North Texans on Thursday braved a powerful arctic air mass that pummeled temperatures into the 20s, unleashed single-digit wind-chill values and forced a slippery commute in some locations.
The temperature dropped to 22 degrees with a wind chill of 8 early Thursday morning. By 2:30 p.m. the mercury had climbed to 28 degrees, but the wind chill made it feel like 11.
People got on with their lives, but even colder, more dangerous conditions faced homeless people Thursday night.
Many hunkered down in shelters, makeshift tents and around campfires, anticipating nighttime temperatures expected to bottom out in the low teens, with wind-chill values at zero.
Full Story on Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Dallas-Fort Worth area to have new warning guidelines for storm emergencies
By BLANCA CANTÚ / The Dallas Morning News
Feb. 24th,2009
North Texas emergency officials announced new guidelines on Monday for outdoor warning systems to establish a standard for notifying residents of severe weather and other potentially catastrophic events across the region.
The North Central Texas Council of Governments formally unveiled the recommendations to kick off severe weather awareness week. Outdoor warning systems are typically referred to as tornado sirens but can be activated for other reasons.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Storms Damage Businesses & Homes in DFW
HURST, Texas — Hundreds of Texans spent Thursday cleaning up from overnight storms that snapped utility poles, peeled roofs from buildings and sent trees crashing into homes in West Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Full Story
April 10, 2008, 8:41PM
April 10, 2008, 8:41PM
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