Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this winter storm warning at Feb 8, 2011, 4:28 AM CST for 30 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 9, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. 16 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
- Feb 8, 2011, 4:28 AM CST (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2011, 11:24 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 30 counties
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, Henderson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar 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), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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 9, 7:41 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Plano, TX | SLEET WITH ICY ROADS AND TEMPERATURE OF 22 |
| Feb 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Breckenridge, TX | BRECKENRIDGE PD REPORTED 0.5 TOTAL SNOW |
| Feb 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Jacksboro, TX | REPORTED AT TXDOT OFFICE |
| Feb 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Olney, TX | REPORTED BY EM IN OLNEY |
| Feb 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Montague, TX | ESTIMATED DEPTH. REPORTS OF 1-2 INCHES ACROSS MONTAGUE COUNTY |
| Feb 9, 8:14 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Cumby, TX | SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY ROADS IN AND AROUND CUMBY |
| Feb 9, 8:52 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Oak Trail Shores, TX | MEASURED SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. ICY ROADS REPORTED. |
| Feb 9, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Decatur, TX | BARELY COVERING THE GROUND IN SOME AREAS |
| Feb 9, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Palo Pinto, TX | 1/2 TO 1 TOTAL SNOW FELL ACROSS THE COUNTY. ROADS REMAIN ICY. |
| Feb 9, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Ranger, TX | LOCAL OBSERVER. REPORT RELAYED FROM WFO SAN ANGELO |
| Feb 9, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Gainesville, TX | ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS COOKE COUNTY. |
| Feb 9, 9:39 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 E Dallas, TX | 0.5 FELL IN EAST DALLAS |
| Feb 9, 10:30 AM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Denton, TX | 1/2 TO 1 OF TOTAL SNOW ACROSS DENTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WERE IN THE SE PARTS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 9, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 0.75 | Denton, TX | 1/2 TO 1 OF TOTAL SNOW ACROSS DENTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WERE IN THE SE PARTS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 9, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Fort Worth, TX | TRACE TO 0.5 OF TOTAL SNOW IN MUCH OR TARRANT COUNTY |
| Feb 9, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.75 | Mckinney, TX | 1/2 TO 1 OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE COUNTY |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 2001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WWUS44 KFWD 081028 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 428 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-082200- /O.UPG.KFWD.WS.A.0003.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS- 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 428 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...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 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN IN NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING....CONTINUING TO OVERSPREAD NORTH TEXAS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN 3 INCHES NEAR A LINE FROM OLNEY TO DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS...INCREASING TO AROUND 5 INCHES NEAR THE RED RIVER. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW FLURRIES MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN EASTERN COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ115>123-129>135-141-082200- /O.UPG.KFWD.WS.A.0003.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN- VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- HENDERSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS... ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN... GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON... WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS... GUN BARREL CITY...COMANCHE...DE LEON 428 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN IN NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING....CONTINUING TO OVERSPREAD NORTH TEXAS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. IN ADDITION...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN COULD COAT ROADS AND EXPOSED OBJECTS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SLEET AND SNOW BY MID MORNING. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW FLURRIES MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN EASTERN COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ142>148-156>162-174-175-082200- /O.UPG.KFWD.WS.A.0003.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.110209T0900Z-110210T0000Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS- CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...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 428 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TO SLEET AND SNOW AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ADVISORY TO A TRACE IN THE SOUTH. PRECIPITATION WILL END WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
044 WWUS44 KFWD 082103 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 303 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 TXZ091-092-100>102-090515- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT 303 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILLS OF ZERO OR LESS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN IN NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS AROUND MIDNIGHT AND OVERSPREAD THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN 3 INCHES NEAR A LINE FROM OLNEY TO DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS... INCREASING TO AROUND 5 INCHES ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ115-116-129-090515- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 303 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN IN NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND OVERSPREAD THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. IN ADDITION...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN COULD COAT ROADS AND EXPOSED OBJECTS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SLEET AND SNOW. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON AND END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ TXZ093>095-103>107-090515- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS... DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO... GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS 303 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN IN NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND OVERSPREAD NORTH TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN 3 INCHES NEAR A LINE FROM OLNEY TO DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS... INCREASING TO AROUND 5 INCHES ALONG AND NEAR THE RED RIVER. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW FLURRIES MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ117>123-130>135-141-090515- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...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...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY... COMANCHE...DE LEON 303 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN IN NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS LATER TONIGHT AND OVERSPREAD THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS BY DAYBREAK. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. IN ADDITION...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN COULD COAT ROADS AND EXPOSED OBJECTS BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SLEET AND SNOW. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON AND END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ142>148-156>162-174-175-090515- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.110209T0900Z-110210T0000Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS- CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE... GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD... CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 303 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TO SLEET AND SNOW AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ADVISORY TO A TRACE IN THE SOUTH. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. $$
398 WWUS44 KFWD 090513 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 TXZ091-092-100>102-091230- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT 1113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILLS OF ZERO OR LESS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL BEHIND THE FRONT AND SOME LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ TXZ115-116-129-091230- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 1113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILLS OF ZERO OR LESS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL BEHIND THE FRONT AND SOME LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END QUICKLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ093>095-103>107-091230- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS... DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO... GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS 1113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL BEHIND THE FRONT AND SOME LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BEFORE SUNRISE. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN 3 INCHES NEAR A LINE FROM OLNEY TO DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS... INCREASING TO AROUND 5 INCHES ALONG AND NEAR THE RED RIVER. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW FLURRIES MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ117>123-130>135-141-091230- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.110209T0600Z-110210T0000Z/ PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH... ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY... WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY... POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY... COMANCHE...DE LEON 1113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL BEHIND THE FRONT AND SOME LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON AND END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ142>148-156>162-174-175-091230- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.110209T0900Z-110210T0000Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS- CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...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 1113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TO SLEET AND SNOW AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ADVISORY TO A TRACE IN THE SOUTH. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 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. $$
527 WWUS44 KFWD 090939 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 339 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 TXZ091-092-100>102-091800- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT 339 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...RAPIDLY COOLING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND PRODUCING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...CHANGING TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TWO TO FOUR INCHES EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL END RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ115-116-129-091800- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 339 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MOSTLY SNOW SNOW BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END QUICKLY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ TXZ093>095-103>107-091800- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS... DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO... GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS 339 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...RAPIDLY COOLING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND PRODUCING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...CHANGING TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TWO TO FOUR INCHES EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL END RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ117>123-130>135-141-091800- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...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...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY... COMANCHE...DE LEON 339 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...RAPIDLY COOLING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND PRODUCING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...CHANGING TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL END RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ142>148-156>162-174-175-091800- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS- CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE... GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD... CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 339 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TO SLEET AND OCCASIONAL SNOW AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ADVISORY TO A TRACE IN THE SOUTH. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. $$
051 WWUS44 KFWD 091221 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 621 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 TXZ091-092-100>102-115-116-129-092030- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ 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 621 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MOSTLY SNOW SNOW TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END QUICKLY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ TXZ093-094-103-104-117>120-130>134-141-092030- /O.EXA.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-ERATH- HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...WEATHERFORD... BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON 621 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END QUICKLY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ095-105>107-121>123-135-092030- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARIS...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE... COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY... WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY... POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY 621 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING... RAPIDLY COOLING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND PRODUCING SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL END RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TXZ142>145-156-157-159-092030- /O.EXA.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.110209T1300Z-110209T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...LAMPASAS... COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...WACO 621 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW DURING THE DAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH IS EXPECTED. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END QUICKLY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ146>148-158-160>162-174-175-092030- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-BELL-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM- ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD... PALESTINE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...MARLIN...MEXIA... GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON... ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 621 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TO SLEET AND OCCASIONAL SNOW AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ADVISORY TO A TRACE IN THE SOUTH. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$
673 WWUS44 KFWD 091724 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 TXZ092>094-103-104-118>120-133-134-092200- /O.CAN.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0003.110210T0000Z-110210T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- JOHNSON-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CLEBURNE... BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND SHOULD END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...MANY ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ095-105>107-121>123-092200- /O.CAN.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0003.110210T0000Z-110210T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARIS...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE... COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY... WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY... POINT...EAST TAWAKONI 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READING OF ZERO OR LESS IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF THROUGH MIDDAY AND ENDING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... MANY ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 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. 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. $$ TXZ091-100>102-115>117-129>132-141-092200- /O.CAN.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0003.110210T0000Z-110210T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND- ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY... JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... COMANCHE...DE LEON 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND WILL END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SOME ROADS MAY REMAIN ICY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ135-092200- /O.CAN.KFWD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF THROUGH MIDDAY AND ENDING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... MANY ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 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. $$ TXZ142>144-156-157-092200- /O.CAN.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0003.110210T0000Z-110210T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS-CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO... CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE... GATESVILLE 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ145-159-092200- /O.NEW.KFWD.WC.Y.0003.110210T0000Z-110210T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ HILL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...WACO 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO OR LESS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND SHOULD END BY MIDDAY. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 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. 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. $$ TXZ146>148-158-160>162-174-175-092200- /O.EXT.KFWD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/ NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-BELL-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM- ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD... PALESTINE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...MARLIN...MEXIA... GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON... ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 1124 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND SHOULD END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...MANY ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. $$
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 Feb 7, 11:20 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 11:20 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1120 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN THE FORECAST GETS TRICKY NEAR THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY...INCREASING TO AROUND 17 KTS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE SOME AND SHIFT TO THE EAST TUESDAY EVENING. LOW CLOUDS AROUND 050 WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY EVENING AND CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS ON HOW FAST THE CEILINGS WILL LOWER AND WHAT CATEGORY THEY WILL LOWER INTO. HAVE DECIDED ON MVFR CIGS AT KACT AROUND 09/03Z AND 09/05-06Z IN THE DFW METROPLEX. HOWEVER...FUTURE TAF ISSUANCES MAY NEED TO LOWER THESE CEILINGS INTO IFR CATEGORY BEFORE 06Z. HAVE ALSO INCLUDED DRIZZLE/LIGHT RAIN AT ALL TAF SITES BEFORE 09/06Z. THE OTHER CHALLENGE FOR THE TAFS IS THE TIMING OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT BETWEEN 09/06-12Z IN THE DFW METROPLEX. THE CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO A WINTRY MIX WILL DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FOR NOW...HAVE BLENDED THE MODELS WITH A FROPA AROUND 10Z AND LEFT THE MENTION OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE TAF UNTIL BETTER TIMING ISSUES CAN BE RESOLVED. IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SLEET MIX WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW. 82/JLD && .UPDATE... THE PREVIOUS FORECAST SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK. THUS DO NOT PLAN TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT THIS TIME. WILL LEAVE THE WINTER STORM WATCH AS IS AND ALLOW THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT A CHANCE TO FULLY EVALUATE ALL OF THE 00Z MODEL DATA BEFORE DECIDING ON ANY WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. 58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011/ TODAY WARMED UP A LITTLE MORE THAN EXPECTED TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 DEGREES AND WE'LL LIKELY SEE THE SAME WARM TEMPERATURES ABOVE IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S WITH THE QUICK RETURN OF S/SE WINDS BY MORNING AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. FIRST SHORTWAVE SEEN DRIVING SE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS WILL BRING AN INCREASE OF HIGH CLOUDS TO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT COOLER WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS. RAPID CHANGES STILL LOOK TO OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT BY LATE EVENING AND AFTER...AS FIRST SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...DRAGGING ARCTIC AIRMASS DOWN HIGH PLAINS AND INTO NW TX/OK/RED RIVER VALLEY BY MIDNIGHT. THE NE COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE AN INITIAL BACKDOOR OF CURRENT AIRMASS STILL RESIDING OVER THE OZARKS AND TN VALLEY AND WILL BE JUST REINFORCED MAINLY AS ARCTIC AIRMASS RACES IN FROM THE NNW AND REACHES SE COUNTIES BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK. MEANWHILE...UPPER ENERGY NOW DEEPENING OVER NW STATES/WRN CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...THEN LIFT ESE ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS AND COMBINE WITH THE FRONT TO USE ISALLOBARIC VERTICAL MOTIONS TO QUICKLY SATURATE/COOL THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN BY 12Z/DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND. RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET/RAIN/SNOW MIX ACROSS THE N/NW COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING TO MIDDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO...CANTON LINE. DOWN SOUTH...THE TRANSITION WILL LIKELY OCCUR MORE AFTER DAYBREAK AND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH A RAIN/FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION BRIEFLY THROUGH MID MORNING...BEFORE GOING TO A RAIN/SLEET /SNOW MIX BY MIDDAY...THEN LIKELY JUST SLEET OR SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. WE HAVE INCREASE SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO 3-5 ALONG RED RIVER VALLEY...TO 2-4 INCHES ALONG I-20 CORRIDOR...TO 1-3 JUST SOUTH OF I-20 WITH SOME POTENTIAL TO SEE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE ACCUMULATION SOUTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO...ATHENS LINE. THE ONLY MODEL THAT WAS SLOWER AND THE OUTLIER WAS THE NAM12 WITH DEEPENING CYCLOGENESIS WITH FIRST SHORTWAVE WHICH WOULD SLOW THE TIMING OF THE ARCTIC AIR. ALSO IT SHOWS STRONGER SWLY FLOW/WAA AT 850 MB ABOVE THE DEEPENING ARCTIC INVERSION. THIS SOLUTION WAS MAINLY THROWN OUT BY NWS OFFICES DUE TO 2 REASONS. 1. RARELY DOES DEEP CYCLOGENESIS OCCUR ALONG LEADING EDGES OF ARCTIC AIR DUE TO THE INABILITY TO MIX DEEPLY AND QUICKLY. 2. IT WAS FELT THE FIRST SHORTWAVE WOULD HELP SURGE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ARCTIC AIR...ALONG WITH THE JUST PURE DENSE PROPERTIES OF THE AIRMASS. THUS...A BLEND OF THE SREF/GFS/ECMWF WAS USED IN THIS FORECAST WITH A FASTER TRANSITION AND COLUMN COOLING AS THE SYSTEM AND DEEP LIFT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUES NIGHT/WEDNESDAY. SYSTEM SHOULD EXIT RAPIDLY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL TOP-DOWN DRYING OF THE COLUMN AND LOSS OF DENDRITIC SEEDING OF ICE CRYSTALS...THUS SNOW WILL LIKELY TURN TO FLURRIES OR POSSIBLY EVEN FREEZING DRIZZLE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM AS IT DEPARTS TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO THIS PROCESS. HAVE LOWER BOTH HIGHS ON THURSDAY AND LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT AS WE'LL KEEP THE ARCTIC AIR IN A BIT LONGER AND WITH MODEL TRENDS TO SCOUR EVEN THE SHALLOWEST OF THESE AIRMASSES TOO QUICKLY. AFTERWARD...A QUICK WARM UP BY FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES W/SWLY AND SCOURS OUT THIS AIRMASS...WHICH IS MORE SHALLOW THAN LAST WEEK'S ARCTIC AIR WHICH HUNG AROUND SEVERAL DAYS. 05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 29 52 27 27 13 / 0 5 70 80 10 WACO, TX 29 57 34 34 19 / 0 5 50 70 10 PARIS, TX 23 47 28 28 11 / 0 5 70 100 20 DENTON, TX 26 52 24 24 10 / 0 5 70 80 10 MCKINNEY, TX 23 49 28 28 10 / 0 5 70 90 10 DALLAS, TX 29 52 28 28 13 / 0 5 70 80 10 TERRELL, TX 25 52 32 32 14 / 0 5 60 90 10 CORSICANA, TX 29 56 33 33 18 / 0 5 50 80 10 TEMPLE, TX 27 57 35 35 20 / 0 5 50 70 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 28 54 23 23 11 / 0 5 70 60 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162- 174-175. && 82/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 4:28 AM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 428 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091200- 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- 428 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO CLEBURNE TO ATHENS LINE. EXPECT RAIN CHANGING TO A WINTRY MIX AND THEN SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE RED RIVER...TAPERING TO ABOUT AN INCH AT THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE WARNING. WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS SOUTH OF THE WARNING BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...WITH TOTAL ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY...AS WILL THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE NORTH TEXAS AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH ZERO DEGREES IN NORTHERN NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNRISE THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:28 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Coryell and 28 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:03 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 23 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.