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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 AM CST TUE JAN 22 2008

TXZ091>095-221500-
COOKE-FANNIN-GRAYSON-LAMAR-MONTAGUE-
400 AM CST TUE JAN 22 2008

...FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE ALONG THE RED RIVER THIS MORNING...

A COLD FRONT ENTERED NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING
SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. ACROSS THE RED RIVER COUNTIES
OF NORTH TEXAS...TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 30S BEFORE THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. THIS REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL RESULT IN
NEAR-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING.

PATCHY FOG AND DRIZZLE HAVE AFFECTED MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT
AND WILL PERSIST IN AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WITH
TEMPERATURES PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK...SOME FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RED RIVER COUNTIES OF TEXAS...
MAINLY BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM.

TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN IN THE 30S MUCH OF THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND
LITTLE ADDITIONAL COOLING WILL BE NEEDED TO RESULT IN GLAZE ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WIDESPREAD DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED...BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. ELEVATED
ROADWAYS THAT APPEAR TO BE WET MAY IN FACT BE ICY AND EXTREMELY
SLICK. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND TRAVEL WITH
CARE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR CHECK WEATHER.GOV/FORTWORTH
FOR UPDATES.

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