Brothers Nixon, 5, and Nyles Pickering, 2, sled down a hill in a tube float in their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
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Fort Worth awoke to a mixture of precipitation that fluctuated between rain, sleet and snow throughout the day on Thursday.
The winter storm warning in effect for North Texas was downgraded to a winter weather advisory, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth, on Friday.
See photos from around the city.
Victor Hernandez sprinkles salt on the sidewalks around the Courtyard Marriott on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in downtown Fort Worth. A winter storm warning is in effect for North Texas. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
A pedestrian walks in downtown Fort Worth early Thursday morning, Jan. 9, 2025, as snow begins to fall. A winter storm warning is in effect for North Texas. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
A mix of sleet and snow accumulated on a glass awning at the entrance of the Fort Worth Convention Center on Houston Street in downtown Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. A winter storm warning is in effect for North Texas. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Snow falls as Chris Hall waits at a bus stop on Houston Street in downtown Fort Worth to go home after a night shift on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. A winter storm warning is in effect for North Texas. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
A layer of snow and sleet on Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Jaime Moore-Carrillo jmoore-carrillo@star-telegram.com
Snow falls in the Near Southside neighborhood of Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Vehicles slowly make their way on Jennings Street in Fort Worth during a winter storm on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Stripling Middle School students Mia Rodriguez, 14, Cecilia Rico, 14, Ariana White, 14, Mia Rico, 12, and Isabella Rodriguez, 14, build a snowman in their neighborhood park in Southwest Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. The winter storm led to all Fort Worth ISD schools to close for the rest of the week. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Snow falls on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2024, at Ninnie Baird Park in far north Fort Worth. A winter storm had dumped a little more than an inch by 11 a.m. in northern Tarrant County. Tom Johanningmeier tjohanningmeier@star-telegram.com
Jim Harvey sprinkles salt on his driveway and front yard to prevent snow accumulation in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. A winter storm is expected to bring multiple inches of snow to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex for the next two days. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Snow plow trucks shovel snow off to the sides of the road on the Chisholm Trail Tollway in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Traffic follows on I-35W as seen from East Vickery Boulevard on South Main Street on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Snow covers the tops of cargo trains on the Union Pacific Railroad in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Snow and slush on South Main Street at the intersection of East Daggett Road on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Tarrant County employee Jacob Hernandez shoves snow off the sidewalk in front of the Tarrant County Sheriffs Department Jail in downtown Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
A heart is traced in the snow gathered inside the silver cowboy hat at Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Fort Worth Fire Department and law enforcement officials work on scene of a solo car crash into a traffic light pole at the intersection of Houston Street and W 6th Street in downtown Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
The Tarrant County Courthouse is covered in a coating of snow in downtown Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
The Will Rogers Memorial Center is photographed as light snow begins to fall in Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
The Tarrant County Courthouse is photographed as light snow begins to fall in downtown Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Daniel Boothman sleds down a hill on his back with his son Teddy, 3, in their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Jude Welch, 14, attaches a carrot nose to the snowman that he and his friends built at their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
Neighborhood friends Annabelle, 10, Vivian Gonzalez, 12, and Erin Kate Ketterick, 13, hug their snowman named ‘Tiny Tim’ after building him at their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
City of Arlington employees Terrence Smith, left, and Daniel Warnick clear the sidewalk on East Randol Mill Road outside of AT&T Stadium on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in Arlington. The Cotton Bowl will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
Patches of snow remain from a mostly cleared AT&T Stadium on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Arlington. The Cotton Bowl kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
This story was originally published January 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM.
Amanda McCoy is a visual journalist that produces daily and documentary videos. Before moving to Fort Worth in 2018, she spent 11 years telling the stories of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. She is a native of Michigan and graduate of Michigan State University.
