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Freeze Warning Issued For North Texas As Winter Storm Dumps Snow In Panhandle

The Amarillo ABC affiliate's remote camera in Dumas, Texas, north of Amarillo, caught the West Texas snowfall that closed area schools.
via meteorologist Steve Kersh on Twitter
The Amarillo ABC affiliate's remote camera in Dumas, Texas, north of Amarillo, caught the West Texas snowfall that closed area schools.

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Dallas-Fort Worth and all of North Texas as the season's first big chill is on its way.

The freeze warning is in effect from 6 p.m. Monday through 9 a.m. Tuesday. Temperatures will drop below freezing in Dallas-Fort Worth — and into the low 20s in outlying cities. Wind chills will be in the upper teens. 

The freeze warning follows an early season winter storm that dumped up to 7 inches of snow in the Texas Panhandle and lesser amounts in the western half of Oklahoma as it moves toward Arkansas.

Meteorologist John Cockrell with the National Weather Service in Amarillo said Monday that the heaviest snowfall was reported around Amarillo.

No injuries or significant damage are reported as the system moved across the region. The weather service says roads were snow-packed, but no closings are reported.

Snow accumulation of 2½ inches were recorded in Boise City and 2 inches in Guymon, both in the Oklahoma Panhandle, with 1-2 inches reported in western Oklahoma.

The system extended as far east as Oklahoma City where 1-2 inches of snow is possible before the system moves into northwest Arkansas where amounts of up to 2 inches are forecast.

This story has been updated.