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As a surprise snow falls in Paris, a Pepsi truck in the distance considers a right turn off Pine Mill Road into the back entrance of the Paris Walmart property. (eParisExtra photo by Charles Richards)
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth issued a winter weather advisory for light sleet and snow, effective until noon on Tuesday.
Bands of wintry precipitation developed over the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex about 5 a.m. and then moved east toward Canton and northeast toward Paris.
Much of north and central Texas saw icy precipitation Tuesday morning, but temperatures were only expected to be cold enough for sleet and snow accumulations within the advisory area.
Temperatures were hovering right around freezing for much of the advisory area. Therefore wintry precipitation that fell on road surfaces in contact with the ground is likely to melt. Light snow or sleet accumulations are expected to cause slick spots to develop on bridges and overpasses early this morning.
Snow and sleet accumulations combined were expected to be one quarter inch or less, although isolated areas saw up to an inch and half of an inch of accumulation before the precipitation ended around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Charles Richards Charles Richards moved to Paris in 2004 after retiring from a 40-year career in journalism – the last 26 years as a news writer and sports writer with The Associated Press in Dallas and Washington, D.C. In mid-2004, The Paris News coaxed him out of retirement, and he began covering the police, court and regional beat for The Paris News. Then in early 2005, he was switched to coverage of a sharply divided Paris City Council. He was appointed by the City Council in 2006 to the 12-member City Charter Review Commission, which extensively rewrote the outmoded document. His writing awards include two first-place awards in statewide competition for feature writing. The most recent was his 2005 story on a Paris doctor’s startling use of leeches in a successful attempt to re-attach a man’s severed ear. Over his career, Richards’ interview subjects include Alabama Gov. George Wallace, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, David Koresh, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and numerous other political and sports figures. He is an alumnus of Texas Tech, where he was editor of the school newspaper. He lives in Paris with his wife, Barbara, who is retired after 30 years as a teacher and high school counselor.
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