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07:36 PM CST on Sunday, January 14, 2007
Associated Press
Click here for Dan Meador's weather update: http://www.khou.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=113765&catId=35
DALLAS -- Texans dealt with icy spots on bridges and overpasses, canceled airline flights, power outages and threats of flooding on Sunday as a winter storm kept the state in its grasp.
More than 400 flights were canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport because of the wintry conditions. At least two people have died in traffic accidents on state roadways since the system entered the state on Friday.
In portions of East and Central Texas, flooding was forecast on portions of the Neches and Navasota rivers after heavy rains over the region the past two days.
The storm, with its promise of a wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow, was forecast to continue to spread southward across the state, reaching Austin and San Antonio by Monday.
Also online
Cold weather tips: http://www.khou.com/s/dws/spe/2004/coldtips/
Tips for driving on sleet, icy roads: http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou_070112_jj_drivingonsleetroads.31f7fe91.html
North Texas under winter storm watch: http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/khou070112_mh_northtexasweather.32d968a5.html
Special weather statement: http://weather.khou.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=khou&query=Houston,TX#SPE
A freeze line slowly moved across North Texas and was expected to be in East Texas by later Sunday night, said Dan Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office. The line extended down to northern Hill Country.
He said temperatures in Dallas-Fort Worth area were expected to dip into the 20s overnight.
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An American Airlines plane is de-iced at DFW Airport Sunday.
DFW Airport remained open, and officials were hopeful that normal operations would resume Monday. The 415 flights canceled Sunday were less than half of the total scheduled for the day.
“We fully expect challenging conditions tonight and into Monday but nothing we cannot handle. The number one priority, as always, is safety,” said spokesman Ken Capps.
In Amarillo, the temperature dropped to about 18 degrees by 6 p.m. Sunday. The Panhandle has had temperatures below freezing since Thursday night.
A 43-year-old oil field worker was killed Friday night near Lubbock in a one-vehicle crash while driving on icy roads.
Barney Williams Matlock III, of Levelland, was traveling west on U.S. 114, one mile east of Smyer, at 10:40 p.m. when his pickup left the roadway, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The pickup started to turn over and hit a utility pole.
Ice was also a factor in a Saturday accident in Garza County in
western Texas in which a 5-year-old boy died. Breaon Montrell Williams of Dallas was riding in the vehicle with his mother when she lost control Saturday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety. The car struck the end of a bridge guardrail.
The child’s mother and brother were both taken to the hospital.
About 8,000 residents and businesses were without power in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area Sunday afternoon. Carol Peters, a spokeswoman for TXU Electric Delivery, said 5,000 of those were in Tarrant County and 3,000 were in Dallas County.
She said the outages were scattered and were being repaired quickly although other outages were cropping up.
The Fort Worth Water Department had to call in technicians after the icy weather caused the agency to lose its remote communication with two ground storage tanks, an elevated tank and a pump station.
“We are unable to remotely turn on and off pumps and unable to determine water levels at those tanks,” said spokeswoman Mary Gugliuzza. “...we cannot remotely operate it. We don’t know how much water in the tanks.”
11 News
Centerpoint Energy vehicles leave for Oklahoma to help with power concerns brought on by the winter storm.
The situation affected an unspecified number of customers, including hotels, in north Fort Worth. She didn’t immediately know whether water was lost completely or pressure was low.
The National Weather Service said moderate lowland flooding was forecast on the Navasota River south of Easterly in Robertson County as the river was expected to crest near 23 feet Monday. Flood stage is 19 feet. No problems were being reported Sunday night, according to the Robertson County Sheriff’s Department.
The Neches River in Angelina County was forecast to crest near flood stage of 12 feet on Monday near Neches.
07:36 PM CST on Sunday, January 14, 2007
Associated Press
Click here for Dan Meador's weather update: http://www.khou.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=113765&catId=35
DALLAS -- Texans dealt with icy spots on bridges and overpasses, canceled airline flights, power outages and threats of flooding on Sunday as a winter storm kept the state in its grasp.
More than 400 flights were canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport because of the wintry conditions. At least two people have died in traffic accidents on state roadways since the system entered the state on Friday.
In portions of East and Central Texas, flooding was forecast on portions of the Neches and Navasota rivers after heavy rains over the region the past two days.
The storm, with its promise of a wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow, was forecast to continue to spread southward across the state, reaching Austin and San Antonio by Monday.
Also online
Cold weather tips: http://www.khou.com/s/dws/spe/2004/coldtips/
Tips for driving on sleet, icy roads: http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou_070112_jj_drivingonsleetroads.31f7fe91.html
North Texas under winter storm watch: http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/khou070112_mh_northtexasweather.32d968a5.html
Special weather statement: http://weather.khou.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=khou&query=Houston,TX#SPE
A freeze line slowly moved across North Texas and was expected to be in East Texas by later Sunday night, said Dan Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office. The line extended down to northern Hill Country.
He said temperatures in Dallas-Fort Worth area were expected to dip into the 20s overnight.
11 News
An American Airlines plane is de-iced at DFW Airport Sunday.
DFW Airport remained open, and officials were hopeful that normal operations would resume Monday. The 415 flights canceled Sunday were less than half of the total scheduled for the day.
“We fully expect challenging conditions tonight and into Monday but nothing we cannot handle. The number one priority, as always, is safety,” said spokesman Ken Capps.
In Amarillo, the temperature dropped to about 18 degrees by 6 p.m. Sunday. The Panhandle has had temperatures below freezing since Thursday night.
A 43-year-old oil field worker was killed Friday night near Lubbock in a one-vehicle crash while driving on icy roads.
Barney Williams Matlock III, of Levelland, was traveling west on U.S. 114, one mile east of Smyer, at 10:40 p.m. when his pickup left the roadway, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The pickup started to turn over and hit a utility pole.
Ice was also a factor in a Saturday accident in Garza County in
western Texas in which a 5-year-old boy died. Breaon Montrell Williams of Dallas was riding in the vehicle with his mother when she lost control Saturday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety. The car struck the end of a bridge guardrail.
The child’s mother and brother were both taken to the hospital.
About 8,000 residents and businesses were without power in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area Sunday afternoon. Carol Peters, a spokeswoman for TXU Electric Delivery, said 5,000 of those were in Tarrant County and 3,000 were in Dallas County.
She said the outages were scattered and were being repaired quickly although other outages were cropping up.
The Fort Worth Water Department had to call in technicians after the icy weather caused the agency to lose its remote communication with two ground storage tanks, an elevated tank and a pump station.
“We are unable to remotely turn on and off pumps and unable to determine water levels at those tanks,” said spokeswoman Mary Gugliuzza. “...we cannot remotely operate it. We don’t know how much water in the tanks.”
11 News
Centerpoint Energy vehicles leave for Oklahoma to help with power concerns brought on by the winter storm.
The situation affected an unspecified number of customers, including hotels, in north Fort Worth. She didn’t immediately know whether water was lost completely or pressure was low.
The National Weather Service said moderate lowland flooding was forecast on the Navasota River south of Easterly in Robertson County as the river was expected to crest near 23 feet Monday. Flood stage is 19 feet. No problems were being reported Sunday night, according to the Robertson County Sheriff’s Department.
The Neches River in Angelina County was forecast to crest near flood stage of 12 feet on Monday near Neches.
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