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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FORT WORTH TX

#1 Postby CaptinCrunch » Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:40 am

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
451 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2004

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-132150-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
COMANCHE...FORT WORTH...GREENVILLE...COOPER LINE. AN UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NEW MEXICO...WILL MOVE EAST OVER WEST
TEXAS LATER TODAY...THEN OVER NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING TONIGHT. A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER
NORTH TEXAS...THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT
...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WATCH AREA. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE A
CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. SOME ACCUMLATION OF
WINTER PRECIPITATION IS BY MORNING...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS WALKING
OR TRAVELING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SURFACES NOT IN CONTACT WITH
THE GROUND...PARTICULARLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS ON
SATURDAY...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE IN DAY OR EVENING. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA...WITH LITTLE
OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA. SINCE SOME
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON EXACT STORM TRACK...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR FORECASTS ON
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.
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#2 Postby CaptinCrunch » Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:43 am

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
812 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2004

.PUBLIC DISCUSSION UPDATED...
PRECIP WITH GOOD WAA HAS STARTED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH. WITH REPORTS OF SLEET AND SNOW SOUTH...WE HAVE UPDATED TO
ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS FOR TODAY.
WE ALSO HAVE INCREASE OUR POPS OUT WEST AND LOWERED MAX TEMPS WITH
EARLIER ARRIVAL OF PRECIP. NEXT SHIFT WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK CLOSELY
AT SYSTEM.
&&


Today: A chance of snow and sleet after noon. Chance for precipitation is 30%. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 35. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Tonight: A chance of snow and sleet before 8pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 8pm and midnight, then snow likely after midnight. Chance for precipitation is 60%. Cloudy, with a low around 30. North northwest wind around 6 mph. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before noon. Chance for precipitation is 70%. Cloudy, with a high around 32. North northwest wind between 6 and 8 mph. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
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#3 Postby CaptinCrunch » Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:24 pm

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO ADD A SPECIAL NOTICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1110 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2004


.UPDATE...
WE ARE DOING A SPECIAL 18Z UPPER AIR RELEASE. THE DATA SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THE UPPER LOW OVER
WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SHOULD
MOVE INTO WEST TEXAS TONIGHT...AND ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON
SATURDAY. WE ARE GETTING REPORTS OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH...WITH THE MAIN
PROBLEM EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS...TO PALESTINE LINE.
REPORTS FROM CENTERVILLE DURING THE LAST HOUR INDICATE MAINLY
SLEET...THAT WAS STICKING ON THE CARS...BUT NOT ON THE ROADS. IN
HEARNE WE HAD REPORTS OF SNOW EARLIER AND THEY ARE NOW REPORTING
SLEET. #58
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#4 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:52 pm

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
811 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2004

...WINTER WEATHER WATCH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SOUTH OF A
COMANCHE...FORT WORTH...COOPER LINE...

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-132200-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

DAY ONE,
A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO
AREAS SOUTH OF A COMANCHE...TO PALESTINE LINE TODAY...AND THROUGHOUT
THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND
SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. AREAS NORTH OF THE
WATCH AREA WILL SEE MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME
HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHERE SLEET FALLS TODAY, AND
THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN,
SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY SATURDAY
MIDNIGHT...AND UP BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA.
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST SATURDAY EVENING.
ICY ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAZARDOUS
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. THE SNOW AND ICE WILL MELT AWAY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 50S.

SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT,
EMERGENCY MANGERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY.
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