Dallas-Fort Worth area to have new warning guidelines for storm emergencies

February 24, 2009 by Jenna_blog · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Collin County, Dallas County, Dallas News, Texas News, Weather 

February 24, 2009

By BLANCA CANTÚ / The Dallas Morning News

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.

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Pieces of Texas Meteorite Found

February 19, 2009 by Jenna_blog · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Dallas County, Dallas News, Texas News, Weather 

from Associated Press

DALLAS  —  Two samples of fresh material the “size of large pecans” from a meteor that alarmed numerous residents when it streaked across the Texas sky on Sunday have been found by two University of North Texas astronomers in a pasture east of the small town of West.

“The pieces that we found have beautiful ablation crust. And it’s black like charcoal. Underneath this crust the color of the rock is concrete like gray,” said Ron DiIulio, director of the planetarium and astronomy lab program at the University of North Texas in Denton.

DiIulio and Preston Starr, UNT’s observatory manager, said they found the pieces Wednesday about 5 p.m. after starting their search from Fort Worth at 3 a.m. using calculations from all of the calls they had received.

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First widespread freeze to hit Dallas-Fort Worth area

October 28, 2008 by Jenna_blog · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Uncategorized, Weather 

Sensitive plants and outdoor pets should be protected overnight as temperatures are expected to drop below freezing, the National Weather Service said.

The freeze warning is in effect for Parker, Wise, Denton and Collin counties. Temperatures in Tarrant and Dallas counties are expected to stay just above freezing, said Eric Martello, a weather service meteorologist.

The winds will be calm, the skies will be clear and the air will be dry when the freeze hits around 3 or 4 a.m. Tuesday. By about 8 a.m., the dry air should begin to warm quickly. Temperatures are expected to reach near 70 degrees.

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