A cold front moved through North Texas on Monday, ushering in cold air at the surface. Snow began falling that evening into Tuesday morning.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A cold front moved through North Texas on Monday, ushering in cold air at the surface. Snow began falling that evening into Tuesday morning. Several areas received totals around 1-2 inches. Most of the snow had melted by noon Tuesday.
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 Mar 3, 6:19 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 619 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 .UPDATE... SOME MINOR TWEAKS NEEDED FOR THE FIRST PD OF THE FCST...AS DYNAMIC /CLOSED UPPER LOW BRECKENRIDGE/EASTLAND...DRIFTS EWD...WITH BANDING SEEN WELL ON CLEAR-AIR REFLECTIVITY REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND CHANGED AREAS NW OF A COMANCHE-WEATHERFORD-DENTON- SHERMAN LINE TO ALL SNOW...EVEN THIS EVENING PER SPOTTER/MEDIA/LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS OUT THAT WAY. WEVE EVEN HAD SOME SNOW GRAIN SHOWERS MIXING WITH LGT RAIN/DRIZZLE HERE AT THE OFFICE IN NORTH FORT WORTH. EXPECT THE CHANGEOVER TO CONTINUE FROM E-W AS DYNAMIC COOLING OF THE COLUMN OCCURS WITH CORE OF UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS. EXPECT 2-3 INCHES(LOCALLY HIGHER) IN THE NRN 2 TIERS OF COUNTIES NEAR THE RED RIVER...TO 1...POSSIBLY 2 INCHES ALONG I-20 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH...MOSTLY ON ELEVATED /NON- PROTECTED SURFACES AND GRASSY AREAS...CARS...ETC. OTHERWISE...WINDS HAVE COME DOWN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA MOST AREAS AT 6 PM/00Z...AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE PAST SUNSET AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS AND THE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO RELAX OVERNIGHT. UPDATES SENT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 600 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008/ AVIATION...MVFR CONDS PREVAILING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION IN LIGHT DRIZZLE WITH SOME LIGHT SLEET MIXING IN ACROSS THE EAST...AND MOSTLY SNOW TO THE WEST. THINK PRIMARY PRECIP TYPE WILL BECOME ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. LATEST RADAR ANALYSIS SHOWS AN INCREASE IN REFLECTIVITY TO THE WEST...SO SOME MODERATE SNOW IS LIKELY LATER. WILL PREVAIL MVFR CONDS AT DFW WITH -RAPLSN INITIALLY THEN CARRY -SN AFTER 2Z. WILL ALSO INCLUDE A TEMPO IFR CONDS FOR MODERATE SNOW AND LOWER CIGS TO OVC007 FROM 2-5Z. THINGS SHOULD RAPIDLY CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH VFR CONDS PREVAILING BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 91/DUNN PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008/ UPPER LEVEL LOW IS MOVING OUT OF THE PANHANDLE WITH A SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BOTTOM OF THE BASE...PUSHING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. SEVERAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN HERE AND MIDLAND/LUBBOCK HAVE BEEN REPORTING SNOW FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS AND SNOW IS NOW BEING REPORTED IN THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN TO 34. ECHO RETURNS ON RADAR ARE STARTING TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. 19Z SOUNDING SHOWS SIGNIFICANT COOLING OF THE ATMOSPHERE BUT STILL FAIRLY DRY ABOVE 800 MB. FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH TEXAS WILL SATURATE AND COOL COMPLETELY BELOW FREEZING WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 32 DEGREES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. NEW MODEL DATA IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL NOW TRACK FARTHER SOUTH...JUST SOUTH OF I-20. THEREFORE WILL INCLUDE ANOTHER ROW OF COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH IN THE SNOW ADVISORY. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED THE START AND END TIMES AFTER MORE CONSIDERATION...FOLLOWING THE TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. AM STILL EXPECTING 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 WITH 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW NORTH OF I-20. A FEW OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT IN CHECK IN THE BACK OF MY MIND IS THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT QUITE AS COLD AS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM NOW. THIS MAY PREVENT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS FROM OCCURRING...BUT TEMPERATURES OVERALL HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT AS PRECIPITATION FALLS...THIS WILL PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING...WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LAST FORECASTED WINTER WEATHER EVENT. HOWEVER...HAVE SEEN ENOUGH CONSISTENCY IN THE MODELS AND WITH SNOW ALREADY BEING REPORTED IN THE WEST...AM CONFIDENT TO CONTINUE WITH THE SNOW ADVISORY AT THIS POINT. ONE LAST CONSIDERATION IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A THIN LAYER OF ICE TO FORM ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TONIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE GROUND TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN VERY WARM OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS BUT ELEVATED SURFACES HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO HARSH NORTHERLY WINDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW. WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE ON THE GROUND AND THE CHANCE FOR MORE PRECIP...FREEZING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY OCCUR. A POSITIVE FACTOR...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35...IS THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR MORE THAN A FEW HOURS RIGHT AROUND DAYBREAK. LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS MAY SEE MORE IMPACTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EXITING THE EXTREME NORTHEAST BY TUESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PUSHES INTO THE MIDWEST. NEARLY ZONAL FLOW AND QUIET WEATHER WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE NEXT FRONT EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY. THE MODELS HAVE REALLY BACKED OFF ON THE MOISTURE AND POPS WITH THIS FRONT AND HAVE REDUCED POPS BACK TO ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR NOW. AS THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT SWINGS THROUGH...MAY SEE A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES ON THURSDAY. A FEW MORE WEAK FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEKEND...BUT PRECIPITATION CHANCES REMAIN LOW AT THIS TIME. FOR TEMPERATURES...ADJMAV AND GRIDDED MOS WERE PREFERRED. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 31 59 41 66 35 / 60 0 0 10 20 WACO, TX 33 61 43 72 37 / 30 0 0 10 20 PARIS, TX 28 49 35 60 33 / 70 10 0 10 20 DENTON, TX 30 56 40 64 32 / 70 0 0 10 20 MCKINNEY, TX 30 56 39 65 32 / 70 0 0 10 20 DALLAS, TX 31 59 42 66 35 / 60 0 0 10 20 TERRELL, TX 30 54 40 63 35 / 60 0 0 10 20 CORSICANA, TX 32 58 41 69 37 / 40 0 0 10 20 TEMPLE, TX 33 63 42 73 38 / 20 0 0 10 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ093-103-104-117>122-131>134. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091-092-100>102-115-116-129-130-141. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ094-095-105>107-123. && 05/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 612 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041200- 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- 612 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO ENNIS TO CANTON LINE. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE RED RIVER. SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND RURAL ROADS WHERE SLUSHY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BELOW FREEZING EARLY IN THE MORNING WHICH MAY ALLOW RESIDUAL WATER ON ROADS TO FREEZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. DUNN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
226 PM CST MON MAR 03 2008
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0645 AM TSTM WND DMG BROWNSBORO 32.30N 95.61W
03/03/2008 HENDERSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
EM CONFIRMS WIND DAMAGE TO A HOUSE IN BROWNSBORO, ROOF
DAMAGE TO A BARN IN MURICHSON AND TREES UP ROOTED BOTH
AREAS.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Between one and two inches of snow fell across the county late Monday night through Tuesday morning.
Seven inches of snow fell in Pottsboro.
One to three inches of snow fell across the county.
Between two and five inches of snow fell across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 86987, 86991, 86992, 86989.