Cold fronts moved through northern and central Texas during the late part of November. Temperatures were in the critical range where most of the region received rain, but some locations saw accumulating sleet.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Cold fronts moved through northern and central Texas during the late part of November. Temperatures were in the critical range where most of the region received rain, but some locations saw accumulating sleet.
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 Nov 22, 12:28 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1228 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013 .AVIATION... CONCERNS...CEILINGS...PRECIPITATION...TEMPERATURE TRENDS. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT TAF SITES THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. IN PRECIP AREAS...CEILINGS WILL DIP BELOW 1000FT...AND VSBY MAY BE BRIEFLY IFR. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...AND WINTRY WEATHER IMPACTS TODAY WILL REMAIN NORTH AND WEST OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. SOME PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THE MAIN IMPACT TO AVIATION WILL BE A DETERIORATION TO IFR CEILINGS THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID-MORNING SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING AT ALL TAF SITES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...THUS NO WINTRY IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED. CEILINGS WILL IMPROVE A BIT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE DEPTH OF THE POSTFRONTAL LAYER DEEPENS AND DRIES. 25 && .UPDATED DISCUSSION... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WAS REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BASED ON NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SLEET. WE ALSO EXPANDED THE ADVISORY TO THE EAST SLIGHTLY BASED ON CURRENT TEMPERATURE AND RADAR TRENDS. EXPECT IMPACTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING TO BE RELATIVELY MINOR...WITH ICY SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. OUTSIDE OF THE ADVISORY AREA...THE COLD RAIN CONTINUED WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING. FOR THE REST OF TODAY...WE RAISED THE POPS INTO LIKELY CATEGORY FOR ALL AREAS GIVEN CONTINUED MOIST LIFT ABOVE THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST BEYOND THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 09/GP && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091>095-100>107-115>120-129>133-141>144-156-157. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY FOR TXZ091-092- 100>102-115>117-129>132-141>143. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 804 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231200- 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- 804 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO MINERAL WELLS TO CISCO THROUGH TONIGHT WHERE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 30S SOUTHEAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SECOND AND MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MID DAY. AT THIS TIME... MOST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 OR NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30. SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WHEREVER SLEET OR ICY ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MID DAY AND A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AS A RESULT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT CURRENT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH. CAVANAUGH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 sleet. Local standard time, as filed.
Palo Pinto Sheriff's Department reported 0.10 of sleet that was affecting travel across the county.
Decatur Fire Department reported 0.10 of sleet that was affecting travel across the county. Several minor accidents were noted.
Public report of reported 0.10 of sleet that was affecting travel in Jacksboro. Several minor accidents were noted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2013
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: 484667, 484668, 484669.