RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
000 NOUS44 KFWD 101952 PNSFWD TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-110130- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 200 PM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...TODAY IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS DAY IN TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE STATE OF TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAVE DESIGNATED NOVEMBER 10TH AS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS DAY IN TEXAS. THIS IS AN ANNUAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO PROMOTE WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS AND SAFETY. WHILE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT AS COMMON IN NORTH TEXAS AS IT IS TO OUR NORTH...NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER SEASON. THE WINTER OF 2009-2010 WILL BE INFLUENCED BY A MODERATE EL NINO. LIKELY IMPACTS FROM EL NINO WILL BE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. PAST EL NINO YEARS...SUCH AS 1996- 1997...HAVE PRODUCED ABOVE NORMAL OCCURRENCES OF SNOW AND/OR ICE STORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. IN FACT...THE MOST LIKELY IMPACT DURING EL NINO YEARS IN NORTH TEXAS IS ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP ABREAST OF CURRENT FORECASTS AND TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF OF WHAT IS EXPECTED WHEN WINTER WEATHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...SUCH AS SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...OR SLEET. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE USUALLY ISSUED 12 TO 36 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...WHICH INCLUDE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND SNOW ARE ISSUED WHEN WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING... BUT IS GENERALLY NOT LIFE THREATENING AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT...OCCURRING...OR VERY LIKELY. IF WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING. FOR ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH HOME PAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORTWORTH. $$ FOX
