Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2009, 5:06 AM CST for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2009, 5:06 AM CST (11:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2009, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 23 counties
Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 5:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 N Kerrville, TX | A SPOTTER REPORTED A TRACE OF ICE ON AN EXPOSED WOODEN STAIRWAY. |
| Jan 27, 9:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 4 Nnw Georgetown, TX | REPORT OF ICING ON TREES...GROUND...AND OTHER EXPOSED OBJECTS. A FEW PATCHES OF ICE ON ROADS IN THE AREA OF WILLIAMS DRIVE AND SHELL ROAD CONFIRMED BY GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. |
| Jan 27, 9:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Ne Jarrell, TX | WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF REPORTS ICING OF COUNTY ROAD 305 BRIDGE OVER IH35. TXDOT ENROUTE TO BEGIN SANDING. |
| Jan 27, 10:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 E Leander, TX | WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ICE ON ROADWAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 2243 AND COUNTY ROAD 176 BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND LEANDER. |
| Jan 27, 10:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 Ssw Georgetown, TX | ICE FORMING ON THE ROADWAY JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF IH35 AND BUSINESS IH35 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GEORGETOWN. |
| Jan 27, 10:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 10 Nnw Austin, TX | AUSTIN GREAT HILLS COOP OBSERVER REPORTS FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE GROUND...WOODEN DECK...AND TREES. |
| Jan 27, 10:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Jarrell, TX | JARRELL FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT ALL OVERPASSES OVER IH35 NORTH OF MILE MARKER 268 (INTERSECTION WITH FM 972)...BETWEEN JARRELL AND GEORGETOWN...ARE ICING OVER. THEY ARE ADVISING EVERYONE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. |
| Jan 27, 10:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 8 W Austin, TX | AUSTIN ENERGY ELECTRICAL CREWS REPORT ICE BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE ON POLES AND POWER LINES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BARTON CREEK BLVD AND BEE CAVE RD. |
| Jan 27, 11:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Blanco, TX | ICE REPORTED ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS CAUSING ACCIDENTS |
| Jan 27, 11:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Georgetown, TX | WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR REPORTS MULTIPLE MAJOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS COUNTY WIDE DUE TO ICING. ACCIDENTS REPORTED NEAR FLORENCE AND ALSO ALONG IH 35 FROM GEORGETOWN SOUTH TO ROUND ROCK. |
| Jan 27, 11:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Llano, TX | TXDOT REPORTS ICE FORMING ON BRIDGES ALONG SH 2900 ACROSS LLANO COUNTY. ADVISING TRAVELERS TO USE CAUTION. |
| Jan 27, 11:23 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Llano, TX | LLANO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS ICE ON BRIDGE ACROSS LLANO RIVER IN LLANO. |
| Jan 27, 11:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Marble Falls, TX | MARBLE FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS ICE ON BRIDGES IN MARBLE FALLS. |
| Jan 27, 11:27 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 S Kingsland, TX | TXDOT REPORTS ICE FORMING ON BRIDGE ON RM 2900 BETWEEN RM 1431 AND RM 2233. ADVISES TRAVELERS TO USE CAUTION. |
| Jan 28, 1:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Fredericksburg, TX | SEVERAL REPORTS OF ICE ON ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT WITH MANY TRAFIC ACCIDENTS |
| Jan 28, 1:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Smithville, TX | ICE ON ROADWAYS IN SMITHVILLE |
| Jan 28, 8:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Ingram, TX | ICED BRIDGES IN COUNTY CAUSING TRAFIC ACCIDENTS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KEWX 271106 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 506 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE REST OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING, SPILLING ARCTIC AIR ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL ABRUPTLY DROP 20 TO 30 DEGREES WITH THE WIND SHIFT, THEN STEADILY FALL, REACHING THE LOWER 30S IN THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. A LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE HILL COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO BOERNE TO GIDDINGS LINE. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. FROM TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL VARY FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH. THE WINTER WEATHER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...BUT ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS COULD RESULT IN CONTINUED DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. TXZ185-187-189-272200- /O.CAN.KEWX.WW.Y.0002.090127T1800Z-090128T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KEWX.WS.A.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ REAL-BANDERA-KENDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAKEY...BANDERA...BOERNE 506 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ TXZ171-172-184-186-188-190-272200- /O.UPG.KEWX.WW.Y.0002.090127T1800Z-090128T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090127T1800Z-090128T1700Z/ /O.UPG.KEWX.WS.A.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ LLANO-BURNET-EDWARDS-KERR-GILLESPIE-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...ROCKSPRINGS... KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...BLANCO 506 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. THE NEAR STEADY FREEZING RAINS WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH MAINLY AFTER 6 PM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ TXZ173-183-191>194-206-272200- /O.UPG.KEWX.WS.A.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...SAN MARCOS... AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...NEW BRAUNFELS 506 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH THICK. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ TXZ204-205-208-272200- /O.NEW.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ MEDINA-BEXAR-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...LOCKHART 506 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES TONIGHT, THE LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE ON BRIDGES, OVERPASSES AND OTHER EXPOSED OBJECTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH INCH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF HONDO AND SAN ANTONIO, AND LOCKHART. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KEWX 271733 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1133 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE REST OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST OF DEL RIO TO JUST NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO AND TO SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...SPILLING MUCH COLDER AIR ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL 20 TO 30 DEGREES WITH THE WIND SHIFT...THEN STEADILY FALL...REACHING THE LOWER 30S IN THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON....WHERE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TO LOWER 30S ACROSS ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...AND IN THE MID 30S FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE FREEZE LINE WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR DEL RIO TO NEAR BULVERDE AND NEW BRAUNFELS...THEN EAST TO SOUTH OF AUSTIN AND TO NEAR GIDDINGS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A WINTER PRECIPITATION MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. FROM TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL VARY FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THE WINTER WEATHER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS COULD RESULT IN CONTINUED DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. TXZ171-172-184-186-188-190-272200- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090127T1800Z-090128T1700Z/ LLANO-BURNET-EDWARDS-KERR-GILLESPIE-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...ROCKSPRINGS... KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...BLANCO 1133 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. THE NEAR STEADY FREEZING RAINS WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH MAINLY AFTER 6 PM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ TXZ173-183-185-187-189-191>194-204>206-208-272200- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-REAL-BANDERA-KENDALL-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...LEAKEY... BANDERA...BOERNE...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...LOCKHART 1133 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$
000 WWUS44 KEWX 272149 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 349 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE REST OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...IN WAKE OF TODAYS ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT CAME ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TO NEAR 30 TO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...AND IN THE MID 30S FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE FREEZE LINE WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO LA GRANGE AND SCHULENBURG. A WINTER PRECIPITATION SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...AND BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE WINTER PRECIPITATION MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY MORNING. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. FROM TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL VARY FROM NEAR OR LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THE WINTER WEATHER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS COULD RESULT IN CONTINUED DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. TXZ202-203-207-209-280600- /O.EXA.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ KINNEY-UVALDE-GUADALUPE-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...SEGUIN... LA GRANGE 349 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ TXZ171-172-184-186-188-190-280600- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ LLANO-BURNET-EDWARDS-KERR-GILLESPIE-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...ROCKSPRINGS... KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...BLANCO 349 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. THE NEAR STEADY FREEZING RAINS WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH MAINLY AFTER 6 PM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ TXZ173-183-185-187-189-191>194-204>206-208-280600- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.090128T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-REAL-BANDERA-KENDALL-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...LEAKEY... BANDERA...BOERNE...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...LOCKHART 349 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE MET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$
000 WWUS44 KEWX 280330 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 930 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .MODIFIED ARCTIC COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SEEP ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO SCHULENBURG LINE BY MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD GOING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE RAIN WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT WITH BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND POSSIBLY ON SOME EXPOSED ROAD SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MID MORNING ENDING ALL PRECIPITATION. CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW WARMING TEMPERATURES TO MELT ALL ICE BY LATE MORNING. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-281100- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE 930 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT WITH BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. RAIN MAY ALSO FREEZE ON SOME EXPOSED ROAD SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MID MORNING. THEN...CLEARING SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL MELT ALL ICE BY LATE MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$
000 WWUS44 KEWX 281016 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 416 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BUT IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST... .AN AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR... BUT AT OR BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT AND IN THE HILL COUNTRY. ICED SURFACES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...AND SOME ARES THAT ARE CURRENTLY WET AND ABOVE FREEZING MAY DIP BELOW FREEZING AND BECOME ICED OVER. ALL ICE SHOULD MELT BY 9 AM CST. TXZ171-188>190-206-208-281500- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0003.090128T1016Z-090128T1500Z/ LLANO-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-COMAL-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE... BLANCO...NEW BRAUNFELS...LOCKHART 416 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BE ICED OVER AND DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS. ICE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL MELT BY 9 AM CST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TXZ183>187-202>205-207-209-281130- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- GUADALUPE-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO... SAN ANTONIO...SEGUIN...LA GRANGE 416 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FREEZING RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ TXZ172-173-191>194-281500- /O.EXT.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1500Z/ BURNET-WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS... AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS 416 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... LIGHT RAIN MAY FREEZE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN MAY ALSO FREEZE ON SOME EXPOSED ROAD SURFACES. VERY LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...BUT MAY PRODUCE A LAYER UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ON SOME EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH ICE EXPECTED TO MELT BY 9 AM CST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$
000 WWUS44 KEWX 021913 CCA WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 417 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BUT IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST... .AN AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR... BUT AT OR BELOW FREEZING ALONG THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT AND IN THE HILL COUNTRY. ICED SURFACES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...AND SOME AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WET AND ABOVE FREEZING MAY DIP BELOW FREEZING AND BECOME ICED OVER. ALL ICE SHOULD MELT BY 9 AM CST. TXZ171-188>190-206-208-281500- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0003.090128T1017Z-090128T1500Z/ LLANO-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-COMAL-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE... BLANCO...NEW BRAUNFELS...LOCKHART 417 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BE ICED OVER AND DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS. ICE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL MELT BY 9 AM CST. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TXZ183>187-202>205-207-209-281130- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1700Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- GUADALUPE-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO... SAN ANTONIO...SEGUIN...LA GRANGE 417 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FREEZING RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ TXZ172-173-191>194-281500- /O.EXT.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1500Z/ BURNET-WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS... AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS 417 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... LIGHT RAIN MAY FREEZE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN MAY ALSO FREEZE ON SOME EXPOSED ROAD SURFACES. VERY LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...BUT MAY PRODUCE A LAYER UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ON SOME EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH ICE EXPECTED TO MELT BY 9 AM CST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$
000 WWUS44 KEWX 281511 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 911 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... .THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE EXPIRED. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST... AS PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ARE CONTINUING TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING...WITH HIGHS TODAY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE THE 50S OVER THE NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF THE AREA TO THE 60S OVER THE WEST AND SOUTH PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. TXZ172-173-191>194-281615- /O.EXP.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090128T1500Z/ BURNET-WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS... AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS 911 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST...AS PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ARE CONTINUING TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING...WITH HIGHS TODAY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 50S. $$ TXZ171-188>190-206-208-281615- /O.EXP.KEWX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090128T1500Z/ LLANO-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-COMAL-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE... BLANCO...NEW BRAUNFELS...LOCKHART 911 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST...AS PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ARE CONTINUING TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING...WITH HIGHS TODAY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 27, 4:28 AM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 4:28 AM CST, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 428 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE AREA. A NOTICEABLE 20 DEGREE TEMP DROP WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRIGID ARCTIC AIRMASS, THEN A GRADUAL FALL FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. THIS AFTERNOON, A FEW 32 DEGREE TEMPS IN THE HILL COUNTRY NORTH OF A LOMA ALTA, ROCKSPRINGS, KERRVILLE, HYE, BURNET LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH, HOWEVER WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN DUE TO DURATION OF SUBFREEZING TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON BRIDGES AND EXPOSED OBJECTS. THE FREEZE LINE WILL DROP TO LEAKEY, COMFORT, BLANCO, AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN BY MIDNIGHT....AND GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO BOERNE TO SAN MARCOS TO GIDDINGS BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AFTER THE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARRIVE ARE 1/10 TO 1/25 INCH, ENOUGH TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE COLD AIR IS COMING IN VERY SHALLOW (JUST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND FT DEEP BASED ON VAD WIND PROFILES), SO THE OVERRUNNING RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AHEAD OF THE 850MB TROF. THE CLOUDS AND RAIN CLEAR THE AREA WEDNESDAY BY NOON. A PERSISTENT NORTHERLY FLOW IN THE NORTHERN STREAM WILL KEEP REINFORCING COLD AIRMASSES FLOWING INTO TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE FLOW ACROSS THE UNITES STATED SHIFTS TO A ZONAL ONE SATURDAY ALLOWING SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO RETURN. BY MONDAY ANOTHER PHASED LONGWAVE TROF EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. WE MAY SEE SOME MORE LIGHT RAIN BY THEN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 59 33 52 34 63 / 50 90 80 - - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 61 31 54 26 62 / 40 90 80 - - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 61 33 65 38 67 / 10 60 60 0 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 62 34 59 33 66 / 30 80 70 - - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL... COMAL...HAYS...KENDALL...LEE...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...VAL VERDE... WILLIAMSON. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BLANCO...BURNET...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...KERR... LLANO. && 06/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 4:33 AM CST, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 433 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281200- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 433 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... FREEZING RAIN IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT LATER TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND INTO THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN IS IN EFFECT. VERY LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST TODAY...BUT WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. .DAY TWO...WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE WARNED AREA. .DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 11:11 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1111 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-271200- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 1111 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY WILL BE REACHED IN THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS...THEN TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON CST TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR BANDERA...BLANCO... BURNET...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...KERR...LLANO...AND REAL COUNTIES. THERE IS THREAT OF MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE TO PRODUCE A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A THREAT FOR MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH GREATER ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING SPREAD TO A LARGER AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS THREAT IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO BOERNE TO GIDDINGS LINE. A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING UNTIL TO 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR BANDERA...BASTROP...BLANCO...BURNET...COMAL...EDWARDS... GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...LEE...LLANO...REAL... TRAVIS...VAL VERDE...AND WILLIAMSON...COUNTIES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY BE AROUND ONE TENTH INCH...ALTHOUGH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS. ELSEWHERE...A COLD RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SLEET IS POSSIBLE AS THE PRECIPITATION ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO WEST WEDNESDAY MORNING. WARMER TEMPERATURES BY AFTERNOON WILL MELT ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 10:14 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 3 more | 7 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.