9 p.m.
The National Weather Service (NWS) Fort Worth suggested on Twitter that there is a possibility of overnight freezing on Thursday. However, the weather service did note that, other than a freezing fog potential on Saturday morning, temperatures will pick up over the weekend, reaching the 60s by Sunday.
Thousands of power outages have been reported in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to ONCOR, with most of the outages occurring in areas like Tyler, Sulphur Springs, and Taylor.
The DFW Airport had no updates but reminded travelers to check for flight status before coming to the airport.
Dallas Independent School District (ISD) will begin classes after a two-hour delay on Friday, but Fort Worth ISD will be closed.
Districts that will remain closed on Friday:
- Aledo ISD
- Argyle ISD
- Arlington ISD
- Aubrey ISD
- Azle ISD
- Birdville ISD
- Boyd ISD
- Bridgeport ISD
- Brock ISD
- Burleson ISD
- Castleberry ISD
- Cedar Hill ISD
- Celeste ISD
- Celina ISD
- Cleburne ISD
- Crowley ISD
- Decatur ISD
- DeSoto ISD
- Dublin ISD
- Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
- Everman ISD
- Farmersville ISD
- Forney ISD
- Fort Worth ISD
- Frisco ISD
- Gainesville ISD
- Garland ISD
- Glen Rose ISD
- Godley ISD
- Gordon ISD
- Grand Prairie ISD
- Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
- Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
- Irving ISD
- Joshua ISD
- Keller ISD
- Kennedale ISD
- Krum ISD
- Lake Dallas ISD
- Lake Worth ISD
- Lewisville ISD
- Lipan ISD
- Mansfield ISD
- McKinney ISD
- Mesquite ISD
- Midlothian ISD
- Millsap ISD
- Muenster ISD
- Northwest ISD
- Paradise ISD
- Peaster ISD
- Plano ISD
- Poolville ISD
- Red Oak ISD
- Richardson ISD
- Rockwall ISD
- Royse City ISD
- Sanger ISD
- Santo ISD
- Stephenville ISD
- Terrell ISD
- Weatherford ISD
- White Settlement ISD
Districts that will have a delayed start on Friday:
- Anna ISD
- Avalon ISD
- Blue Ridge ISD
- Blum ISD
- Carroll ISD
- Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD
- Commerce ISD
- Coppell ISD
- Dallas ISD
- Denton ISD
- Ennis ISD
- Eustace ISD
- Grandview ISD
- Highland Park ISD
- Itasca ISD
- Kaufman ISD
- Kemp ISD
- Melissa ISD
- Palmer ISD
- Princeton ISD
- Sunnyvale ISD
- Walnut Springs ISD
- Waxahachie ISD
Additional school closures and delays can be found here.
5 p.m.
The National Weather Service Fort Worth said in a tweet that overnight freezing is possible due to sub-freezing temperatures tonight.
“Remain vigilant for icy patches on roads, especially bridges, overpasses, and side streets. Sidewalks are also likely to remain icy,” NWS Fort Worth said in a tweet.
There is some potentially good news for the weekend though, with the NWS Fort Worth saying temperatures are expected to climb Saturday into the 60s. However, there is also supposed to be a fog possibly late Friday or early Saturday.
Meanwhile, some school districts, including Dallas Independent School District, have announced two-hour delays in start time on Friday and others, such as Arlington ISD, will remain closed for the day.
There has been a significant improvement in the number of flight delays and cancellations at both DFW Airport and Love Field. According to FlightAware, 269 of DFW’s outgoing flights, 28%, are canceled and 235, 24%, are delayed. At Love Field, 28 flights are canceled, but 90 are delayed.
ONCOR said in a weather update that Tyler, Sulphur Springs, and Taylor can expect to see the most power outages from the storm.
“Additional bands of winter precipitation are expected through Thursday, so new outage events are possible. Resources and personnel are closely monitoring weather conditions and will continue to respond as outages occur,” the update read.
12 p.m.
The National Weather Service (NWS) reported on Thursday morning that its radar indicated clearing conditions as temperatures rise into the 30s. Slick roads and surfaces are still expected to remain throughout the day.
ONCOR reported on February 2 that overnight freezing rain had created ice coatings on trees and powerlines up to half an inch thick. Oncor’s eastern, northeastern, and southern service regions are experiencing the worst impacts.
The weight of the ice accumulation has downed power lines and caused trees and tree limbs to fall on electrical infrastructure, resulting in extensive damage and power outages in some areas.
“As temperatures climb above freezing and winter precipitation ceases across the service area, melting ice may cause sagging branches to suddenly spring up into lines, causing additional outage impacts, said the organization in the release. “Resources and personnel are closely monitoring weather conditions and will continue to respond as outages occur,” Oncor stated.
The warming trend is expected to continue into the weekend.
9 a.m.
Weather conditions across the region are beginning to improve.
The National Weather Service told The Dallas Express that the winter storm warning across the region is expected to lift at 9 a.m. on Thursday as temperatures rise above freezing.
Temperatures are expected to rise into the late morning to early afternoon.
“We are gonna slowly begin to see temperatures trend up,” said Hunter Reeves with the NWS in Fort Worth. “We’re going to get up to about 35 today, and that’s going to begin to help road conditions,” he continued.
Reeves said that improved conditions will be noticed depending on one’s location in the region, with some seeing improvement today while progress in other areas may be slower.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) still indicates multiple ice hazards across the region on roads.
Temperatures are forecast to rise on Friday into the high 40s and into the low 50s.
The NWS said refreezing into overnight hours is possible, but widespread weather conditions will continue to improve throughout the day on Friday.
“We are definitely on the uphill from now,” said Reeves.
Several school districts, including Dallas ISD, have announced that they will remain closed on February 2.
Lauren Rounds, external communications and marketing manager for Dallas’ Department of Aviation, told The Dallas Express multiple flights had been canceled at Dallas Love Field over the duration of the storm; however, the airport remained open.
“We have staff on site 24/7 treating and clearing our runways, taxiways, pedestrian sidewalks, and roadways,” said Rounds.
At DFW International Airport, about 515 flights have been canceled as of February 2.
The airport advises citizens to continue monitoring the status of flights as road conditions improve and to continue to exercise caution given the weather.
