An arctic airmass and the passage of an upper level storm system generated impactful snow across North Texas January 9 into January 10 of 2025. The highest snow totals were along the Red River where a range of 5-11 inches of snow accumulated.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
An arctic airmass and the passage of an upper level storm system generated impactful snow across North Texas January 9 into January 10 of 2025. The highest snow totals were along the Red River where a range of 5-11 inches of snow accumulated. Accumulation totals gradually tapered to zero to areas south of I-20. Overall impacts from this winter storm were minimal.
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 9, 4:05 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 405 AM CST Thu Jan 9 2025 ...New Short Term, Long Term... .KEY MESSAGES... - Winter storm begins this morning and continues through tonight. No changes to the warning or advisory locations at this time. - Bumped up snowfall totals a little farther south and west to 2 to 5 inches generally along and north of I-20. There is still potential for some banded or convective snowfall which could result in isolated totals of 8 to 10 inches. This is most likely to occur anywhere from the northern parts of the Metroplex to the Red River over toward Paris. - It appears less likely that we'll see significant ice accumulations, but increasing likelihood that we'll see bands of moderate to heavy sleet across parts of North Texas, especially along and just south of I-20. Our greatest ice accumulations appear to be confined to our southwest counties. - Some travel impacts are expected to begin later this morning but will likely peak late this afternoon into tonight. Conditions should begin to improve by Friday afternoon. && .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Today through Friday/ Early morning water vapor imagery shows our powerful upper low spinning over northwest Mexico beginning to eject eastward while an upstream kicker shortwave digs sharply southward over the Four Corners region. A notable uptick in mid and high level moisture on water vapor is indicative of strong mid level forcing for ascent beginning to spread eastward into Texas. This is supported by a sharp increase in radar reflectivity well to our west this morning. Across North Texas, the lower half of the atmosphere still remains relatively dry as indicated by a 6Z ACARS sounding from Dallas earlier, however, cloud heights continue to lower suggesting that low level saturation is in progress. As precipitation from the west begins to overspread the region early this morning, an abrupt lowering of cloud heights is expected along with an increase in precipitation rates. With the increase in cloud cover and a light southeast wind, surface temperatures have risen appreciably over the last few hours and we're now in the mid 30s in many locations, however dewpoints are in the lower 20s allowing for several degrees of wet bulb cooling potential once precipitation begins. This is already occurring to our west where many stations have cooled 3-5 degrees at the onset of precipitation. We should see a similar type of response in North Texas through the early morning. Of greater importance will be the thermal profile above the surface, as that will completely dictate precipitation type across the region. A closer examination of the ACARS sounding from Dallas showed a nearly isothermal layer from just above the surface to near 700 mb with only a small warm nose at 34 degrees around 900 mb. With plenty of wet bulb cooling potential, this sounding would likely be at or below freezing at the onset of precipitation. Computer model guidance handles wet bulb cooling well and forecast soundings for this event continue to support widespread wintry precipitation across the region, including the potential for heavy snow later today and tonight. As the upper low progresses eastward this morning, we should start to see precipitation reach the surface across our western counties. This will likely be a combination of rain, sleet, and perhaps some snow. Surface temperatures will be marginal for freezing rain, but some light icing is possible as early as this morning for our southwest counties. By mid morning, strong forcing for ascent will begin to spread into North Texas and the thermal profile will be dynamically cooled by this lift which will likely result in an increase in sleet showers, some heavy, extending from our southwest into the Metroplex. Some snow will be possible north of I-20 and across our northwest counties, with a mostly cold rain farther south into Central Texas. Rain is likely to prevail across most of our Central and Southeast Texas counties through this event, although some cold spots could see some light icing and there will certainly be the potential for sleet. Through midday, the event may be "so far unimpressive" with a transition to rain/sleet mix, but the main show should really be this afternoon and especially into the late evening hours. A band of strong mid level frontogenesis will orient itself just to the east of the trough axis in line with strong deep layer shear. Dynamic cooling will likely result in a transition to all snow across our northwest counties and northwest parts of the Metroplex north to the Red River. Close examination of the frontal circulation and forecast soundings during this time indicate the potential for some conditional symmetric instability to develop which will support the development of banded precipitation oriented from northeast to southwest. There is even a low chance for actual convective instability to develop producing a few lightning strikes in convective sleet or snow showers. All of this is most likely to occur this evening and early tonight (generally from 5 pm through about 10 pm) and in a location from the northern parts of the Metroplex to the Red River and over toward Paris. A transition to all snow is expected mainly north of I-20 late tonight and overnight. Widespread snowfall totals of 2 to 5 inches continues to be most likely from the Metroplex northward into our northeast counties through this event. Significantly higher totals...between 8 and 10 inches...will be possible in any bands that can develop tonight. As mentioned above...this is most likely to occur from the northern parts of the Metroplex toward the Red River and off to the northeast. There is some potential for significant sleet accumulations along the I-20 corridor prior to a transition to snow. Farther south, snowfall accumulations will generally be 1 inch or less south of I-20 with perhaps a few isolated spots with heavier amounts. Concerning ice accumulations...this event really does not appear to be shaping up to be a significant freezing rain event with major ice accumulations. The combination of coldest temperatures, a warm nose aloft, and persistent rainfall would be greatest across our southwest counties this morning into early afternoon. Surface temperatures near freezing just aren't cold enough for major ice accumulations on surface roads. We'll continue to advertise up to 1/10" of ice through this event. Precipitation should begin to wind down late tonight as the upper trough axis progresses eastward, however with the core of the trough axis near the I-35 corridor early Friday morning, we could still see some light snow persisting. All of this will end by midday Friday with any accumulated snowfall remaining on the ground. Any melting will likely re-freeze Friday night as low temperatures drop into the teens and lower 20s. Dunn && .LONG TERM... /NEW/ /Friday Night through Wednesday/ No significant changes were made to the extended portion of the forecast as the upper low continues to progress eastward on Saturday and cold high pressure settles into the region. High temperatures will steadily increase through the weekend into early next week with cold overnight lows in the mid/upper 20s persisting through Monday night. A fairly zonal pattern will persist through the early and middle parts of next week keeping the weather generally quiet. Dunn && .AVIATION... /Issued 1152 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025/ /6Z TAFs/ VFR prevails at this hour with light and variable winds slowly becoming more southerly. A veil of mid and high clouds has spread back into the area and cigs are generally between 6000 and 10000 feet. Some light precipitation is noted on regional radar imagery but this is still virga given a very dry sub cloud layer. Precipitation intensity will increase late tonight into Thursday morning followed by a rapid deterioration in ceiling height/visibility. The latest TAF will show a light snow/sleet mix by 13Z with VFR cigs hanging on for another few hours as low level saturation occurs. By 15Z, we should see a prevailing snow/sleet mix with IFR vis/cigs in place and these should remain IFR/LIFR through the rest of the period. It looks like the best timeframe for a transition to more liquid precipitation will be around midday into early afternoon so we'll have a -RASNPL mix for a few hours, but strong cooling should lead to a transition back to all snow by 23Z or so and continuing into the late evening hours. We'll have several hours of moderate snow with 1/2SM visibility persisting through midnight before snowfall rates begin to taper off into early Friday morning. All precipitation should end early Friday morning. Dunn && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 36 29 38 22 46 / 100 100 0 0 0 Waco 36 31 39 22 49 / 100 100 0 0 0 Paris 34 28 36 16 38 / 100 100 20 0 0 Denton 34 27 37 17 44 / 100 100 0 0 0 McKinney 34 29 37 19 43 / 100 100 5 0 0 Dallas 36 30 38 22 44 / 100 100 0 0 0 Terrell 36 30 38 20 45 / 100 100 5 0 0 Corsicana 38 31 39 25 50 / 100 100 0 0 0 Temple 37 31 41 22 53 / 100 100 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 34 28 38 19 51 / 100 90 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Warning from 6 AM this morning to noon CST Friday for TXZ091>095-102>107-117>123. Winter Weather Advisory from 6 AM this morning to noon CST Friday for TXZ100-101-115-116-129>135-141>148-156-157-159-161. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 415 AM CST Thu Jan 9 2025 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101015- 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- 415 AM CST Thu Jan 9 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A winter storm will bring rain, sleet, and accumulating snows to parts of North and Central Texas today and tonight. The most hazardous conditions are expected to be along and north of the I-20 corridor this afternoon through tonight where heavy sleet and snow is expected to occur. Farther south, some sleet and light icing can be expected. Travel may become difficult later today. Consider delaying or altering any travel. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Light snow may persist from the Metroplex northeast early Friday before coming to an end. Any snow accumulations or sleet on area roads will persist through Friday morning before starting to melt in the afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
857 AM CST Thu Jan 9 2025
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0841 AM Snow 7 N Bryson 33.27N 98.38W
01/09/2025 M2.3 Inch Jack TX Emergency Mngr
Emergency manager reported a measured 2.25
inches of snowfall in Jermyn. Snow still
falling.
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PraterThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 winter storm, 3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow totals ranged from 3 to 6 inches across the county, with this highest totals being in the Celina area of Collin County.
Snow totals ranged generally from 1 to 4 inches across the county (the higher the totals the farther north in the county), with the highest reported total being 4.7 inches in the Haslet Northstar neighborhood of northern Tarrant County.
Snow totals from 3.5 to 7.5 inches were reported across Montague County, with the highest totals being north of Saint Jo near the Red River.
Snow totals from 2.5 to 4 inches were reported across Parker County.
Snow totals ranged from 3.4 to 9 inches across Cooke County, with the highest totals being in the Muenster area.
Snow totals ranged from 2.5 to 5.5 inches across Denton County, with the highest totals near the city of Pilot Point.
Up to 5.5 inches of snow was measured across Young County.
Snow totals ranged mostly from 3 to 8 inches across Grayson County, with the exception of an isolated total of 11 inches measured on the northwest side of the city of Sherman.
Snow totals ranged from 3 to 5 inches across Wise County.
Snow totals up to 3 inches fell across Rockwall County.
Snow totals of up to 3 inches fell across Dallas County.
Snow totals of around 2 inches fell across Stephens County.
Between 2 and 3 inches of snow was reported in Hopkins County.
Snow totals ranged from 5 to 8 inches across Lamar County.
Two inches of snow was reported across Palo Pinto County.
Up to 3 inches of snow was reported across Hunt County.
Snow totals ranged from 3 to 7 inches across Fannin County, with the highest totals reported in Bonham and Pottsboro.
Snow totals ranged from 2 to 4 inches across Jack County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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