A late winter storm dropped up to 7 inches of sleet and snow overnight Wednesday, leading to more than 800 school closings and delays and nearly as many flight cancellations Thursday.
North Texas' most recent Winter Storm Warning expired at noon Thursday after a record snowfall overnight. The precipitation first coated roads in ice and then covered it with several inches of snow, making driving hazardous in the early morning.
JASON SMITH
Snow from Riverbottom Jason Smith Sent from my iPhone
KP
Geese on the go Geese making their way to the pond
Craig Rodgers
Pics from the airport
Craig Rodgers
Pics from the airport
Craig Rodgers
Pics from the airport
Patricia S Carr
Snow at High 5 with resident report After seeing a truck driving the wrong way to get off a ramp at the High 5, I decided other drivers of his kind needed more information before attempting a ramp from the High 5. The ramps have 2 hours of rainfall and freezing rain as a base layer, covered over with 3" of WET snow. The snow we had on 2/27 was powder. This new snow is wet snow compacting into even thicker ice on top of the 1/4" of freezing rain from last evening. This seems to me to be the worst condition possible for icy overpasses. Do you really want to drive on THAT? These photos were taken about 7:45 am on 3/5/15, this morning from an apartment residence right at the High 5. Also sent to isee@nbcdfw.com.
Kay W. Davis
Snow photos from a different perspective See attached --Kay Davis
Kay W. Davis
Snow photos from a different perspective See attached --Kay Davis
This is how my stree looks :) Anna tx
Jerry Reynolds
Garland TX View from my back porch
tropical snow
Jackie
Snow
Lupe - Allen
Breakfast anyone Breakfast in the snow - in March?!
Kati Mendez
Cool wave of snow on roof Anyone want to tell me how this was formed?? North fort worth, taken by Kati mendezSent from my Windows Phone
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Fred Quintero
3-5-15 Snow day WOW!! so much snow. We're from Southern California, and this is such a treat to see all this snow.
Tina Butler
Texas Pride Old man winter wasn't finished with Texas just yet! #texasproud
icy morning Nice beautiful morning, but roads are real icy.
Lewis
Cafeteria is Closed Bird Feeder in Lewisville is snowed in.
Ben Jumper
Morning in the backyard
Hallie Young
Knew I hide it somewhere Squirrel in the snow eating a nut on March 15, 2015, North Texas
Hal Waldman
Snow 3-5-2015 View of Grapevine Creek from Irving/Coppell line
Kelsey Falls
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Hallie Young
I found my Breakfast March 5, 2015, North Texas Winter Day Squirrel in the snow
Tootsie Taken from the front yard of my home in North Richard Hills.
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Midnite 3/5/2015 scyene rd Dallas Nance' Tresp
Granbury, TX Backyard 3'
nicole ellzy
A cold snowy country mornin by the lake pic of my yard. valley view tx
Mark
Azle Sunrise in Azle, Texas.
Ryan Raber
First sunrise in 12 days
Little Elm our view this morning.
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Meredith
Snow day Snow in Southlake
Magdalene Lima-Fiallos
Snow pics saginaw Texas
Magdalene Lima-Fiallos
Snow pics saginaw Texas
Magdalene Lima-Fiallos
Snow pics saginaw Texas
Magdalene Lima-Fiallos
Snow pics saginaw Texas
Magdalene Lima-Fiallos
Snow pics saginaw Texas
Kim Morris
Prosper winter wonderland Submitted by Kim Morris
Michael in Mckinney
my neighborhood This is how Mckinney looks like right now.
Saul Moreno
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Bill Bonner
SWDallas/Joe Pool Lake Harbor Glen Community near I-20 & Beltline
Doug
Thursday morning snow
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Amanda Donihoo
Snow day in Sachse pretty snow
Doug
March Snow in Fort Worth
Yarie Azar
Highland Village snow 4 1/4 inches in Highland Village. Yarie (Yadee) AzarSent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVE™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
Mrs. Neu Sun coming up this morning.
sandy Olsen
Krum roof snow
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Snow in keller tx 2015 Western trailSent from my MetroPCS Android device
Brent Graves
March snow Lakewood-White Rock area neighborhood
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Our ducks dont seem to mind the weather too much Forney, Tx - Mar 05, 2015
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Lewisville, Texas
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Ashley Ballard
Snow in Garland TX
James
Summer Texas
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Aimee Young
Beautiful Snowfall Flower Mound
Nicole Warren
Yes, Anna we wanna build a snowman Nicole and Randy Sykes North Euless (121 and glade) 3.5 inches!!!
Ashley Mora
Snow Ruler - Flower Mound Woke up to 5inches of snow in Flower Mound this morning
Jim
Good morning from Snowland, Texas We had between 3 and 6 inches of snow in Dallas last night.
David Wilcox
Vail in Frisco Backyard in Frisco Texas
Greenville, Texas O'Neal St. covered in lots of snow. It is so pretty.
Alonso Rochin
Snow Morning at Kessler Park shoot this morning at 5 am
snow cones snow buildup on my hummingbird feeders. from Linda Smith in East Tawakoni TX
Doug
Snow in Downtown Fort Worth last night
Cooper Carr
Snow from 100 ft up Snowfall in Las Colinas from 10 stories up
3 inches In Alvarado
Mary Staples
Snow in Carrollton We got a good amount of snow in Carrollton (Hebron & Josey) by Baylor Carrollton.
cindy pannell
my poor squirrels I live off 121 and 360 in grapevine and my squirrels are happy in their snow covered home.
Julia
Snow in Front Yard Amount of Snow in Waxahachie, Tx
5 in Haltom City Tx in March
Carol Whiteside
Dwarf goats first snow, weather picture Our Nigerian Dwarf Goats (Butters, Bailey and Ms. Cookie) eating breakfast with the chickens in their first snow, in Crandall, TX.
nicole ellzy
A sun glistened snow this morning view out my bedroom window this morning in valley view tx.
Jose Sanchez
Snow from Crossroads
Jose Sanchez
Snow from Crossroads
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Will Pemberton
Winter Sun
Terry Simons
Bass Hall 3-4-15 Bass Hall in the snow!
Vidal Pacheco
I woke up to this Artic blast
Will Pemberton
Winter Gnome
John F. Murphy
Central drive in Bedford 715am John
Anna Robicheaux
Coppell Gets Four Inches
Terry Simons
Bass Hall 3-4-15 Bass Hall in the snow!
Dee Dee
Love Snow
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Reesa Lyons-Baker
Snow Denton/Argyle Snow this morning. The puppies played in it and messed it up, but it's still pretty!
Jenna Jones
so much snow!! snow measurement in Bedford,TX
Kay W. Davis
Snow photos from a different perspective See attached --Kay Davis
Kay W. Davis
Snow photos from a different perspective See attached --Kay Davis
KP
One enchanted snowy morning in Mountain Springs Gazebo dawn
Marcia L. King
Squirrel in the snow Sent from my Jitterbug Touch
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KP
Ranch in white Victorian white house
Carey Veselka
Plano Snow
Brittney Montez
My backyard in grapevine! I live on a few acres in grapevine and the view is just spectacular!
Gia
slippery sidewalk we're trying to get some of the ice off of it so we can walk
Nona
In The Colony Can't wait for the pool to thaw out! Lake Lewisville is in the background.
Temperatures were expected to creep above the freezing point by noon and remain there for several hours, NBC 5 Meteorologist Grant Johnston said. Though all of the snow is not expected to melt Thursday, with warmer temperatures and sunny skies, road conditions are expected to improve significantly throughout the day.
By 11:30 a.m., snow that once covered many highways had melted and left only a wet roadway behind. Drivers are urged to continue to use caution as occasional patches of ice remain.
After a record snowfall, Reporter Ellen Bryan had the enviable job of showing North Texans how to have fun in the snow.
Side roads and secondary roads are expected to remain slushy. Any slush left on the road after dusk is expected to refreeze. Meanwhile, crews from the Texas Department of Transportation said they'll work as quickly as possible to remove all snow and ice from the roads so that it can't refreeze overnight Thursday.
The weekend forecast looks mostly sunny and with milder conditions.
Many North Texans with the day off from school and work headed outside to take advantage of the rare opportunity to play in the snow. Photos shared with NBC 5 are below.
NBC DFW’s Chopper 5 shot video of a dog having a blast in the snow at Flagpole Hill in Dallas. We set it to music. Enjoy.
Record Snowfall
So far this season (2014-2015), we have had 5.8 inches of snow, which is the highest seasonal total since 2009-2010 (17.1 inches fell that winter). If you remove that total, the next time we had this high a seasonal snow total was 1984-85 with 5.1 inches.
The 3.5 inches received at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was the 4th highest March snowstorm total.
1. 6.1 inches [1942]
2. 6.0 inches [1924]
3. 3.9 inches [1947]
4. 3.5 inches [2015]
5. 2.6 inches [1934]
This is the most snow received from a single storm system since Feb. 11-12, 2010. That storm dropped 12.5 inches on DFW.
In 2008, we had a total of 2.1 inches of snow in the month of March. Prior to that, the last time we had more than 2 inches of snow in March was in 1962.
North Texans help drivers who are stranded after winter weather blasts the area.
At 3 p.m., Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport reported 417 canceled departures and 407 canceled arrivals Thursday morning; 242 flights have been delayed.
Dallas Love Field officials reported 27 canceled departures and 21 canceled arrivals. Officials also reported 43 delays.
As many as 600 travelers were stranded at the airport overnight, airport spokesman David Magana said. At 3 p.m., officials at DFW Airport said operations were returning to normal, five runways were open and roads were wet, but not icy.
American Airlines or US Airways customers can reschedule flights by calling the reservations department at 800-433-7300. Southwest Airlines customers can reschedule at southwest.com or by calling 800-435-9792.
David Magaña with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport talks weather conditions and airport delays.
