Everyone please prepare for the upcoming wintery weather. Keep your phone charged and your tank full. Have an Ice scraper? Jumper cables, bottled water and a snack, blanket and warm coat? Icing can be expected tomorrow evening but please prepare for an early arrival. ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY 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...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS EVENT...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY 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...AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS EVENT. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL TEND TO BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND TREES. VERY LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY. 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. Read more: myfoxdfw/global/weatheralerts.asp#WNWxAlert2-9-2678#ixzz2mZM3Siqd
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:26:14 +0000
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