /O.EXB.KFWD.WS.W.0002.110201T0900Z-110201T2100Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO 336 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND CONTRIBUTE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY FALLING TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE TRAVEL PLANS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ TXZ091-092-100>102-115-116-129-010545- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.110201T0600Z-110201T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE... MINERAL WELLS...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 336 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S BY AROUND 3 AM. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN HEAVY SNOW. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND CONTRIBUTE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY FALLING TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. TOTAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE TRAVEL PLANS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ TXZ094-105-010545- /O.UPG.KFWD.WS.A.0002.110201T0600Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2100Z/ FANNIN-HUNT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE 336 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW OF 1/2 INCH TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES BY MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. $$ TXZ095-106-107-121>123-134-135-144>146-156-157-159-010545- /O.NEW.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2100Z/ LAMAR-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ELLIS-HENDERSON- BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARIS...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS... GUN BARREL CITY...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO... CORSICANA...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...WACO 336 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW UP TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES BY MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. 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. $$ 92
268 WWUS44 KFWD 010400 AAA WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1000 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ091-092-100>102-115-116-129-011200- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.110201T0600Z-110201T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE... MINERAL WELLS...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 1000 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS TONIGHT AND BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S BY AROUND 3 AM. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN HEAVY SNOW. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND CONTRIBUTE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY FALLING TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. TOTAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE TRAVEL PLANS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ TXZ093-103-104-117>120-130>133-141>143-011200- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.110201T0900Z-110201T2100Z/ GRAYSON-DENTON-COLLIN-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...WEATHERFORD... BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE... HAMILTON...HICO 1000 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BY 3 AM AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FREEZING RAIN IS ONLY EXPECTED TO LAST FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THEN IT WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY HEAVY SLEET. SOME SNOW WILL MIX IN DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS. SOME SLEET SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY AND COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LATER DURING THE MORNING HOURS A TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES BY MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-134-135-144>146-156-157-159-011200- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2100Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ELLIS- HENDERSON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN... FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD... EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN... VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE... GATESVILLE...WACO 1000 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY SLEET WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW UP TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES BY MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. $$ DUNN
453 WWUS44 KFWD 011053 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 453 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-134-144-145-011900- /O.UPG.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ELLIS- BOSQUE-HILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN... FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD... EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO 453 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THIS MORNING AND WILL BRING HEAVY SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION LIGHT SNOW BY MID MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA BY SUNRISE...THEN CONTINUE TO PLUMMET INTO THE 20S. UPWARDS TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES THROUGH MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. $$ TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>133-141>143-011900- /O.EXT.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS- PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR... FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CISCO...EASTLAND... RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE... DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO 453 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE 20S THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF A SHERMAN...DENTON...MINERAL WELLS LINE...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE. ROAD SURFACES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WILL BE VERY SLICK AND TREACHEROUS. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ TXZ147-148-158-160>162-174-175-011900- /O.EXB.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2200Z/ FREESTONE-ANDERSON-BELL-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE... KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK... BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...ROCKDALE... HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 453 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND LIGHT ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY SLEET WITH FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET UP TO 1/4 INCH POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS MORNING. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES FROM MID MORNING AND BEYOND...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR AND LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO FREEZE WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. $$ TXZ135-146-156-157-159-011900- /O.EXT.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2200Z/ HENDERSON-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA... LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...WACO 453 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY SLEET AND SOME LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN SOME FREEZING OF WINTER PRECIPITATION ON ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO FREEZE WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. $$ 05/92
316 WWUS44 KFWD 011127 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 527 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129>132-141>143-011930- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE... MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER... GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES... GLEN ROSE...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO 527 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE 20S THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND BELOW 0 THIS EVENING. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ093-103-104-118>120-133-134-144-145-011930- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ GRAYSON-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- BOSQUE-HILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...FORT WORTH... ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CLEBURNE...BURLESON... WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO 527 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE 20S THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND BELOW 0 THIS EVENING. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-011930- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN... FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD... EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI 527 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THIS MORNING AND WILL BRING HEAVY SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION LIGHT SNOW BY MID MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA BY SUNRISE...THEN CONTINUE TO PLUMMET INTO THE 20S. UPWARDS TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES THROUGH MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND BELOW 0 TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ135-146-156-157-159-011930- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2200Z/ HENDERSON-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA... LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...WACO 527 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY SLEET AND SOME LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN SOME FREEZING OF WINTER PRECIPITATION ON ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO FREEZE WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND BELOW 0 TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ147-148-158-160>162-174-175-011930- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.110201T1200Z-110201T2200Z/ FREESTONE-ANDERSON-BELL-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE... KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK... BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...ROCKDALE... HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 527 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE AREA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY SLEET WITH FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET UP TO 1/4 INCH POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS MORNING. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES FROM MID MORNING AND BEYOND...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR AND LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO FREEZE WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ 92
284 WWUS44 KFWD 011519 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 919 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129>132-141>143-012330- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE... MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER... GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES... GLEN ROSE...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO 919 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN STEADY IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S WITH NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTY. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW REACHED 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN OR DROP BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ TXZ093-103-104-118>120-133-134-144-145-012330- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ GRAYSON-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- BOSQUE-HILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...FORT WORTH... ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CLEBURNE...BURLESON... WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO 919 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA. SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. IN ADDITION WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN OR DROP BELOW 0 AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-012330- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN... FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD... EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI 919 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING INTO EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...BUT SNOW FLURRIES AND SOME BLOWING SNOW CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE 20S. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. LINGERING PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE WILL FREEZE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES THROUGH MIDDAY...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND BELOW 0 TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ135-146-156-157-159-012330- /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ HENDERSON-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA... LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...WACO 919 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA. SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S TODAY...AND EARLIER PRECIPITATION MAY FREEZE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND BELOW 0 TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ TXZ147-148-158-160>162-174-175-012330- /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ FREESTONE-ANDERSON-BELL-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE... KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK... BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...ROCKDALE... HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 919 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA. SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S TODAY...AND EARLIER PRECIPITATION MAY FREEZE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATER TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ 92
478 WWUS44 KFWD 012154 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 354 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>134-141>145-020600- /O.EXP.KFWD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1600Z/ 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-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER... SULPHUR SPRINGS...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD... BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL... KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN... EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...CISCO...EASTLAND... RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON... GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN... VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO 354 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL COME TO AN END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MANY ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS...AND IN SOME CASES IMPASSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN OR DROP BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ135-146>148-156>162-174-175-020600- /O.EXP.KFWD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KFWD.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1600Z/ HENDERSON-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL- MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE... GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD... CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 354 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE TEENS AND 20S AND ANY SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY PERSIST. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
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 Jan 31, 7:05 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 7:05 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 705 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO INCREASE CLOUD COVER LATE WEEK WITH SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS TO GO WITH LOW CHANCES FOR SNOW. ALSO ADDED SOME FLURRIES ACROSS THE NE HALF OF NORTH TX FOR TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...REST OF THE FORECAST REGARDING TONIGHT/TUESDAY REMAINS UNCHANGED. 05/ && .AVIATION... CIGS ARE CURRENTLY IN LOW MVFR CATEGORIES AND THIS SHOULD BE THE RULE THROUGH THE MORNING. WACO WOULD HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR IFR ...BUT WILL LEAVE IFR OUT OF THE CURRENT TAF AS PROBABILITIES SEEM TOO LOW. CLOUDY SKIES WILL PERSIST TODAY...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD GO VFR IN THE METROPLEX THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DROPPING BACK INTO MVFR BY EVENING AND THEN IFR OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY BEGIN IN A SCATTERED NATURE AROUND THE METROPLEX BEFORE BECOMING WIDESPREAD AROUND MIDNIGHT. TIMING FOR WACO IS ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER. TEMPERATURES NEAR THE END OF THE 24 HOUR TAF SITES WILL BE NEAR FREEZING. CURRENT TIMING HAS THE FORT WORTH SITES NEAR FREEZING BETWEEN 11 AND 12Z AND WANTED TO GET THE MENTION OF WINTER WEATHER IN THE CURRENT TAF PACKAGE AND INCLUDED -FZRAPL BEGINNING AT 1130Z FOR AFW AND FTW. SAME WEATHER GROUP IS MENTIONED FOR DFW BEGINNING AT 12Z IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THEIR TAF. CURRENT TIMING FOR DAL AND GKY IS AROUND 13Z AND WINTER PRECIP WILL LIKELY BE INCLUDED FOR THOSE SITES IN THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE. FOR DFW...HAVE THE PRECIP TRANSITIONING FURTHER FROM THE -FZRAPL TO -SNPL AROUND 16Z. PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF BY 18Z TUESDAY. 85/NH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 451 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011/ LOOK FOR ONE MORE RELATIVELY MILD DAY TODAY...WITH OUR OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY NOW STALLED ALONG A CANTON...TO FAIRFIELD...HEARNE...TO GIDDINGS LINE. THE FRONT WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY UP THROUGH THE SRN HALF OF NORTH TX TODAY...WITH A HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 50S ACROSS THE WRN RED RIVER VALLEY...TO NEAR 70 FROM LAMPASAS OVER TO HEARNE. WE CONTINUED WITH A SREF/NAM BLEND WITH THIS OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AS THESE MODELS TEND TO HANDLE THESE SHALLOW FRONTS THE BEST. STILL...HIGHS COULD BE A BIT WARMER IF OTHER MODELS VERIFY ON A FASTER TIMING OF A WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...JUST SOME PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE ACROSS SWRN HALF OF NORTH TX THIS MORNING. FORECAST CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS OUR STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND SW STATES THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...THE ARCTIC AIRMASS CAN NOW BE SEEN PER NATIONAL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS MOVING INTO THE LOWER 48 AND INTO AREAS FROM THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD INTO THE DAKOTAS/MONTANA. THIS IS A LITTLE FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED BY FORECASTERS/MODELS THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND WE HAVE SPED UP THE TIMING OF THE FRONT TONIGHT BY A FEW HOURS WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A FEW CHANGES TO THE FORECAST REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS...OCCURRING A BIT EARLIER ACROSS THE NW HALF OF NORTH TX. WE EXPECT LARGE-SCALE ASCENT BOTH ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT TO RAMP UP THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND COULD SEE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AREA OF SWRN NORTH TX...PER INSTABILITY...SHEAR...LIFT...AND STEEP LAPSE RATES SEEN ALOFT. THE AREA OF HEAVY QPF WILL LIKELY START BEING UNDERCUT BY THE INITIAL SHALLOW NOSE OF THE ARCTIC AIR ACROSS THE NW COUNTIES BY MIDNIGHT...THEN SPREAD SEWD TO A PARIS...D/FW...COMANCHE LINE BY DAYBREAK. THUS CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO TRANSFORM OVER TO RAIN/FREEZING RAIN/SLEET WITH ELEVATED THUNDER FULLY POSSIBLE. WE HAVE LEFT OUT THE THUNDER IN THE COLD AIR FOR NOW TO KEEP AN ALREADY COMPLEX FORECAST FROM GETTING EVEN MORE SO. SOME SNOW WILL LIKELY BE MIXING IN ACROSS NW COUNTIES BY SUNRISE TUESDAY WITH THE FASTER TIMING OF THE DEEPENING COLD AIR. INITIAL AMOUNTS OF SNOW-SLEET/FREEZING RAIN COULD REACH TO AN INCH /ONE TENTH OF INCH RESPECTIVELY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. CONFIDENCE ON TIMING OF DEPTH OF COLD AIR ARRIVING AND ACTUAL PRECIPITATION TYPE/AMOUNTS IS VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME...AS MODELS KEEP GETTING FASTER WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUN. THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL DUE TO THE DENSITY AND INITIAL SHALLOW PROPERTIES THAT ARE SOMETIME EXHIBITED BY ARCTIC AIRMASSES ARRIVING THROUGH THE SRN U.S...WHICH MODELS INITIALLY STRUGGLE WITH UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE IN MANY CASES. FOR NOW...WE HAVE PUSHED THE WINTER STORM WATCH SOUTHEAST TO A BONHAM...D/FW...SOMERVELL/ GRANBURY...COMANCHE LINE WITH BEST CONFIDENCE NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY. THIS MAY EVEN NEED TO BE EXTENDED FURTHER SOUTHEAST IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE FASTER AS THEY HAVE RECENTLY. BY AFTERNOON...THE UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN LIFTING OVER NORTH TEXAS WITH A COMPLETE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OR SLEET...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A FEW FLURRIES IN WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. ONLY COUNTIES NOT ADVERTISED AT THIS TIME TO GO BELOW FREEZING BEFORE THE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT ARE MILAM/ROBERTSON/AND LEON COUNTIES. EITHER WAY...WE HAVE DECIDED TO LET ANOTHER SET OF RUNS OCCUR LATER TODAY TO ALLOW FOR A BETTER DECISION ON BETTER PLACEMENT ON WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES AND DURATIONS FOR EXPECTED FUTURE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE OTHER HAZARD TO CONTEND WITH WILL BE THE VERY GUSTY N/NW WINDS LATE MON NIGHT-WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 24-36 HRS FOR THE AREA...WITH LIKELY WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR THE NW 1/2-2/3 OF N TX LATE TUES NIGHT/WED MORNING...AS SUB-ZERO VALUES WILL LIKELY OCCUR...WITH ONLY SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. BEST TO PREPARE NOW AND TAKE CARE OF ANY OUTDOOR PETS AND PLANTS...AS WELL AS INSULATING ANY EXPOSED OUTDOOR PLUMBING AND DRIPPING INDOOR FAUCETS TUES-THURS. THE ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN LOCKED IN WED-FRI MORNING...WITH ONLY A SLOW MODIFICATION FRI AFTERNOON INTO SUPERBOWL WEEKEND...AS LOW LEVEL W/SWLY FLOW OCCURS IN WAKE OF ARCTIC HIGH CENTER SETTLING SOUTH OF THE AREA AND LEE-SIDE PRESSURE FALLS TO THE WEST. ANOTHER PIECE OF UPPER ENERGY DOES GATHER OVER THE SRN ROCKIES/SWRN STATES MID WEEK...THEN LIFTS EWD ACROSS OUR AREA THURS NIGHT-FRI NIGHT WITH MODELS INDICATING DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM. BEST MOISTURE WILL BE IN THE MID LVLS ABOVE THE ARCTIC DOME WHICH WILL BE AS DEEP AS TO 750-800 MB...WHICH IS SEEN RARELY THIS FAR SOUTH IN LATITUDE. WITH THE VERY DRY/FRIGID LOW LEVEL AIR...ANY SNOW THAT DEVELOPS AT THIS TIME WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE AS SIGNIFICANT... UNLESS AS NOTED BY LAST FORECAST...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AMOUNT OF DEEP VERTICAL MOTIONS ARE UNDERESTIMATED...THEN WE COULD SEE A MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT. FOR NOW...WE'LL KEEP IT ON THE LIGHT SIDE AND WAIT FOR THIS FIRST WINTER STORM TO GET THROUGH THE AREA. AS FOR SUPERBOWL WEEKEND...IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE CHILLY IN THE MORNINGS...BUT SEASONABLY COOL FOR GAME TIME WITH NO POPS OR PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...AS NORTH TX WILL BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. WITH STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY THIS FAR OUT...WE URGE THOSE COMING IN FOR THE SUPERBOWL TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND DISCUSSIONS REGARDING NORTH TX WEATHER NEXT WEEKEND. 05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 55 32 32 14 24 / 10 100 80 10 10 WACO, TX 60 35 35 17 29 / 10 70 60 10 10 PARIS, TX 54 38 38 14 24 / 10 100 100 10 10 DENTON, TX 58 28 28 13 21 / 10 100 80 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 54 31 31 14 23 / 10 100 90 10 10 DALLAS, TX 55 32 32 15 26 / 10 100 90 10 10 TERRELL, TX 55 39 39 15 25 / 10 100 90 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 58 47 47 17 28 / 10 80 90 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 63 37 37 17 30 / 10 70 60 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 60 23 23 12 24 / 10 100 60 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ091>094-100>105-115>120-129>133-141. && 85/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 3:58 AM CST, 7 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 358 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200- 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- 358 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH THROUGH NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN EASTLAND TO HILLSBORO TO ROCKDALE LINE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT...CHANGING THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO DALLAS TO BONHAM LINE BY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. HOWEVER...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO GAINESVILLE LINE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE INTO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS BY THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...PRECIP CHANCES WILL DWINDLE AFTER NOON FROM WEST TO EAST AS MOISTURE EXITS THE REGION. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW WILL BE NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO DALLAS TO BONHAM LINE AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THIS REGION. SLIGHT ERRORS WITH THE INITIAL TIMING OF THE SWITCH FROM RAIN TO WINTRY PRECIP COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE FORECASTED ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LAMPASAS TO ENNIS TO PARIS LINE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SINGLE DIGITS ELSEWHERE. ANOTHER NIGHT OF SINGLE DIGIT AND BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN EASTLAND TO HILLSBORO TO ROCKDALE LINE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 85/NH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 31, 5:41 AM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 541 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-312200- 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- 541 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTRY WEEK AHEAD FOR NORTH TEXAS... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS COMING EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY SWEEP THROUGH ALL OF NORTH TEXAS BY MID TO LATE MORNING TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL DRASTICALLY BEHIND THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...WITH AFTERNOON READINGS DROPPING INTO THE 20S ACROSS ALL BUT FAR SOUTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. ALL OF NORTH TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET WILL IMPACT MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH SOME TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH TEXAS BY AFTERNOON. LOW CHANCES OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS A LAMPASAS...WACO...PALESTINE LINE IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO A BONHAM... DALLAS-FORT WORTH...GRANBURY...COMANCHE LINE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OF THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW MAY REACH TO BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA BY AFTERNOON...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FRINGE OF THE WATCH AREA. ADDITIONAL ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE WATCH AREA...SO POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS MAY OCCUR IN LATER FORECASTS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY...WITH WARNINGS POSSIBLE IF ACCUMULATIONS INCREASE IN FORECASTS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. SNOW FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AS THE FIRST STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS WEEK...THOUGH SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON TIMING AND MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AT THIS TIME. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS WITH REGARDS TO THE LATE WEEK FORECAST. DURING EXTENDED OUTBREAKS OF COLD WEATHER IT IS ENCOURAGED TO PROTECT EXPOSED PIPES WITH INSULATING MATERIAL...AND TO LEAVE INDOOR WATER FAUCETS SLOWLY DRIPPING OVERNIGHT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD BE PROVIDED APPROPRIATE SHELTER. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO DRESS IN LAYERS TO BETTER INSULATE THEMSELVES FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED FRIGID WIND CHILLS. IN ADDITION...TURN OFF AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. SPRINKLER SYSTEMS RUNNING IN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN CREATE UNNECESSARY PATCHES OF ICE ON BOTH ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...CREATING A HAZARD FOR BOTH DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS ALIKE. 05/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 6:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 31 min |
| Jan 31, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Delta, Ellis and 18 more | 24 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.