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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 31, 2014, 4:52 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 34 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2014, 4:52 AM CST (10:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Jack County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 11:24 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Cisco, TX | ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET COMBINED WAS REPORTED ON ROADWAYS IN CISCO. 1/10TH OF AN INCH OF PURE ICE WAS OBSERVED ON TREE LIMBS. |
| Jan 1, 7:23 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Comanche, TX | GLAZE ON BRIDGES AROUND COUNTY. PATCHY ICE ELSEWHERE. NO SIG ACCIDENTS YET. |
| Jan 1, 7:32 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Eastland, TX | BRIDGES GLAZED. PATCHY ICE ON ROADWAYS. A FEW ACCIDENTS ALREADY. |
| Jan 1, 9:42 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Graham, TX | ROADS ICY, SAND TRUCKS RUNNING. TEMP 30 . NO ACCIDENTS THIS TIME. |
| Jan 1, 11:11 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Mineral Wells, TX | ONE TENTH ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 653 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812 WWUS44 KFWD 311052 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 452 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF A JACKSBORO...STEPHENVILLE TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO FORT WORTH TO GATESVILLE... .PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR THE RED RIVER. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL MOST LIKELY DISSIPATE BEFORE SUNRISE. HOWEVER...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO GATESVILLE LINE. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ091-102-117-131-132-143-144-156-157-311800- /O.CAN.KFWD.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.141231T1052Z-150101T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-WISE-PARKER-HOOD-SOMERVELL-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS- CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...LAMPASAS... COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 452 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO FORT WORTH TO GATESVILLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141-142-311800- /O.UPG.KFWD.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WS.W.0003.141231T1052Z-150101T2100Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER... GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE 452 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO STEPHENVILLE TO GOLDTHWAITE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND SLEET. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ092>094-103-104-118-133-311800- /O.NEW.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.141231T1052Z-150101T2100Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-JOHNSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...CLEBURNE...BURLESON 452 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO FORT WORTH TO GATESVILLE. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
135 WWUS44 KFWD 311510 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 910 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF A JACKSBORO...STEPHENVILLE TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO ROCKWALL TO WACO TO TEMPLE... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS ISSUANCE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE EAST TO INCLUDE THE DALLAS AND WACO AREAS. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY... ESPECIALLY WEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO GATESVILLE LINE. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141-142-010000- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER... GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE 910 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO STEPHENVILLE TO GOLDTHWAITE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND SLEET. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ119-120-134-145-158-159-010000- /O.EXA.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ DALLAS-ROCKWALL-ELLIS-HILL-BELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...HILLSBORO...KILLEEN... TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO 910 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ091>094-102>104-117-118-131>133-143-144-156-157-010000- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-PARKER-TARRANT- HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS-CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...WEATHERFORD... BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES... GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 910 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. && $$
055 WWUS44 KFWD 312019 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 219 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF A JACKSBORO...STEPHENVILLE TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO ROCKWALL TO WACO TO TEMPLE... .A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO GATESVILLE LINE...WHERE THE COLD AIR IS MORE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA WITH ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL TRANSITION TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141-142-010430- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER... GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE 219 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO STEPHENVILLE TO GOLDTHWAITE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND SLEET. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ091>094-102>104-117>120-131>134-143>145-156>159-010430- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-PARKER-TARRANT- DALLAS-ROCKWALL-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...WEATHERFORD... BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE... GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO 219 PM CST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. && $$
442 WWUS44 KFWD 010950 AAA WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 350 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 TXZ091-102-011800- /O.UPG.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT 350 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE SIGNIFICANT ICE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141-142-011800- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER... GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE 350 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE ICE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ092>094-103-104-117>120-131>134-143>145-156>159-011800- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS- CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS... ROCKWALL...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE... BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS... HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO... LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE... FORT HOOD...WACO 350 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DUNN
775 WWUS44 KFWD 011555 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 955 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 TXZ093-094-104-119-120-134-145-157>159-011700- /O.CAN.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ GRAYSON-FANNIN-COLLIN-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-ELLIS-HILL-CORYELL-BELL- MCLENNAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PLANO... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...HILLSBORO...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE... KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO 955 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES IN THE CANCELLED AREA HAVE RISEN TO AT LEAST 32 DEGREES. THIS SLOW WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SO EXPECT MAINLY RAIN TO FALL IN THESE AREAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SOME LIGHT ICING MAY OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES...BUT NO ADDITIONAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. $$ TXZ091-100>102-115-116-129-130-141-142-012100- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH- COMANCHE-MILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY... JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN... COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE 955 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE ICE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ092-103-117-118-131>133-143-144-156-012100- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ COOKE-DENTON-PARKER-TARRANT-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-HAMILTON- BOSQUE-LAMPASAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...DENTON...LEWISVILLE... FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH... ARLINGTON...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE... BURLESON...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS... LAMPASAS 955 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. && $$
685 WWUS44 KFWD 011714 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1114 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 TXZ142-011815- /O.CAN.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ MILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GOLDTHWAITE 1114 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE CANCELLED AREA HAVE RISEN TO AT LEAST 32 DEGREES. THIS SLOW WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SO EXPECT MAINLY RAIN TO FALL IN THESE AREAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SOME LIGHT ICING MAY OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES...BUT NO ADDITIONAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. $$ TXZ118-131>133-143-144-156-011815- /O.CAN.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ TARRANT-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...HAMILTON... HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...LAMPASAS 1114 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES IN THE CANCELLED AREA HAVE RISEN TO AT LEAST 32 DEGREES. THIS SLOW WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SO EXPECT MAINLY RAIN TO FALL IN THESE AREAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SOME LIGHT ICING MAY OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES...BUT NO ADDITIONAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. $$ TXZ091-100>102-115-116-129-130-141-012100- /O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY... JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN... COMANCHE...DE LEON 1114 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS AND BRIDGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE ICE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ092-103-117-012100- /O.CON.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ COOKE-DENTON-PARKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...DENTON...LEWISVILLE... FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR 1114 AM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH * OTHER IMPACTS...OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACCUMULATE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. && $$
777 WWUS44 KFWD 012050 WSWFWD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 250 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 TXZ091-100>102-115-116-129-130-141-012200- /O.EXP.KFWD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY... JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN... COMANCHE...DE LEON 250 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE A FEW AREAS OF VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS NOT EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION PRIMARILY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND OTHER ELEVATED STRUCTURES. $$ TXZ092-103-117-012200- /O.EXP.KFWD.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150101T2100Z/ COOKE-DENTON-PARKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...DENTON...LEWISVILLE... FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR 250 PM CST THU JAN 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE A FEW AREAS OF VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS NOT EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION PRIMARILY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND OTHER ELEVATED STRUCTURES. $$ 15-BAIN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 31, 4:20 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 4:20 AM CST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 420 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 .DISCUSSION... LIGHT BANDS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVEN SOME LIGHT SNOW SET UP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH/NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF MAINLY SNOW WERE REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF JACK COUNTY AND WISE COUNTY. MOIST ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE ARCTIC AIR MASS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRECIP. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WAS EXPECTED BUT WAS A BIT SURPRISED TO SEE THE LITTLE BANDS OF SNOW SINCE THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE WAS NO WHERE NEAR SATURATED. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL WEAKEN IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES THROUGH SUNRISE SO PRECIP SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN/DISSIPATE. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ZONES OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY TODAY AND WE WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE MORE MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION DEVELOP BEFORE SUNSET. LARGE SCALE UPWARD FORCING WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT AS THE STRONG UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOVES EAST ACROSS ARIZONA. ALTHOUGH THE BEST LIFT WILL STILL REMAIN WEST OF THE REGION UNTIL THE UPPER LOW GETS CLOSER...ALL 00Z MODEL RUNS INDICATE THAT A PIECE OF ENERGY WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW AND MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. FOR THIS REASON WE HAVE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE ADVISORY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT TO INCLUDE ONE MORE ROW OF COUNTIES TO THE EAST AND ALSO GRAYSON...FANNIN AND COLLIN COUNTIES. WE HAVE ALSO CHANGED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SINCE THE PRECIP TONIGHT MAY BE MORE OF A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. IT DOES APPEAR THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT WEATHER TYPE AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY ONCE THE WARM LAYER ABOVE THE ARCTIC AIR DEEPENS. OUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS THAT THE NORTHWEST ZONES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE 20S WILL NOT WARM UP MUCH TODAY AND THAT THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SOME SLEET THURSDAY MORNING. FOR THIS REASON WE HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE CURRENT ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WARNING AREA WILL INCLUDE LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO STEPHENVILLE TO GOLDTHWAITE. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET IN THE REGION COULD TOTAL ONE QUARTER INCH. AM GROWING MORE CONCERNED THAT ALL MODELS ARE TRENDING WETTER AND COLDER SO FUTURE UPGRADES AND ADJUSTMENTS ARE VERY POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION INTO A COLD RAIN FOR NEARLY ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY HOLD ON IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES BUT SURFACE TEMPS SHOULD WARM CLOSER TO FREEZING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES. FOR NOW WE HAVE KEPT ALL TEMPS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ABOVE FREEZING WITH ONLY RAIN EXPECTED BUT WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE THURSDAY NIGHT TIME PERIOD AS A FEW SPOTS MAY BE VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING. RAIN CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE DRY WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND LIMITED SURFACE MOISTURE. 79 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 538 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014/ CONCERNS...POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS EARLY TO MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. COLD NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE AROUND 10 KNOTS THROUGH THIS FORECAST. DRY AIR BELOW 5000 FEET HAS ADVECTED INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE NORTHEAST AND PUSHED CIGS UP TO VFR ACROSS THE METROPLEX...AND NOW OVER KACT. EXPECT TO HOLD THESE VFR CIGS /OVC060/ TONIGHT THROUGH 13Z WEDNESDAY WHEN MVFR CIGS OF BKN025 ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND AND LAST UNTIL LATE MORNING 17-18Z/ OR MIDDAY. CIGS WILL BECOME VFR /OVC060/ FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS FOR PRECIPITATION...WE DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING TO AFFECT OUR TERMINALS DURING THE FORECAST. EXTENDED...CIGS WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOLD AOA 5000 FEET. HOWEVER... THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT LATE NEW YEARS EVE FOR KACT AS RAIN BEGINS...AND AT ALL TERMINALS NEW YEARS DAY AS CIGS BECOME IFR AND RAIN CHANCES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 40 30 40 35 40 / 10 50 70 70 70 WACO, TX 41 32 40 36 42 / 20 40 80 70 70 PARIS, TX 40 31 37 34 42 / 10 20 80 80 70 DENTON, TX 36 29 37 33 40 / 10 50 70 60 70 MCKINNEY, TX 38 29 38 33 39 / 10 20 80 70 70 DALLAS, TX 39 32 42 36 41 / 10 40 80 70 70 TERRELL, TX 41 33 38 36 40 / 10 20 80 70 70 CORSICANA, TX 43 32 39 37 41 / 10 30 80 70 70 TEMPLE, TX 41 33 40 36 41 / 20 40 70 70 70 MINERAL WELLS, TX 32 28 37 33 38 / 20 50 70 60 70 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY FOR TXZ091-092- 102-103-117-118-131>133-143-144-156-157. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY FOR TXZ100-101-115- 116-129-130-141-142. && 91/79
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 3:22 PM CST, 13 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 322 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311200- 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- 322 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEST OF A JACKSBORO TO MINERAL WELLS TO LAMPASAS LINE AFTER MIDNIGHT. IF PRECIPITATION DOES OCCUR...LIGHT ICING OF ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LOW CHANCES FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WEST OF A BRIDGEPORT...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO GATESVILLE LINE. LIGHT ICING OF ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CHANCES FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEW YEARS DAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO DENTON...TO MERIDIAN...TO LAMPASAS. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. LIGHT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND BRIDGES...AND EVEN SOME ROADS ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION OVER TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON ON NEW YEARS DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF WINTER WEATHER IS APPRECIATED THROUGH NEW YEARS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 31, 12:37 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1237 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014
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1225 AM SNOW RUNAWAY BAY 33.17N 97.87W
12/31/2014 E0.10 INCH WISE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
LIGHT SNOW COVERING THE GROUND AT RUNAWAY BAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 4:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 16 more | 34 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.