A Winter Storm Watch is now in effect for Sunday Evening through Monday Evening for the Concho Valley, West-Central Texas, and portions of North Texas. A few cities included are San Angelo, Sweetwater, Abilene, Coleman, Brownwood, Eastland, Breckenridge, Graham, Bowie, Mineral Wells, Stephenville, Cleburne, Weatherford, Decatur, Gainesville, Denton, Fort Worth, Dallas, McKinney, Sherman, and Bonham. A Winter Storm Watch means significant accumulations of sleet and freezing rain (ice) are possible. Travel disruptions with hazardous road conditions are possible beginning Sunday Night and continuing into Monday, possibly into Tuesday as temperatures will remain below freezing. Localized power outages will also be possible. Residents should begin taking precautions. The forecast WILL change as new data becomes available and forecast refinements are made. Be sure to check back frequently for updates this weekend.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

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STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-
HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOWIE…NOCONA…GAINESVILLE…
SHERMAN…DENISON…BONHAM…GRAHAM…OLNEY…JACKSBORO…
DECATUR…BRIDGEPORT…DENTON…LEWISVILLE…FLOWER MOUND…
THE COLONY…PLANO…BRECKENRIDGE…MINERAL WELLS…WEATHERFORD…
BRIAR…FORT WORTH…ARLINGTON…DALLAS…ROCKWALL…CISCO…
EASTLAND…RANGER…GORMAN…STEPHENVILLE…DUBLIN…GRANBURY…
OAK TRAIL SHORES…GLEN ROSE…CLEBURNE…BURLESON…COMANCHE…
DE LEON
320 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING…LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE…MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS…SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1/2 INCH WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN AROUND 1/10
OF AN INCH.

* TEMPERATURES…FALLING TO BELOW FREEZING SUNDAY EVENING AND INTO
THE LOW TO MID 20S EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE
NEAR FREEZING.

* MAIN IMPACT…SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. BRIDGES ARE LIKELY TO ICE
OVER FIRST WITH MAIN ROADS ALSO ACCUMULATING SLEET.

* OTHER IMPACTS…TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO WARM UP
CONSIDERABLY ON MONDAY. ANY RESIDUAL SLEET OR ICE WILL LIKELY
REMAIN ON AREA ROADS. REFREEZING OF ANY MELTED ICE OR SLEET WILL
LIKELY OCCUR MONDAY EVENING.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
317 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

…ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS…

.AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH A MUCH
COLDER AIR MASS TO PRODUCE A POTENTIAL OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT…MONDAY…AND PERHAPS INTO MONDAY NIGHT.
THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A SAN ANGELO
TO BROWNWOOD LINE…AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR OF ABILENE…SWEETWATER…AND BAIRD.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROTAN…ROBY…SWEETWATER…
STERLING CITY…ROBERT LEE…BRONTE…BALLINGER…WINTERS…
MERTZON…SAN ANGELO…EDEN…HASKELL…THROCKMORTON…WOODSON…
STAMFORD…ANSON…HAMLIN…ALBANY…ABILENE…CLYDE…BAIRD…
CROSS PLAINS…COLEMAN…BROWNWOOD
317 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: ICY ROADWAYS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE CRITICAL FOR SUNDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WITH
TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING WILL CREATE MOSTLY MINOR
IMPACTS…MAINLY WITH ICY SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
HOWEVER…IF TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW THE 30 DEGREE
MARK…IMPACTS WILL BE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD…WITH ICE
COVERING MANY ROADWAYS.

* TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.