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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
522 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

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/O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0002.131206T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
FANNIN-LAMAR-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-
KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...PLANO...GREENVILLE...
COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...
DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...
CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...
EAST TAWAKONI...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
522 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY EVENING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SLEET ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SIGNIFICANT
TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS EVENT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE ROAD SURFACES IMPASSABLE AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

* OTHER POSSIBLE IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BRING DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES...AND COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

* ACCUMULATION...ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE TO OVER A HALF INCH OF
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS EVENT. AS TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO FALL ICE WILL STICK TO ALL SURFACES. VERY LIGHT
SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING PREVENTING ICE FROM MELTING AWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS...BRIDGES...AND
OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...AND
POSSIBLY IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
KEEP AN EXTRA BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF ICE ACCUMULATION
WHICH MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PREPARE FOR INTERRUPTIONS TO POWER
SERVICE IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA.