Dense fog caused numerous wrecks.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Dense fog caused numerous wrecks.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 13, 4:59 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 459 AM CST THU DEC 13 2007 .AVIATION... ALL MDLS (INCLUDING THE RUC40) HAVE BEEN TOO QUICK TO MOVE STRATUS OUT...AS WE AWAIT THE 850MB THERMAL AXIS AND MID LVL TROUGH OVER ERN OK TO CONTINUE PUSHING EWD. EDGE OF IFR/LIFR CIGS NOW ALONG A KGLE...KDTO...KDFW...KCRS LINE AND LOOKS PER SATL TO BE BACKING A LITTLE TO THE SW AND MAY GET INTO KAFW. TOUGH FCST...BUT FOR NOW WILL DO MVFR VSBY WITH IFR CIGS THROUGH 15Z AND LET NEXT CREW DECIPHER EROSION OF STRATUS TIMING WITH AMDS AND AT 18Z TAF ISSUANCE...SINCE MDLS ARE STRUGGLING A BIT. OTRW...SFC HI PRES AXIS WILL REMAIN SETTLED OVER N TX AIRPORTS WITH LGT WNDS AND VFR CONDS THRU 00Z FRI...AS HIGH LVL MSTR THICKENS IN ADVANCE OF SW CONUS SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA. SOME -RA/-SHRA MAY DEVELOP WITH WAA/ISENTROPIC ASCENT AT THE END OF THE TAF PD NEAR KACT...BUT FOR NOW WILL LEAVE OUT WITH TIMING UNCERTAINTY...AS LGT ELY WINDS OCCUR TNGT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CST THU DEC 13 2007/ DISCUSSION... FREEZING FOG LIKELY ON GRASS AND ELEVATED SURFACES EARLY THIS MORNING GENERALLY NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...HILLSBORO...ENNIS...FORT WORTH...GAINESVILLE LINE. FREEZING FOG ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY WITH THE ZONE PACKAGE. WE WILL BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS TODAY WITH TEMPERATURE REBOUNDING NICELY. NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODELS DIFFER SOMEWHAT ON DEGREE OF CYCLOGENESIS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND ITS TRAJECTORY ACROSS THE STATE. NAM TIMING IS NOW IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS/ECMWF RUNS...BUT NOW THE NAM TAKES THE SURFACE SYSTEM OUT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. MY EXPERIENCE SAYS A TRACK CLOSER TO I-10 AND THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA IS PREFERRED. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AS FOR SNOW...CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TERMINATES AROUND 800 MB AT -7C IN AREAS OF FAVORABLE PARTIAL THICKNESSES (NW CWA AND ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY). LOW LEVEL CAA AND DIVERGENCE INCREASE OVER THIS AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY...THUS THE MOST WE EXPECT IS SOME LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES MIXED IN WITH THE LIGHT RAIN (SLUSHY RAIN DROPS) LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A MODIFIED CONTINENTAL AIR MASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THEN SLIDES EAST TUESDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES FOR A MID WEEK ARRIVAL. THE LULL IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS WILL ALLOW OUR TEMPERATURES TO WARM EACH DAY WITH NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY AND HIGHS IN THE 60S ON WEDNESDAY. HAVE ADDED RAIN SHOWERS TO WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT SYSTEM NEARS AND THE WARM AIR ADVECTION PROCESS BEGINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 56 40 48 37 47 / 0 10 60 70 20 WACO, TX 57 44 54 44 54 / 0 10 60 70 10 PARIS, TX 55 38 47 38 45 / 0 10 70 70 40 DENTON, TX 55 36 46 35 46 / 0 10 60 70 20 MCKINNEY, TX 54 37 46 36 47 / 0 10 60 70 30 DALLAS, TX 56 41 48 37 47 / 0 10 60 70 20 TERRELL, TX 56 41 51 40 49 / 0 10 70 70 30 CORSICANA, TX 56 44 54 41 52 / 0 10 70 70 20 TEMPLE, TX 58 45 55 43 56 / 0 10 60 70 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZING FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091-092-100>103-115>118-129>134-141>145. && 05/75/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 AM CST THU DEC 13 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141200- 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- 445 AM CST THU DEC 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT NORTHWEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE...WACO... WAXAHACHIE...ARLINGTON...DENTON...GAINESVILLE LINE THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE ACROSS RURAL AREAS...WILL OCCUR WHILE TEMPERATURES HOVER AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. LIGHT DEPOSITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN OCCURRING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...RESULTING IN SLICK SPOTS FOR MORNING COMMUTERS ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AND ANY FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAIN MAY MIX WITH...OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING NORTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO DENTON...TO COOPER. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE INTO NORTH TEXAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...THOUGH ANY REPORTS OF ICING DUE TO FREEZING FOG THIS MORNING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 05/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
About eighty-five wrecks and another twenty-five minor accidents occurred between 5 am and 9 am due to dense fog.
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