Winter Storm Warning In Effect For North Texas Beginning 3PM Wednesday
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - The National Weather Service Office in Fort Worth announced Tuesday night, Feb. 1, a Winter Storm Warning will be in effect from 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 to 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3.
Rain will arrive, then transition to freezing rain, then to sleet and snow.
Snow accumulations of up to two inches and ice accumulations of two tens to half an inch are expected.
This impacts the DFW area, including portions of North Central and Northeast Texas.
The bulletin said travel will be dangerous and hazardous conditions will impact the morning and evening commute on Thursday.
The wind chill could drop to zero degrees.
Ice on power lines and trees could result in power outages.
On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott got updates from more than a dozen state agencies on the state of the Texas power grid.
"Right now, the prognostication is that ERCOT will have an excess of 15,000 megawatts of power available even at the highest times of demands," Gov. Abbott said.
"We will be prepared for this," ERCOT Interim CEO Brad Jones said.
The Public Utility Commission told Gov. Abbott, the state's grid meets federal winterization standards.
"We know that the reforms we have put in place over these last few months ensure that our grid is reliable and ready for this winter weather event," Chairman Peter Lake said.