Winter Storm in DFW

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Winter storm requires rare Wind Chill Advisory for Dallas-Fort Worth

High winds and falling temperatures have led to the issuance of a Wind Chill Advisory, which is quite rare for north Texas. The Wind Chill Advisory is in effect until 6am Wednesday.

Wind chill values will dip below zero through today and tonight as the raw northerly gusts continue.

A major winter weather event continues across north Texas as we begin February. Rain changed to freezing rain and sleet overnight and temperatures fell rapidly into the 20s before dawn Tuesday morning. Precipitation will taper off by late morning but wind-driven snow will make for occasional low visibility in areas that have received snow.

There were rounds of thunderstorms overnight and some periods of heavy sleet and snow with several inches of sleet and snow dumped around the Metroplex. Heavier amounts have generally been in the northwestern half of the DFW area.

It is unlikely that we’ll get above freezing again until Friday afternoon, and just barely at that time. A complete report on sleet and snow amounts along with an updated forecast will be posted later this morning.