NWS Says: "chance of freezing rain" ... "Sunday night into Monday morning"

Bottom Line

There is a chance of freezing rain in parts of North Texas Sunday night into Monday morning which could result in slick bridges and overpasses for the Monday morning commute.

Overview:

  • Rain will overspread most of the region Sunday night, while temperatures fall as low as 29-30 degrees in parts of North Texas.
  • There’s a 20% chance freezing rain accumulates as far south as the I-20 corridor and areas west of U.S. 281.
  • Surface roads would likely not be heavily impacted, but bridges and overpasses may be able to accumulate ice resulting in hazardous travel.
  • Temperatures will climb to near or above freezing later Monday morning while rain continues, and this should result in quick improvement/melting of any icy conditions that exist.
  • Rain chances Sunday evening and night may impact the ability to pretreat roads; however, rainfall amounts during this time should be less than 0.10”.

Areas of Concern and Impacts

Threats/Hazardous Weather Types

Forecaster Confidence

General Timing

What We Are Certain Of

  • Widespread rain will overspread the area Sunday night into Monday with temperatures mostly in the lower 30s.
  • If freezing rain occurs, the main impact will be icy bridges and roads with surface roads less likely to be impacted.

What We Are Less Certain Of

  • Exactly how much freezing rain will accumulate.
  • How widespread an area temperatures will fall below freezing early Monday morning.

When will the next email be sent?

This will be the only email for this event unless the forecast changes significantly.

Additional Resources

NWS Fort Worth Webpage: Fort Worth/Dallas, TX

Hourly Forecasts (Click on your location): IDSS Forecast Points

NWS Fort Worth Hazard Pages: Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook

National Weather & Hazards Data Viewer: NWS Weather & Hazards

NWS Fort Worth

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TL;DR for DFW metro seems to be moderate chance of impact to extreme northwest Collin, northern Denton, northern Wise counties.

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