Brian McWatters
EF0
There were multiple traffic accidents, one causing a fatality, due to icy roads in Dallas County and Tarrant County, Texas on Monday night starting around 6 PM. But until 9:54 PM there was no winter weather advisory in effect for those counties. The counties just north of Dallas had been under a freezing rain advisory since 2:31 PM. It seems like this event could have been forecast better.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/weather/Wintry-mix-headed-to-North-Texas-244644371.html
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/Witness-recounts-accident-that-killed-Dallas-firefighter-245010031.html
"There was a fatal accident involving a Dallas firefighter who fell from an icy overpass along Walton Walker Boulevard in Southwest Dallas around 8:30 p.m."
"The MedStar ambulance service in Tarrant County reported responding to 32 motor vehicle crashes between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m."
Below are the advisories that were in effect for the Dallas area on Monday.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
231 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014
...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EASTLAND TO WEATHERFORD TO MCKINNEY LINE...
...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY...
ON-AND-OFF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EASTLAND TO WEATHERFORD TO MCKINNEY LINE. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN THIS AREA AND CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE MUCH. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY A THIN GLAZE OF ICE BUT SECONDARY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE SLICK SPOTS BY THE MORNING COMMUTE.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
954 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY FOR ALL OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...
ON AND OFF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FOR THE MAJORITY OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF A HAMILTON...TO DALLAS...TO PARIS LINE WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS AREAS TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY MID MORNING TUESDAY...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL EVOLVE INTO A WINTER MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND EVEN SNOW FOR COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BY EARLY AFTERNOON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THE MOST BY A GLAZE OF ICE...HOWEVER ALL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS COULD SEE SLICK AREAS DURING BOTH THE MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTES.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/weather/Wintry-mix-headed-to-North-Texas-244644371.html
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/Witness-recounts-accident-that-killed-Dallas-firefighter-245010031.html
"There was a fatal accident involving a Dallas firefighter who fell from an icy overpass along Walton Walker Boulevard in Southwest Dallas around 8:30 p.m."
"The MedStar ambulance service in Tarrant County reported responding to 32 motor vehicle crashes between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m."
Below are the advisories that were in effect for the Dallas area on Monday.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
231 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014
...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EASTLAND TO WEATHERFORD TO MCKINNEY LINE...
...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY...
ON-AND-OFF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EASTLAND TO WEATHERFORD TO MCKINNEY LINE. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN THIS AREA AND CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE MUCH. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY A THIN GLAZE OF ICE BUT SECONDARY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE SLICK SPOTS BY THE MORNING COMMUTE.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
954 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY FOR ALL OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...
ON AND OFF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FOR THE MAJORITY OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF A HAMILTON...TO DALLAS...TO PARIS LINE WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS AREAS TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY MID MORNING TUESDAY...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL EVOLVE INTO A WINTER MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND EVEN SNOW FOR COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BY EARLY AFTERNOON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THE MOST BY A GLAZE OF ICE...HOWEVER ALL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS COULD SEE SLICK AREAS DURING BOTH THE MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTES.