Cold arctic air and modest amounts of moisture resulted in light freezing rain, sleet and snow over southern portions of North Texas. Slick roads resulting from the wintry precipitation caused several accidents.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Cold arctic air and modest amounts of moisture resulted in light freezing rain, sleet and snow over southern portions of North Texas. Slick roads resulting from the wintry precipitation caused several accidents.
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 Jan 23, 3:22 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 322 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED WELL SOUTH OF THE CWA AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO USHER IN A VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS INTO NORTH TEXAS. AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED NEAR SOUTHERN COLORADO CONTINUES TO QUICKLY MOVE SOUTHEAST. UPPER LIFT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND THIS IS EVIDENT BY INCREASING RETURNS ON AREA RADARS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MUCH OF THIS PRECIP IS HAVING A HARD TIME REACHING THE SURFACE AS DEWPOINTS ARE QUICKLY DROPPING. DEWPOINTS CURRENTLY RANGE FROM -10 F TO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE CWA. THIS DRY AIR EXTENDS UP TO 5 TO 6 THOUSAND FEET AND ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL IS QUICKLY SUBLIMATING /EQUIVALENT OF EVAPORATING LIQUID/...ESPECIALLY WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE BELOW 15. SLIGHTLY BETTER MOISTURE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF A COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO ATHENS LINE AND LIGHT RAIN/SNOW AND DRIZZLE ARE BEING REPORTED. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ANY REMAINING LIQUID PRECIP WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET THEN MOSTLY SNOW WHERE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO FALL. THE AREA WHERE THE GREATEST IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE WHERE DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S FOR 6-12 HOURS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF A LAMPASAS TO MARLIN TO CENTERVILLE LINE. THEREFORE WE WILL ADJUST THE CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THESE LOCATIONS. THIS MEANS THAT THE ADVISORY FOR COMANCHE...MILLS AND HAMILTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE DEWPOINTS IN THIS REGION ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AFTER 00Z AND NOT EXPECTING MUCH OF AN IMPACT. THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED EAST FOR LEON COUNTY AS NEW GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW FOR THIS AREA. A ROW OF COUNTIES TO THE NORTH /MCLENNAN THROUGH ANDERSON/ WILL BE ON THE CUSP FOR IMPACTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WACO IS CURRENTLY REPORTING A LIGHT SNOW/SLEET/RAIN MIX WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 31 AND THIS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE DRIEST AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA...ENDING MUCH OF THE PRECIP. DO THINK A DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS ACTIVITY...BUT ANY IMPACTS WILL LIKELY NOT WARRANT AN ADVISORY. HOWEVER...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THESE COUNTIES WOULD LIKELY BE THE AREA TO WATCH AS THE EXPECTED CUT OFF FROM LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION TO ABOUT AN INCH SHOULD BE SHARP BECAUSE OF THE GRADIENT OF THE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE. FARTHER NORTH...CANT RULE OUT A STRAY FLAKE IN THE METROPLEX...BUT PROBABILITIES ARE TOO LOW TO EVEN CONTINUING MENTIONING FLURRIES IN THE FORECAST. MOST GUIDANCE MEMBERS PUSH THE PRECIPITATION FURTHER SOUTH AFTER 6Z AND THROUGH THE CWA AROUND 12Z AND NEWEST FORECAST WILL REFLECT THIS TREND. STORM TOTAL SNOW FOR AREAS IN THE ADVISORY WILL LIKELY AVERAGE AN INCH BUT SOME SPOTS COULD REACH 2. ONE THING THAT REALLY HASNT BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS THE WIND EXPECTED WHILE IT SNOWS. WINDS WILL BE NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH. THE WIND WILL DECREASE IN SPEED OVERNIGHT...BUT SOME BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD FURTHER DECREASE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO GET A MEASUREMENT ON THE GROUND. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE BITTERLY COLD FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. WHERE THE MOISTURE IS LOWEST...TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 DEGREES OVERNIGHT. LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SOUTHERN AREAS. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL ONLY WARM INTO UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND A FAST WARM UP IS EXPECTED WITH HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL REACH THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S AHEAD OF OUR NEXT SYSTEM. ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CONUS MONDAY AND WILL SEND ANOTHER VERY STRONG ARCTIC FRONT SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. THE COLDEST AIR WILL STAY EAST...BUT EVEN SO...HIGHS TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE 30S AND 40S WITH LOWS BACK INTO THE 20S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT SHOULD BE WITHOUT PRECIPITATION DUE TO LITTLE MOISTURE. HAMPSHIRE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 17 41 31 64 41 / 10 5 0 0 0 WACO, TX 18 41 28 65 40 / 30 5 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 12 40 26 59 36 / 10 5 0 5 5 DENTON, TX 11 42 29 65 37 / 10 5 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 10 41 28 63 33 / 10 5 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 19 41 31 64 42 / 10 5 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 15 41 28 63 37 / 10 5 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 16 41 29 63 40 / 20 5 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 19 38 28 64 39 / 60 5 0 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 11 43 28 65 35 / 10 5 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR TXZ156>158-160-162-174-175. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 322 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241345- 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- 322 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO ATHENS TONIGHT. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE LESS THAN AN INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A HAMILTON TO CENTERVILLE LINE COULD SEE AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADS TONIGHT. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. .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.
Several vehicles became stuck on icy roads and bridges. Northbound I-35 traffic came to a stop where tractor trailers could not make it up the incline.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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