TX winter wx thread: Spring-like pattern

[Portastorm]

This is NOT looking good!!

The National Weather Service has upgraded the Snow Advisory to a WINTER STORM WARNING for areas along and north of a Comanche, Granbury, DFW, and Sulphur Springs line!!

Some rain in the northwest portions of North Texas has already changed to sleet & snow.

NWS - Fort Worth

Texas Stooge, are you kidding me?! What do you mean by "it's not looking good?"

You guys are right in the middle of a rare event ... a Texas winter storm.

Good God man, enjoy it!

The rest of us around this state will be living vicariously through you DFW folks the next day or so.

[CaptinCrunch]

Look for rain to change over to all snow earlier than first thought across the D/FW area, and a winter storm watch or warnning may need to be issued by the 3pm update. Earlier forecast of 1 to 3 inches around the I-20 area and 3 to 5 to the north may be a little low. I would say 2-4 for the D/FW area and 4-6 to the north with higher amounts closer to the Red River. Current Temp here in down town FTW is 36 with light rain mixing with sleet.

Nice to see the NWS here getting on the same page as me....LOL

[ColdFusion]

Moderate sleeting in Addison @ Tollway and Beltline.

[CaptinCrunch]

Snowing in FTW now

[Texas Snowman]

Moderate to perhaps even heavy snow now in Grayson County, grass beginning to pick up a white film as accumulation begins. For the moment, roads are just wet as the temp is 34.

I've been hoping for a 12" snowfall around here one day, maybe this is it.

Tx Snowman

[gboudx]

Still all rain here in Plano near Bush/75.

[Ed Mahmoud]

While the snow moves towards DFW, the first tornado warning of the day a tad farther South

TORNADO WARNING
TXC175-061830-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0001.080306T1805Z-080306T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1205 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1156 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF
CHARCO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLIAD...MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES WEST OF WEESATCHE BY 1225 PM CST...

[Ed Mahmoud]

Harris County is in the new tornado watch, but I'd trade 1000 tornado watches for one winter storm warning.

[Texas Snowman]

You guys down south batten the hatches down - the state radar has just exploded in the last two hours. Got so excited about the winter storm potential that I pretty much ignored the severe weather threat down south.

Up north, this looks like the real deal. Moderate snow in Grayson County with huge quarter size flakes (and occasionally larger) coming down and big convective bands setting up to our SW. Already 1/2 an inch or better on the grass and piling up quickly. Friend on Hwy. 82 west of Sherman said it was snowing as hard or harder than it did on Monday night when we picked up 5-6" in Grayson County.

I'm just an amateur weather bum, far from the caliber of the rest of you guys, but with about 10-12 hours or more of precip coming in here at the rate it's coming down now (and that's not even taking into account the potential from heavy convective bands), I'd say an 8-10" snowfall is possible and a 10-12" snowfall - or more - isn't out of the realm of possibility for someone in the Red River counties.

Depending on the temps in D/FW, I'd bet 4-7" in some areas north of I-20.

Seems to me that the changeover is much quicker than anticipated and the event is already going to the heavy side.

Other thoughts on accumulations?

And will this be a major tornado outbreak in S. Texas?

Tx Snowman

[TexasStooge]

It is now rain/sleet in Irving.

[AggieSpirit]

Still heavy sleet here in Coppell, with large flakes of snow occaisionally seen. Changeover is starting here?

3 hours earlier than NWS originally predicted.

I think Storm2k posters rule.

[CaptinCrunch]

The snow has changed back over to a light rain/sleet mix....temp is now 34 in FTW

[Ed Mahmoud]

It is now rain/sleet in Irving.

latest reports from internet, sleet and rain at DAL, still boring old water at DFW.

[Texas Snowman]

First sign of convection - thundersnow here in Grayson County.

Tx Snowman

[Ed Mahmoud]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1244 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

TXZ091>093-100>104-115>118-129-130-061945-
MONTAGUE TX-GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-JACK TX-WISE TX-DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-
YOUNG TX-PALO PINTO TX-PARKER TX-TARRANT TX-STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-
ERATH TX-
1244 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN COLLIN COUNTY
COOKE COUNTY
DENTON COUNTY
EASTLAND COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY
GRAYSON COUNTY
JACK COUNTY
MONTAGUE COUNTY
PALO PINTO COUNTY
PARKER COUNTY
STEPHENS COUNTY
NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTY
WISE COUNTY
YOUNG COUNTY

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...AT TIMES ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSNOW...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH 3 PM ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE...WEATHERFORD
...DENTON...TO SHERMAN LINE. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN
HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4-MILE AT TIMES. USE EXTREME CAUTION
WHEN DRIVING IN THESE AREAS.

LAT...LON 3336 9893 3343 9880 3341 9844 3348 9841
3348 9800 3382 9800 3386 9791 3380 9719
3373 9714 3380 9709 3374 9636 3323 9639
3210 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 221DEG 36KT 3307 9751

[southerngale]

Harris County is in the new tornado watch, but I'd trade 1000 tornado watches for one winter storm warning.

Who wouldn't?

Roof being blown off vs building a snowman.... there's no question.

[CaptinCrunch]

Heavy to moderate sleet mixing with snow coming in to FTW again....temp still holding at 34 here at work.

[TexasStooge]

In light of the current winter weather event that's happening now, there have been early dismissals at some school and college districts.

Closings & Delays from WFAA-TV

[Texas Snowman]

Local TV in Dallas/Fort Worth is reporting 4" already in Young County and 2-3" in Palo Pinto County.

Schools are dismissing early to the west and north of Fort Worth.

Appears that the changeover line is roughly from north side of Ft. Worth to Lewisville to Frisco. Moderate to heavy sleet in Denton from the looks of their doppler radars.

Tx Snowman

[Texas Snowman]

WOW!

HEAVY snow in Grayson County with nearly half-dollar size flakes falling, visibility significantly reduced. I'll bet we're at the 2" per hour rate right now.

More than an inch on the ground in Denison and the roads have gone from wet to snow packed in the last 20 minutes.

Looks like something out of a ski bum movie.

Tx Snowman