Roads throughout North Texas remain treacherous with reports of icy conditions that are expected to continue through at least Feb. 5 with the National Weather Service issuing a hard freeze warning for the area.

The hard freeze warning begins at midnight Saturday, Feb. 5, and expires at 9 a.m. the same day. Temperatures in the region for early Feb. 5 are expected to be between 4 and 17 degrees, with wind chills between minus 3 degrees and 11 degrees.

For Feb. 4, temperatures are expected in the high 20s or early 30s for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with any melting ice and snow expected to refreeze overnight, according to the National Weather Service.

Local police departments and city representatives throughout the region were reporting Feb. 4 that the snow froze to solid ice overnight, leaving roads in worse condition than they were on Feb. 3.

Police departments across the region, including McKinney and Grapevine Police Departments, have urged residents to stay off roads if possible via Twitter.


While Grapevine Police noted that officers have only had to respond to minor accidents, the Fort Worth Police Department posted on Twitter that since midnight Feb. 4, its officers have responded to six major accidents, six minor accidents and 54 stranded motorists.


According to the city of Keller, residents are “waking up to the most dangerous road conditions we’ve seen during this week’s winter weather event.” The city's newsletter further explains that packed down snow mixed with refrozen ice has created a “cobbled ice effect” on the roads.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit announced Feb. 4 that all of its rail and bus services would be suspended through noon Sunday, Feb. 6, due to dangerous conditions. Denton County Transportation Authority also announced the suspension of its rail, bus and GoZone service on Friday, Feb. 4. Trinity Metro has also announced modified services for its bus service.