If you’re growing tired of this week’s lingering sleet and freezing rain, at least it hasn’t been as bad as the epic ice storm that hit Fort Worth nearly 10 years ago, coating the city in 4 inches of sleet.
The Arctic blast started on Dec. 5, 2013, and persisted for five days. What was expected to be freezing rain turned into up to 4 inches of sleet that morphed into thick “cobblestone ice” that tormented road crews and drivers. About 250,000 people lost power in Dallas-Fort Worth. On Dec. 7, the high of 26 degrees broke a record set in 1950.
Dan Huckabee of the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, told the Star-Telegram a few weeks later that the deep freeze was the No. 1 weather event of 2013.
Here’s a look at Star-Telegram photos from the great “cobblestone” ice storm of 2013.
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