Winter Storm in Collin, Texas

An arctic cold front moved through North Texas on January 24th, bringing much colder weather to the region. On January 25th, an upper level storm moved southeast across Oklahoma and the northeast Red River counties of North Texas, dropping up to an inch of sleet and snow at Paris. A second and stronger upper level storm moved across North Texas on the 26th and 27th, spreading a mixture of rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow over all of North Texas. Ice accumulations ranged from a trace in the southern tier of counties to one quarter inch across the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Sleet and snow accumulations ranged from two inches in the Northwest to five inches in the Northeast. At least four deaths were blamed on icy driving conditions with hundreds of accidents on snow and ice covered roads. Numerous minor injuries occured. Numerous schools and business were closed at various time periods due to the ice and snow. Over four hundred flights were cancelled at the D/FW Airport and there were power outages to over 30,000 homes.