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WWUS84 KFWD 291015
SPSFWD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
415 AM CST THU JAN 29 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291500-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
415 AM CST THU JAN 29 2009

...PATCHY ICE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS EARLY THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 20S AND 30S ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS THIS MORNING. THIS HAS CAUSED REFREEZING OF RESIDUAL
MOISTURE THAT DID NOT EVAPORATE ON WEDNESDAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR PATCHES OF ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS THROUGH MID MORNING.

ISOLATED PATCHES OF FREEZING FOG HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED THIS MORNING.
FREEZING FOG OCCURS WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...AND
CAN DEPOSIT A THIN COATING OF ICE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
FREEZING FOG IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN VALLEYS AND ALONG BRIDGES
THAT CROSS OVER LAKES...RIVERS AND CREEKS.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. IF A ROAD OR BRIDGE APPEARS TO BE
WET...IT IS PROBABLY ICY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER AN ICY SPOT...DO NOT
SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES OR MAKE ANY AGGRESSIVE DRIVING MOVES. IF YOU
START TO SLIDE...STEER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SKID TO REGAIN
CONTROL.

ALL ICE WILL MELT BY MID MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY WARM
ABOVE FREEZING.

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