Monday, January 26, 2009




It has returned...

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LAMPASAS... HILLBORO...TO CANTON LINE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY WITH ISOLATED ONE HALF INCH AMOUNTS.

ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL AFTERNOON.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.