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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 22, 201314 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this winter storm watch at Nov 22, 2013, 3:54 PM CST for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 24, 2013, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 2013, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 24, 2013, 2:00 PM CST
Expired: Nov 23, 2013, 3:55 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Comal County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Llano County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Nov 22, 3:42 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 3:42 PM CST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 4:29 AM CST, 11 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
429 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231030-
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-
429 AM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HILL
COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...BEGINNING NOON TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF WINTER WEATHER IS MAINLY FOR
FREEZING RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND
FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. VERY LIGHT RAINFALL RATES AND WARM GROUND
TEMPERATURES SHOULD PREVENT GROUND ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS MAY DEVELOP ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON
SATURDAY. WINTER PRECIPITATION...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE
HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FREEZING PRECIPITATION AS IT
DEVELOPS...AND ANY ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:19 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:29 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 21, 8:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	37 min
Nov 21, 8:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	47 min
Nov 21, 10:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	45 min
Nov 21, 10:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	39 min
Nov 21, 11:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Burnet, Travis, Williamson	102 min
Nov 22, 12:26 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Burnet	3 hr
Nov 22, 1:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Travis, Williamson	2 hr
Nov 22, 4:26 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 4 more	38 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.