Dallas Winter Weather Thread

[slickdawg]

The NWS just sent this out for the metroplex

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1030 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

TXZ093>095-103>106-117>121-130>134-141>145-122200-
/O.NEW.KFWD.WS.A.0002.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/
GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-PARKER-TARRANT-
DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...
DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...PLANO...
GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...WEATHERFORD...BRI AR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL... KAUFMAN...
FORNEY...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...
GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...
MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...
HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO
1030 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

...SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM BECOMING MORE LIKELY THIS WEEKEND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PORTIONS OF THIS WATCH AREA WILL LIKELY
BE UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A MAJOR
ICE STORM APPEARS POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA.

A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE 30S
BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL LIKELY BE NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW ALL
DAY SATURDAY. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...RESULTING IN AREAS OF RAIN WHICH WILL FREEZE
ON EXPOSED SURFACES IF THE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE THE BEST CHANCES FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE...BUT PORTIONS OF THIS WATCH
AREA WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING LATER TODAY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN EXISTS MAINLY NORTH OF A
GOLDTHWAITE TO HILLSBORO TO TERRELL TO PARIS LINE THROUGH SUNDAY.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS
OF THE WATCH AREA.

ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN
THE WATCH AREA. TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME
STRANDED. AT HOME...MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PLENTY OF NON-
PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS...WATER...AND EXTRA BLANKETS IN ANTICIPATION
OF EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

$$

DUNN

[sooner_born_1960]

This is going to turn out worse than a Dallas lunch thread.

[Widescreen]

The summary of all that is as follows:

ATTENTION ALL DALLAS DRIVERS. BE SURE TO REMEMBER TO DRIVE LIKE IDIOTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE ACTUAL SLICK STREETS. SHOULD ANY FORM OF LIQUID FALL FROM THE SKY, PRETEND THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS AND ALLOW YOUR IQ TO DROP 70 POINTS. THAT IS ALL.

[olevetonahill]

The summary of all that is as follows:

ATTENTION ALL DALLAS DRIVERS. BE SURE TO REMEMBER TO DRIVE LIKE IDIOTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE ACTUAL SLICK STREETS. SHOULD ANY FORM OF LIQUID FALL FROM THE SKY, PRETEND THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS AND ALLOW YOUR IQ TO DROP 70 POINTS. THAT IS ALL.

Arnt they that way all the time ?

[Beef]

The summary of all that is as follows:

ATTENTION ALL DALLAS DRIVERS. BE SURE TO REMEMBER TO DRIVE LIKE IDIOTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE ACTUAL SLICK STREETS. SHOULD ANY FORM OF LIQUID FALL FROM THE SKY, PRETEND THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS AND ALLOW YOUR IQ TO DROP 70 POINTS. THAT IS ALL.

**** YEAH!

[SoonerStormchaser]

How are the roads up there?