URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 312 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 TXZ094-095-104>107-118>120-130>133-141>144-050515- /O.UPG.KFWD.WS.A.0002.131206T0000Z-131207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.WS.W.0002.131206T0000Z-131207T0000Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE... DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN... VALLEY MILLS 312 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WHILE MIXING WITH SLEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS EVENT...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY MAKE ROAD SURFACES IMPASSABLE AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER POSSIBLE IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATION...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS EVENT. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL TEND TO BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCH AS BRIDGES... OVERPASSES...TREES...AND POWER LINES. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:08:20 +0000