A band of heavy snow moved across north Texas during the early morning hours, dropping anywhere from just a trace to nine inches. Another area of snow developed across the area that evening as the upper low moved across Texas.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A band of heavy snow moved across north Texas during the early morning hours, dropping anywhere from just a trace to nine inches. Another area of snow developed across the area that evening as the upper low moved across Texas. The greatest snow totals were recorded in Decatur, Gainesville, and Sherman.
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 6, 8:38 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 838 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008 .UPDATE... LIGHTNING SHOWS A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSLEET OR THUNDERSNOW MOVING EAST FROM THE ROLLING PLAINS. I HAVE ADDED MENTION OF SNOW SHOWERS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO MONTAGUE THIS MORNING TO GO ALONG WITH THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. 84 && .AVIATION... 545 AM 12Z TAFS ISENTROPIC LIFT BEGINNING TO RESULT IN SATURATION ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS WHERE CIGS HAVE LOWERED TO MVFR AND SOME VERY LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED. HAVE KEPT THE GENERAL TREND IN THE TAFS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST. EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO ARRIVE IN THE METRO AROUND MID MORNING WITH A STEADY RAIN BEGINNING AROUND NOON. RAIN COULD BE HEAVY BETWEEN 18Z-22Z WHEN STRONGEST LIFT OCCURS AHEAD OF INTENSIFYING UPPER/MID LEVEL LOW. IFR VIS/CIGS POSSIBLE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN BUT WILL LEAVE MENTION OF TS OUT ATTM. MODEL SOUNDINGS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH SHOWING THE CHANGE-OVER TO RASN BY LATE AFTERNOON IN THE METROPLEX...BEGINNING AT AFW FIRST THEN DAL A COUPLE HOURS LATER. EXPECT ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHEN PROGS DEPICT A FAVORABLE SETUP FOR CSI BANDING IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING UPPER SYSTEM. MOD/HVY SNOW WITH VSBY DOWN TO 1/2SM AND STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15-20KT IS POSSIBLE FROM 2-6Z. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT COLUMN REMAINS SUFFICIENTLY SATURATED FOR A FEW FLURRIES THROUGH SUNRISE. TR.92 && .DISCUSSION... COLD AIR ADVECTION IS WELL UNDERWAY THIS MORNING. WE HAVE REACHED OUR HIGHS FOR THE DAY ALREADY...AS TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO FALL BEFORE HOVERING IN THE 30S FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE MID LEVEL TROF THAT WILL BRING LARGE SCALE LIFT TO THE REGION IS CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. AS THIS WAVE MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND AND A SECONDARY WAVE TOMORROW...WE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD PRECIP BREAK OUT...CHANGING FROM RAIN TO SNOW BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL ISOTHERMS WILL BE KEY TO THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW. AFTER 18Z...EXPECT ALL SNOW IN OUR FAR NW ZONES...WITH AN AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW FROM SHERMAN TO NW SECTIONS OF THE METROPLEX TO CISCO. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER SUNSET...850MB 0C ISOTHERM LINE WILL ESSENTIALLY BISECT OUR CWA...WITH THE NW HALF EXPERIENCING SNOW AND THE SOUTHERN HALF SEEING EITHER RAIN OR RAIN/SNOW MIX. AFTER MIDNIGHT...NEARLY ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WILL WITNESS SNOW...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR FAR SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. BY 12Z FRIDAY...THE COLD AIR WILL HAVE PUSHED THROUGH ALL OF OUR FORECAST AREA...HOWEVER LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL BE EXITING. A WEAK SECONDARY SHORTWAVE TROF WILL FOLLOW LATE FRIDAY...BUT MOISTURE WILL BE SPARSE. WITH NO MEANS TO REPLENISH MOISTURE CONTENT...ONLY A FEW FLURRIES WILL BE SQUEEZED OUT. THEREFORE...WILL CARRY MENTION OF FLURRIES FRIDAY INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20...AND START/END TIMES DEPICT BEST ESTIMATION OF PRECIP EVOLUTION. AT THIS TIME...WE EXPECT TOTAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3.5 INCHES IN OUR FAR NE ZONES...WITH WIDESPREAD 2 INCHES AMOUNTS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ALONG THE RED RIVER. BETWEEN OUR RED RIVER COUNTIES AND I-20...EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES. IN THE EXTENDED...DISAGREEMENT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE. WILL CONTINUE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH A STALLED FRONT AND UPPER LOW ROLLING ACROSS THE AREA. QUICK GLANCE AT SEVERE PARAMETERS SUGGESTS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THIS WILL LIKELY CHANGE WITH TIME. STARTING TOMORROW...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. PERHAPS A SLIGHT COOL DOWN MONDAY AND TUES DUE TO PRECIP/CLOUDS AND FRONT IN THE AREA...BUT TODAY WILL BE THE COLDEST OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS BY FAR. SCHULTZ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 39 30 44 27 58 / 100 100 10 10 0 WACO, TX 42 32 48 29 60 / 100 60 10 10 0 PARIS, TX 39 31 37 25 52 / 90 100 30 10 0 DENTON, TX 37 28 42 25 57 / 100 100 10 10 0 MCKINNEY, TX 38 32 39 26 55 / 100 100 20 10 0 DALLAS, TX 41 31 43 28 58 / 100 100 10 10 0 TERRELL, TX 42 30 43 27 56 / 100 100 20 10 0 CORSICANA, TX 46 32 45 28 57 / 100 80 10 10 0 TEMPLE, TX 43 31 52 30 61 / 100 50 10 10 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ093>095-105>107-122-123. SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ103-104-118>121. SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129. && 21/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 412 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071200- 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- 412 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN WILL BEGIN MIXING WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM INTERSTATE 20 NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO NEARLY 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE RED RIVER. ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TRACE TO AROUND HALF AN INCH. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CAMERON TO PALESTINE LINE CAN EXPECT PRIMARILY RAIN...BUT LIGHT SNOW CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE ONGOING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF NORTH TEXAS. ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO AROUND 2 INCHES...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. FLURRIES WILL LINGER AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED. SCHULTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 440 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008 TXZ130>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-062100- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COMANCHE-CORYELL-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FREESTONE- HAMILTON-HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-JOHNSON-LAMPASAS-LEON-LIMESTONE- MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-NAVARRO-ROBERTSON-SOMERVELL- 440 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008 ...WIDESPREAD RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING... A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE ATMOSPHERE COOLS BELOW FREEZING...THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW BY THE EVENING HOURS. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...PRIMARILY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE SOME ICE AND SNOW...WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. AT THIS TIME...ONLY MINOR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECASTS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO THE SNOWFALL FORECAST. 92
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 winter storm, 3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The county received between three and six inches of snow. A few cars slid into ditches, but no major wrecks were reported.
As much as nine inches of snow fell across the county. There were about a hundred car wrecks due to icy roads.
The county received between three and eight inches of snow. A few cars slid into ditches, but no major wrecks were reported.
Light snow accumulations froze overnight and caused numerous wrecks.
Anywhere from five to nine inches of snow fell across the county. There were eleven major accidents and about fifty minor ones according to the paper. Many of the minor accidents were simply cars sliding off icy roadways.
Seven inches of snow was recorded in Sanger and nine inches fell in Krum. There were 85 minor accidents due to the icy conditions and one major accident on a bridge on Highway 380.
Weatherford had about two inches of snow while northern portions of the county received as much as nine inches. Six inches was recorded in Springtown and about nine inches fell in Poolville. About forty car wrecks occurred that afternoon and evening.
Gainesville received eight inches of snow while the Lake Kiowa area had nine inches. There were numerous instances of cars sliding off roadways and jack-knifed tractor-trailers on I-35.
The town of Whitesboro recorded six-and-a-half inches of snow while Collinsville had eight inches. Numerous wrecks occurred as drivers encountered icy roadways.
Terrell received around an inch of snow.
About an inch 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: 85656, 85659, 85750, 85658, 85748, 85751, 85650, 85749, 85747, 86994, 86995.