A truck driver died on US Highway 75 in Sherman when he crashed his semi after losing control on an icy patch. The temperature at the time of the accident was around 23 degrees.
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A truck driver died on US Highway 75 in Sherman when he crashed his semi after losing control on an icy patch. The temperature at the time of the accident was around 23 degrees.
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 12, 6:09 AM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 609 AM CST THU DEC 12 2013 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS. ELEVATED MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LOW APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. EXPECT BROKEN TO OVERCAST MID LEVEL CEILINGS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...WILL MENTION PREVAILING SHOWERS IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE DFW TAF. A NORTH WIND GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 KNOTS TONIGHT. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 AM CST THU DEC 12 2013/ A DISTINCT CUT-OFF LOW CAN BE SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SPINNING OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING. A STEADY FLOW OF HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC AROUND THE BASE OF THE LOW...ACROSS MEXICO AND OVERHEAD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE PERSISTENT HIGH CLOUD COVER MAY BE HELPING TO PREVENT FOG DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BUT REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE DEWPOINT. THERE STILL MAY BE A FEW SPOTS THAT EXPERIENCE PATCHY FOG BUT THIS SHOULD BE VERY ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED. THE MAIN CONCERN THIS MORNING ONCE AGAIN WILL BE ICY SPOTS ON SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES OVER THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE REGION...WHERE THE THICK ICE FROM LAST WEEK/S WINTER STORM HAS NOT YET COMPLETELY MELTED. MORE MELTING WILL OCCUR AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S. CLOUDS WILL THICKEN UP TONIGHT AS THE WEST COAST LOW ADVANCES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO OPEN UP INTO A SHORTWAVE TROUGH AS IT REACHES WEST TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING. SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE QUICKLY INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM. WILL LEAVE THE 20 POPS OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE CLOUD COVER COMBINED WITH WEAK WARM AND MOIST ADVECTION SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING LOWS IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S FRIDAY MORNING. WE CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A FEW PELLETS OF SLEET NEAR THE RED RIVER COUNTIES...BUT ANY MEASURABLE PRECIP TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE LIQUID FORM. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ON FRIDAY DUE TO CONTINUED MOISTENING OF THE COLUMN AND INCREASING LIFT AS THE SHORTWAVE ACCELERATES NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. HIGHEST POPS WILL OCCUR EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE RESIDES. THE LACK OF ANY REASONABLE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY WILL PRECLUDE THE ADDITION OF THUNDER...WITH BETTER INSTABILITY BEING CONFINED WELL SOUTHEAST IN THE GULF COAST REGION. PRECIP AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE...FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES TO AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH OVER THE EAST. RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT....WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CHILLY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH LOWS IN THE 20S EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S SUNDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FINALLY FORECAST TO REACH THE LOW 60S ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AND PLEASANT WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATER HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. BY NEXT WEEKEND...MODELS ARE HINTING AT THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER COLD ARCTIC FRONT. IT IS STILL A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO TELL JUST HOW COLD THE AIRMASS WOULD BE WHEN IT ARRIVES...OR HOW MUCH IF ANY PRECIPITATION WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. EITHER WAY...BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES LOOK LIKE A DECENT BET AT THIS TIME FOR THE WEEKEND PRECEDING CHRISTMAS. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 46 37 50 38 46 / 0 20 60 20 10 WACO, TX 49 38 52 40 50 / 0 20 60 20 10 PARIS, TX 47 33 46 39 46 / 0 10 60 40 10 DENTON, TX 45 36 48 36 45 / 0 20 60 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 45 35 48 38 45 / 0 20 60 20 10 DALLAS, TX 46 37 49 39 46 / 0 20 60 20 10 TERRELL, TX 48 36 49 40 47 / 0 20 60 30 10 CORSICANA, TX 49 37 50 41 49 / 0 20 60 30 10 TEMPLE, TX 50 39 53 40 52 / 0 20 60 20 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 46 35 53 33 46 / 0 20 50 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 316 AM CST THU DEC 12 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131000- 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- 316 AM CST THU DEC 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A 34-year-old truck driver died on US Highway 75 in Sherman. He lost control of his semi on an icy patch and crashed into the concrete pillar of the Loy Lake Road overpass. The temperature at the time of the accident was around 23 degrees.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Grayson | 2013-12-12 | 34 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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