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Wintry King Kong Winter Storm Potential Feb 13th-16th

crecre9 said:
I have to say I feel like flash freezing never actually happens here after rain events, other than the same few parts of the same few roads, despite how many times we are warned about it.
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It’s actually quite common up here and I’ve never seen really big issues. I guess because it doesn’t happen as often down there people aren’t use to it. Kind of like snow in the north compared to snow here or anywhere in the south as It just doesn’t happen often enough for most people to drive good in it.
 
Wild Weather Monger said:
A little snow will insulate the slab of sleet you guys have.
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Hopefully more snow later this week on top of this. Always love the rare snow on top of snow events. Last one was actually started by a sleet to snow storm 6 years ago tomorrow. one night later got 2 inches for about 5 total which stayed on the ground for 2 weeks along with freezing rain and another snow event. Fab feb 2015!
 
olhausen said:
It’s actually quite common up here and I’ve never seen really big issues. I guess because it doesn’t happen as often down there people aren’t use to it. Kind of like snow in the north compared to snow here or anywhere in the south as It just doesn’t happen often enough for most people to drive good in it.
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I'm talking about how the cold dry wind dries the road long before the moisture can freeze.
But that's neither here nor there, I'm happy you were able to get some good sleet and snow out of this storm.
 
DFW ended up with 4.0" total. I had thought that with many more hours of snow after the already measured 4.0" midnight total, including some moderate, which amounted to 0.05" liquid, that they would have had at least another 1/2". But DFW NWS didn't add any. So, 4.0" appears to be final.
 
crecre9 said:
I'm talking about how the cold dry wind dries the road long before the moisture can freeze.
But that's neither here nor there, I'm happy you were able to get some good sleet and snow out of this storm.
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Yeah that’s probably what does it. The wind most likely dries it up most of the time. Unfortunately we have many rain events that end as flurries once temps drop below freezing. This event is my first 3 inch plus in 3 years. Been snowing hard now for a while and definitely over 4. Looks Like the euro was the closest after all. Nam looked good for a while but the dry slot filled back in beautifully.
 
Shadypines33 said:
Kind of hoping the small "lake" the 33 degree heavy rain left in my yard today will freeze tonight since it's supposed to get down to 11. A consolation prize, if you will.
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I'll tell you this...this is the type of air that squeezes out every bit of moisture. Elevated surfaces here are now white...22F
 
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