I deliberately chose the headline, "It came WITH warning" because too often I see media lazily use the headline, "It came without warning." I often find such statements insulting to the National Weather Service, local meteorologists, and the weather community in general. I honor dedicated National Weather Service (NWS)-Fort Worth meteorologists, who are actually working without pay right now because of the government shutdown. However, what was interesting to me is how many days in advance the National Weather Service starting talking about a severe weather threat for the Wednesday -Thursday timeframe. Most meteorologists in the broadcast and private sector markets also had a good handle on the weather event as a cold front was projected to approach the area.

Source: Forbes December 27, 2018 13:34 UTC