Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2014, 3:55 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 4, 2014, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr. 8 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
- Mar 4, 2014, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2014, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:00 AM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | 2 E Sunset Valley, TX | SOME ICE AND SNOW IS REPORTED ON US290 WEST OF AUSTIN... ON SLAUGHTER LANE AND WALSH TARLTON LANE... TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. |
| Mar 4, 4:30 AM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | 3 Ene Serenada, TX | SOME ICE AND SNOW IS BEING REPORTED ON HIGHWAYS FM972 AND FM487 MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... TRAVEL WITH CAUTION. |
| Mar 4, 4:53 AM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | 4 Ne Round Rock, TX | REPORTS FROM CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS OF LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS ALONG SH 130 BETWEEN I-35 AND U.S. 79 |
| Mar 4, 5:15 AM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | 6 Se Georgetown, TX | FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE BEING REPORTED. |
| Mar 4, 5:29 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Carmine, TX | ELECTRIC CO-OP REPORTING POWER OUTAGES. |
| Mar 4, 5:29 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | La Grange, TX | REPORTS OF ICY SPOTS ON HWY 71 AND I-10 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 4, 5:51 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | 1 Nw Austin, TX | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | 1 N La Grange, TX | COUNTY OFFICES DELAYED BY TWO HOURS... SCHOOLS DELAYED BY THREE HOURS AND ICE BUILD UP ON HIGHWAY 71 AND IH10. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
657 WWUS44 KEWX 040955 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 355 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING... .PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END SOONER THAN EXPECTED. IN FACT... IT SHOULD BE OVER ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY ABOUT 15Z. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10. THE CONFLUENCE OF PRECIP AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS THE CONCERN AREA. THUS...THE SOUTHWESTERN FRINGE OF COUNTIES FROM BANDERA TO DE WITT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE MIDDLE COUNTIES OF BLANCO...HAYS AND CALDWELL HAVE BEEN LOWERED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE REMAINING COUNTIES ARE STILL UNDER WINTER STORM WARNING...BUT THAT HAS BEEN SCALED BACK TO 15Z (9 AM CST). TXZ171>173-192>194-209-041500- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140304T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WS.W.0002.140304T1000Z-140304T1500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...LA GRANGE 355 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING AROUND 1/10 INCH. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ELEVATED ROADS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH WITH POCKETS OF MORE INTENSE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ190-191-208-041500- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140304T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0008.140304T1000Z-140304T1500Z/ BLANCO-HAYS-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...LOCKHART 355 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED ROADS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ186-188-189-206-207-223-225-041500- /O.CAN.KEWX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140304T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0008.140304T1000Z-140304T1500Z/ KERR-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-COMAL-GUADALUPE-GONZALES-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...GONZALES...HALLETTSVILLE 355 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED ROADS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ187-204-205-221-222-224-041100- /O.CAN.KEWX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140304T1800Z/ BANDERA-MEDINA-BEXAR-WILSON-KARNES-DE WITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANDERA...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO... FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...CUERO 355 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS SHOULD TAPER OFF AND END BY 9 AM. NO ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED...BUT ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY IN SPOTS. $$
1 follow-up statement
616 WWUS44 KEWX 041513 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 913 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL PRODUCE SPOTTY WINTER PRECIPITATION... .MOST OF THE WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS AREAS EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE MOSTLY AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS ELEVATED SURFACES. TXZ193-194-209-041800- /O.EXP.KEWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140304T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0009.140304T1513Z-140304T1800Z/ BASTROP-LEE-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...LA GRANGE 913 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...UNTIL NOON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED ROADS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH WITH POCKETS OF MORE INTENSE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ171>173-192-041615- /O.EXP.KEWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140304T1500Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-TRAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...AUSTIN 913 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING. $$ TXZ208-223-225-041800- /O.EXP.KEWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140304T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0009.140304T1513Z-140304T1800Z/ CALDWELL-GONZALES-LAVACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKHART...GONZALES...HALLETTSVILLE 913 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE COASTAL PLAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...UNTIL NOON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED ROADS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH WITH POCKETS OF MORE INTENSE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ186-188>191-206-207-041615- /O.EXP.KEWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140304T1500Z/ KERR-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-COMAL-GUADALUPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE... BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN 913 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AND TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 43 min |
| Mar 4, 3:55 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:13 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.