For Northerners, a foot of snowfall is no big deal, but for folks in Dallas – Fort Worth, it has been called “the snowstorm of the century.” Locals went to bed on the evening of February 10, 2010, to forecasts of “possible” accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. What happened instead was an official 12.5 inches of snow that fell at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which broke all records here for the heaviest snowfall for the date and the heaviest single-day snowfall on record. Locals even experienced the real, but rare, “thunder snow” with lightning flashes in the sky during a snowfall event. In the eyes of North Texans who hardly even don a winter coat, it was a true “Snowpocalypse!”

Forecasters greatly underestimated the snowfall, leaving North Texans to wake up to quite a surprise!
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Snowfall continued to accumulate throughout the day. Usually, North Texans get flurries that melt on impact.
The Metroplex became a winter wonderland.
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For many, it was the first time they ever got to build a snowman!
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Snowball fights, and even sledding, occurred throughout the closed-down city.
The airport suffered extreme delays as airplanes had to be de-iced... not a normal protocol around DFW.
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Roadways could not be cleared: schools and businesses were closed for days because the area is unequipped to handle this amount of snowfall

The best part about this event, too many, is that it just kept snowing for a solid 24 hours!

Jetsetter captured a video of the record — and rare — Dallas – Fort Worth snowfall event that shows a different side of North Texas:

Did you live in Dallas – Fort Worth during the Snowmaggedon? If so, do you have memories, or even better, photos to share? We’d love to hear any comments about our No. 1 blizzard of all time here in the Metroplex.

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