WINTER STORM UPDATE
STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS FT WORTH TX
500 PM CST THU FEB 11 2010
...THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NWS PRODUCT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES ACROSS A LARGE PART OF...
...NORTH...WEST...AND EAST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...
* MAIN IMPACTS:
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...ADDITIONAL 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS.
SLUSH AND WATER ON RAODWAYS WILL FREEZE OVERNIGHT MAKING DRIVING
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CAUSING SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: AT 9PM CST SURFACE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MCKINNEY TO AZLE TO GRANDBURY TO HAMILTON
TO SAN SABA. THIS AREA CAN EXPECT TO SEE A RAPID ACCUMULATION OF ICE
FROM PRECIPITATION THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND MELTED LEAVING ROADWAYS
WET. THIS COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS TO NEAR IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA BEFORE
MIDNIGHT.
BY MIDNIGHT THIS AREA OF FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE TO
ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AS WELL AS NORTHWEST
TEXAS AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. BY MIDNIGHT THIS SURFACE
FREEZING LINE SHOULD BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A PARIS TO GREENVILLE TO
HILLSBORO TO SAN SABA LINE. THESE AREAS WILL RAPIDLY SEE DRIVING
CONDITIONS DETERIORATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SLUSH AND MELTED SNOW
FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION REFREEZES CAUSING A SHEET OF ICE ON
ROADWAYS...TREES...POWERLINES...AND ALL ELEVATED SURFACES.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SNOW AND WATER THAT REFREEZES TO ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY...NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND EAST TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO NEAR IMPASSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF ICE ALONG WITH CONTINUED PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THIS SAME AREA AS TREE BRANCHES SNAP OR SAG FROM THE WEIGHT AND COME INTO CONTACT WITH POWER LINES. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL AS SKYWARN-TEXAS.ORG FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES AND UPDATES.
.BASHAM...
STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS FT WORTH TX
500 PM CST THU FEB 11 2010
...THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NWS PRODUCT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES ACROSS A LARGE PART OF...
...NORTH...WEST...AND EAST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...
* MAIN IMPACTS:
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...ADDITIONAL 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS.
SLUSH AND WATER ON RAODWAYS WILL FREEZE OVERNIGHT MAKING DRIVING
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CAUSING SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: AT 9PM CST SURFACE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MCKINNEY TO AZLE TO GRANDBURY TO HAMILTON
TO SAN SABA. THIS AREA CAN EXPECT TO SEE A RAPID ACCUMULATION OF ICE
FROM PRECIPITATION THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND MELTED LEAVING ROADWAYS
WET. THIS COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS TO NEAR IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA BEFORE
MIDNIGHT.
BY MIDNIGHT THIS AREA OF FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE TO
ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AS WELL AS NORTHWEST
TEXAS AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. BY MIDNIGHT THIS SURFACE
FREEZING LINE SHOULD BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A PARIS TO GREENVILLE TO
HILLSBORO TO SAN SABA LINE. THESE AREAS WILL RAPIDLY SEE DRIVING
CONDITIONS DETERIORATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SLUSH AND MELTED SNOW
FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION REFREEZES CAUSING A SHEET OF ICE ON
ROADWAYS...TREES...POWERLINES...AND ALL ELEVATED SURFACES.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SNOW AND WATER THAT REFREEZES TO ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY...NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND EAST TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO NEAR IMPASSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF ICE ALONG WITH CONTINUED PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THIS SAME AREA AS TREE BRANCHES SNAP OR SAG FROM THE WEIGHT AND COME INTO CONTACT WITH POWER LINES. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL AS SKYWARN-TEXAS.ORG FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES AND UPDATES.
.BASHAM...
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