Ladonia, TX Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

1248 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010

Expires:

715 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY BEGIN IN THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES LATE THIS EVENING...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF AN EASTLAND TO WEATHERFORD TO GAINESVILLE LINE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO DALLAS TO CANTON LINE. AREAS NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...WHICH MAY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES ON ELEVATED AND GRASS SURFACES. THE SNOW WILL EXIT NORTH TEXAS FROM WEST TO EAST BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

Issued:

1227 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010

Expires:

400 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010

...A CHANCE OF SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR RETURNING TO THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR...BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AREAS NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...WHICH MAY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES ON ELEVATED AND GRASS SURFACES. ANY SNOWFALL SHOULD MELT OFF BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOWER 40S. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN TO AREAS NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO SHERMAN LINE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL TO NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS AREA. YET ANOTHER FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH FOR ANY CHANGES IN THIS WINTER EVENT.