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From WFAA:

TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with showers and thunderstorms developing (50%) overnight. [b][color=red]Some storms could be severe...especially SE of the Metroplex. Large hail and damaging winds are the main concern but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.[/color][/b] Again again...the highest threat area for severe storms will be southeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Winds: NE 5-10. Low: 48.

CHRISTMAS DAY: [b]Showers and thunderstorms are likely (80%) during the morning with severe storms possible. Large hail and damaging winds are the main concern but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.[/b] The most likely area for severe storms continues to be [b]southeast and east of the Metroplex[/b].

By noon the rain will mix with sleet and snow and then change to all snow by mid to late afternoon. Winds: E 10-20 during the morning becoming NW 25-35 during the afternoon with gusts of 40-45mph by late day. High: 48 degrees about noon then falling temps to near 32 degrees by 6pm.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy skies with snow showers and snow flurries ending during the evening. Partial clearing overnight, windy and very cold. Winds: NW 25-35 with gusts of 40-45 mph. Low: 21.
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Original Message Issued by The National Weather Service
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 3:01 PM CST

... WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER 25TH...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON CHRISTMAS DAY. A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BEGINNING EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR... THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT... PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A BOWIE... TO MCKINNEY... TO EMORY LINE. NORTH OF THIS LINE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AROUND THE PARIS AREA. SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS LINE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... COLD ARCTIC AIR AND VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION THAT MAY RESULT IN DECREASED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ALSO... THE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING INTO THE TEENS AND 20S BY THE EVENING HOURS... AND EVEN LOWER OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE REFREEZING OF ANY WATER ON ROADWAYS... POWER LINES... AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES.

EXPECT IMPACTS AND TRAVEL TO BE DISRUPTED DUE TO THIS SYSTEM. THE STRONG WINDS... ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION... AND COLD TEMPERATURES COULD BRING DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE RED RIVER WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE HIGHER. TRAVEL NEAR THE RED RIVER MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS.

CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT ANY SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. IF THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WERE TO SHIFT FARTHER SOUTH... THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION WOULD INCREASE AND THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WOULD ALSO SHIFT FARTHER TO THE SOUTH.

BOTTOM LINE... WINTER PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY AND NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A BOWIE... TO MCKINNEY... TO EMORY LINE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES IN THE COMING DAYS AS THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE.

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