ravyrn wrote:Just south of Alvord on 287
Strange way to park a car!
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ravyrn wrote:Just south of Alvord on 287
Texas Snowman wrote::uarrow: Hope no one was hurt in that.
Portastorm wrote:wxman57 wrote:I saved those GFS meteograms for Austin, Portastorm. The GFS actually did quite well with its Austin forecast. On the 4th, it had sub-freezing temps from 9PM Friday (6th) to near 6AM Sunday (33 hrs). And on Thursday morning at 12AM, the 5th, it had Austin temps dropping to 32F at 6pm Friday and staying below freezing until 8am Sunday (38 hrs).
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There you go again, using factual-supported arguments against my anecdotal-driven drivel! Stop that!!
Actually and all kidding aside, thanks for posting that. I am impressed by the GFS and what you showed there. I should have looked back at the information prior to opening my big mouth.
downsouthman1 wrote:Texas Snowman wrote::uarrow: Hope no one was hurt in that.
Seeings how jokes are already being made about it. My apologies to the one who made the joke but I think such a joke is distasteful considering that the car flipping like that probably did result in an injury to at least the driver.
wxman57 wrote:I didn't remember, myself, so I went back and took a look at some of the meteograms I'd saved. Hot here in Houston this afternoon, up to 50 degrees.
Texas Snowman wrote::uarrow: All of that travel woe info has me thinking.
After three days of EPIC, UNPRECEDENTED travel woes where thousands of people have been all but stranded for hours on end in many North Texas counties (some for a couple of days), where does this sleet/ice storm stack up historically in North Texas weather annals?
This storm certainly belongs in the conversation with some of the greatest ice storms recorded in these parts. I've seen them all since 1979 when we moved to Grayson County. And I don't think I have ever seen the travel woes of the past three days.
BigB0882 wrote:Didn't someone say that an Ice Storm is only issued for an event that is predicted to be all freezing rain. Once any other frozen precip is involved, it is a Winter Storm. Since sleet was a strong possibility, they went with Winter Storm. I think I read about this.
BigB0882 wrote:I agree that an Ice Storm warning sounds much more serious. Especially for those of us down south where ice storms have caused us mayhem more often than snow storms. Winter Weather, to most people, just means "hey, it might SNOW!"
Ntxw wrote:BigB0882 wrote:Didn't someone say that an Ice Storm is only issued for an event that is predicted to be all freezing rain. Once any other frozen precip is involved, it is a Winter Storm. Since sleet was a strong possibility, they went with Winter Storm. I think I read about this.
I don't think it's as black and white as that. I do understand a winter storm warning can also include significant amount of ice and snow. Again adjacent forecasting areas put up the ice storm warning, which I think still fits with areas to the east of I-35 as the majority of the precip there was freezing rain. It's not a ridicule just a question, both are troublesome in their own right but personally I think the wording itself would've caught their attention a bit better.
Ntxw wrote::uarrow: I'm sure many kids this evening (outside of grayson county) are wondering if they will get tomorrow off too. My guess is when the districts go out in the morning they will find slick spots still from the melting today and especially in Tarrant, Parts of Dallas, Collin, and Denton counties. I'm not sure what's out there in Rockwall county at this hour, but I think a delayed start is a possibility with highs likely staying up in the mid to upper 30s we'll see more melting but still residual ice during the day. Wonder if they might just let them off another full day?
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