URGENT - WINTER STORM WARNING
STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS FT WORTH TX
1000 AM CST WED JAN 27 2010
...THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NWS PRODUCT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING: THURSDAY 3AM - FRIDAY 6AM...
STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH
6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS... AND
THE FAR WESTERN RED RIVER VALLEY.
* TIMING: A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...LIGHT SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THURSDAY
MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON
THURSDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT: THE MAIN IMPACT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NW TEXAS
WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...ICY
CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP FROM A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WINTRY MIX MAY
RESULT IN LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHWEST
TEXAS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 21 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS MAY EXCEED ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LESS THAN
ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS: IN ADDITION TO THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE FORECAST ON THURSDAY ACROSS THIS SAME REGION
...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH
SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH ICING COULD
LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
ALL PREPARATIONS FOR THIS UPCOMING WINTER STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED
BY SUNSET THIS EVENING.
.FOR THE LATEST OFFICIAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE CHECK WWW.WEATHER.GOV...
.BASHAM...STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS..FT WORTH TX...
STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS FT WORTH TX
1000 AM CST WED JAN 27 2010
...THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NWS PRODUCT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING: THURSDAY 3AM - FRIDAY 6AM...
STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH
6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS... AND
THE FAR WESTERN RED RIVER VALLEY.
* TIMING: A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...LIGHT SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THURSDAY
MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON
THURSDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT: THE MAIN IMPACT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NW TEXAS
WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...ICY
CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP FROM A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WINTRY MIX MAY
RESULT IN LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHWEST
TEXAS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 21 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS MAY EXCEED ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LESS THAN
ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS: IN ADDITION TO THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE FORECAST ON THURSDAY ACROSS THIS SAME REGION
...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH
SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH ICING COULD
LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
ALL PREPARATIONS FOR THIS UPCOMING WINTER STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED
BY SUNSET THIS EVENING.
.FOR THE LATEST OFFICIAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE CHECK WWW.WEATHER.GOV...
.BASHAM...STORMSPOTTER.COM METOPS..FT WORTH TX...
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