Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 9, 2015, 7:10 PM CST for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 21 hr. 31 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 9, 2015, 7:10 PM CST (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2015, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar 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, Kinney 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 9, 7:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Anderson Mill, TX | SMALL PATCHES OF ICE FORMING ON COMMUNITY MAILBOXES IN ANDERSON MILL. |
| Jan 9, 8:59 PM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | 1 Se Jollyville, TX | |
| Jan 9, 10:40 PM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | 5 Ne Hollywood Park, TX | FREEZING DRIZZLE BEGINNING TO FORM AND ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Jan 9, 11:13 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 Wnw New Braunfels, TX | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN FORMING ON VEHICLE AND ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Jan 9, 11:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Bandera, TX | DECK FROZEN FROM FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 9, 11:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Bandera, TX | DECK FROZEN FROM FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 9, 11:40 PM CST | FREEZING DRIZZLE | Cedar Park, TX | WATER DROPS FROZEN ON BACKYARD TRAMPOLINE. |
| Jan 10, 12:37 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.08 | 7 Wnw Johnson City, TX | COCORAHS OBSERVER REPORTS BETWEEN 1/16 AND 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATING ON VEHICLES. |
| Jan 10, 4:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Rocksprings, TX | SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED SOME LIGHT ICING ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND THE ROADS. |
| Jan 10, 4:59 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Fredericksburg, TX | GILLESPIE COUNTY REPORTS A COUPLE OF ACCIDENTS DUE TO ICY BRIDGES ALONG HIGHWAY 290 EAST OF FREDERICKSBURG |
| Jan 10, 5:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Ne Hollywood Park, TX | CONNECTOR RAMPS AT LOOP 1604 AND HWY 281 CLOSED DUE TO ICE |
| Jan 10, 7:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 4 Sse Jollyville, TX | ICE ACCUMULATION AT TX-360 AND MOPAC |
| Jan 10, 7:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 Nne Mountain Home, TX | ICE ON I-10 FROM SH16 TO KERR KIMBLE COUNTY LINE |
| Jan 10, 7:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 6 Sw Kerrville State Pa, TX | ICE ON SH16 FROM KERRVILLE TO THE KERR-BANDERA COUNTY LINE |
| Jan 10, 7:35 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 4 Sse Jollyville, TX | ICE ON BRAKER LANE OVER N MOPAC |
| Jan 10, 7:47 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Utopia, TX | ICE ACCUMULATING ON TREES...ROOF...AND PORCHES |
| Jan 10, 7:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Nne Balcones Heights, TX | LOOP 410 AT I-10 CLOSED DUE TO ICE |
| Jan 10, 7:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Wnw San Antonio, TX | PART OF I-10 EASTBOUND UPPER LEVEL TO I-35 INTCHG CLOSED DUE TO ICE |
| Jan 10, 7:55 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Wnw San Antonio, TX | PART OF I-10 EASTBOUND UPPER LEVEL TO I-35 INTCHG CLOSED DUE TO ICE |
| Jan 10, 7:55 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 W Shavano Park, TX | I-10 EAST WEST RAMPS AT LOOP 1604 CLOSED DUE TO EXTREMELY ICY CONDITIONS |
| Jan 10, 8:02 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 4 Nw Sabinal, TX | ICE ACCUMULATING ON PORCH |
| Jan 10, 8:05 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Nne Anderson Mill, TX | ACCIDENT ON 183 NORTHBOUND OVER 620 DUE TO ICE |
| Jan 10, 8:05 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 Wnw New Braunfels, TX | LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Jan 10, 8:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 8 Wnw Johnson City, TX | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TEMPERATURE 30 DEGREES. |
| Jan 10, 8:25 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 7 Wnw Leakey, TX | ICE ON RM337 BETWEEN LEAKEY AND CAMP WOOD |
| Jan 10, 8:26 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Sabinal, TX | ICE ACCUMULATING ON PARKED VEHICLES |
| Jan 10, 9:12 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 N Johnson City, TX | ICE FORMING ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Jan 10, 10:19 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 S Briggs, TX | PATCHY ICE ON 183 SOUTH OF BRIGGS TO THE WILLIAMSON CO LINE |
| Jan 10, 10:31 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Utopia, TX | LIGHT SLEET MIXING WITH RAIN |
| Jan 10, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Spring Branch, TX | A FEW SNOW FLURRIES OBSERVED |
| Jan 10, 3:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.11 | Burnet, TX | ICE ACCRETION FROM SENSOR AS OF 21Z |
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 (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
842 WWUS44 KEWX 100110 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 710 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO COOL TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WITH MOST AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT EXPECTED TO REACH TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES BY MIDNIGHT. MAINLY PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BUT A FEW AREAS OF THE HILL COUNTRY HAVE ALREADY CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. MAINLY ELEVATED SURFACES SHOULD BE IMPACTED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...THE RAIN CHANCES AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL INCREASE...WITH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON SOLID SURFACES OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH ABOVE FREEZING OR LONG ENOUGH TO MELT THE ACCUMULATED ICE. THUS THE THREAT FOR ICY ROADS COULD EXTEND INTO SATURDAY EVENING. MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD FALL INTO A RANGE FROM 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...A FEW SLEET SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WITH A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...THE FREEZING LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE BRACKETTVILLE...SAN ANTONIO...AUSTIN AND BASTROP AREAS JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK. SOME LIGHT ICING IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MAINLY ELEVATED SURFACES SATURDAY MORNING...BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT. TXZ171-172-183>190-101800- /O.UPG.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WS.W.0001.150110T0110Z-150111T0600Z/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO 710 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON MANY ELEVATED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS/EDWARDS PLATEAU...HILL COUNTRY AND AREAS ALONG THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT. MANY NON-ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO THE PROLONGED COLD TEMPERATURES A SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE RANGE FROM 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE ISOLATED BANDS OF SLEET THAT COULD ENHANCE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN HILL COUNTRY. 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. && $$ TXZ173-191>194-202>208-101800- /O.CON.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BASTROP...GIDDINGS...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO... SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART 710 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 12 PM CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ACCUMULATE ON MANY ELEVATED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES OVER AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 35 INCLUDING THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS. SOME NON-ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY BRIEFLY ENCOUNTER SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO THE PROLONGED COLD TEMPERATURES AND SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE FROM A TRACE TO FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET COULD SUPPORT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/10 OF AN INCH ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
651 WWUS44 KEWX 100320 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO COOL TEMPERATURES...WITH MOST AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT EXPECTED TO REACH TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL INCREASE INTO RAIN SHOWERS MIXED WITH SLEET SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...AND THE EARLY ONSET OF FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL ENABLE SEVERAL HOURS OF POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. MOST ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD FALL INTO A RANGE FROM 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET SHOWERS COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY...TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH ABOVE FREEZING OR LONG ENOUGH TO MELT THE ACCUMULATED ICE. THUS THE THREAT FOR ICY ROADS COULD EXTEND INTO SATURDAY EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...AREAS FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN MAY EXPERIENCE A SHORTER FREEZING PERIOD...WITH IMPROVING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ173-191-192-202>206-101800- /O.UPG.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING NOW INCLUDES THE METRO CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. * TIMING...THROUGH 12 PM CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO HONDO TO SELMA TO PFLUGERVILLE CAN EXPECT ICING TO DEVELOP ON MANY SOLID ROAD SURFACES...WHILE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ONLY LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET COULD SUPPORT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. 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. && $$ TXZ171-172-183>190-101800- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO HONDO TO SELMA TO PFLUGERVILLE CAN EXPECT ICING TO DEVELOP ON MANY SOLID ROAD SURFACES...WHILE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ONLY LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET COULD SUPPORT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. && $$ TXZ193-194-207-208-101800- /O.CON.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH NOON CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SOME NON- ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY BRIEFLY ENCOUNTER SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS... MAINLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 AM AND NOON CST SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MOST ICING IS EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND MINOR...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF SLEET TO DEVELOP PRODUCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER 1/10 INCH. SOLID ICING AREAS SHOULD MELT AS TEMPERATURE RETURN TO ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
028 WWUS44 KEWX 100346 CCA WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...CORRECTION TO TIMING BULLET IN FIRST GROUP... ...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO COOL TEMPERATURES...WITH MOST AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT EXPECTED TO REACH TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL INCREASE INTO RAIN SHOWERS MIXED WITH SLEET SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...AND THE EARLY ONSET OF FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL ENABLE SEVERAL HOURS OF POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. MOST ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD FALL INTO A RANGE FROM 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET SHOWERS COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY...TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH ABOVE FREEZING OR LONG ENOUGH TO MELT THE ACCUMULATED ICE. THUS THE THREAT FOR ICY ROADS COULD EXTEND INTO SATURDAY EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...AREAS FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN MAY EXPERIENCE A SHORTER FREEZING PERIOD...WITH IMPROVING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ173-191-192-202>206-101800- /O.UPG.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ /O.COR.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING NOW INCLUDES THE METRO CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO HONDO TO SELMA TO PFLUGERVILLE CAN EXPECT ICING TO DEVELOP ON MANY SOLID ROAD SURFACES...WHILE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ONLY LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET COULD SUPPORT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. 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. && $$ TXZ171-172-183>190-101800- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO HONDO TO SELMA TO PFLUGERVILLE CAN EXPECT ICING TO DEVELOP ON MANY SOLID ROAD SURFACES...WHILE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ONLY LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET COULD SUPPORT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. 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. && $$ TXZ193-194-207-208-101800- /O.COR.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART 920 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH NOON CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SOME NON- ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY BRIEFLY ENCOUNTER SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS... MAINLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 AM AND NOON CST SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MOST ICING IS EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND MINOR...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF SLEET TO DEVELOP PRODUCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER 1/10 INCH. SOLID ICING AREAS SHOULD MELT AS TEMPERATURE RETURN TO ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
631 WWUS44 KEWX 101141 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 541 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU TODAY... .SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD IN PLACE AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. MANY AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO UP TO AUSTIN...WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING. PATCHES OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MOST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 1/10 OF AN INCH...BUT AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...BANDS OF SLEET SHOWERS AND MODERATE FREEZING RAIN COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/4 INCH. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY...TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH ABOVE FREEZING OR LONG ENOUGH TO MELT THE ACCUMULATED ICE. THUS THE THREAT FOR ICY ROADS COULD EXTEND INTO THIS EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...AREAS FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN MAY EXPERIENCE A SHORTER FREEZING PERIOD...WITH IMPROVING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-102300- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE... HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 541 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO HONDO TO SELMA TO PFLUGERVILLE CAN EXPECT ICING TO DEVELOP ON MANY SOLID ROAD SURFACES...WHILE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ONLY LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER... BANDS OF SLEET COULD SUPPORT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THIS EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. 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. && $$ TXZ193-194-207-208-101800- /O.CON.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART 541 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH NOON CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SOME NON- ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY BRIEFLY ENCOUNTER SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 AM AND NOON CST TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MOST ICING IS EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND MINOR...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF SLEET TO DEVELOP PRODUCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER 1/10 INCH. SOLID ICING AREAS SHOULD MELT AS TEMPERATURE RETURN TO ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
685 WWUS44 KEWX 101807 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1207 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 90... .SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD IN PLACE AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AREAS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 90 COULD SEE SOME ADDITIONAL...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TODAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. MOST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 1/10 OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LANGTRY TO MEDINA TO BURNET LINE COULD SEE BANDS OF SLEET SHOWERS AND MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WITH ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE. TXZ173-191-192-202>206-102200- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0002.150110T1807Z-150110T2200Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 1207 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...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 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 90. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 1/10 OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. 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. && $$ TXZ193-194-207-208-101915- /O.CAN.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150110T1800Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART 1207 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES. $$ TXZ183-184-110000- /O.EXT.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0000Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS 1207 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LANGTRY TO ROCKSPRINGS LINE. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 6 PM AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DECREASE. 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. && $$ TXZ171-172-185>190-110245- /O.CON.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ LLANO-BURNET-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE... BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO 1207 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEAKEY TO MEDINA TO BURNET CAN EXPECT LIGHT ICING TO CONTINUE ON MANY SOLID ROAD SURFACES AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD KEEP TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. && $$
934 WWUS44 KEWX 102230 WSWEWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 430 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU... .SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS REMAINS AND IT IS HOLDING IN PLACE AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU COULD SEE LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. MOST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM A TRACE TO FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A KERRVILLE TO JOHNSON CITY TO BURNET LINE COULD SEE BANDS OF SLEET SHOWERS AND MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WITH ISOLATED ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1/10 OF AN INCH OF ICE. TXZ183-184-110000- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0003.150110T2230Z-150111T0000Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS 430 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LANGTRY TO ROCKSPRINGS LINE. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM A TRACE TO FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. 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. && $$ TXZ171-172-185>190-110600- /O.CAN.KEWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150111T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0003.150110T2230Z-150111T0600Z/ LLANO-BURNET-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE... BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO 430 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REMAINS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A KERRVILLE TO JOHNSON CITY TO BURNET LINE. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE LIGHT ICING MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED LINE WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM A TRACE TO 1/10 OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS PUSHES TO THE NORTHEAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ173-191-192-202>206-102330- /O.EXP.KEWX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150110T2200Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS 430 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EARLIER ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ESCARPMENT AND NORTH OF U.S. 90 WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH ONLY COLD RAIN EXPECTED. $$
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 9, 6:13 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:13 PM CST, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 613 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 .AVIATION.../00Z TAF CYCLE/ MODERATE TO HIGH AVIATION IMPACTS LIKELY DURING THIS TAF PERIOD WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. LIGHT PRECIPITATION MOVING FROM SW TO NE IN COMBINATION WITH NEAR FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORTING WINTER MIX AND THEN A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX OVERNIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HILL COUNTRY BUT ALL TERMINALS WILL BE IMPACTED WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. KDRT IS STILL ABOVE FREEZING AS OF 00Z BUT WILL DROP TO NEAR 32F DEGREES NEAR MIDNIGHT WITH BEST CHANCE OF -FZRA/PL 06-16Z. KSAT/KSSF/KAUS ARE OBSERVING -DZ AS OF 00Z WITH GRADUAL DROP IN TEMPERATURES AND PERIODS OF -FZRA/PL COULD BE POSSIBLE 06-18Z. A SLIGHT WARM UP IN THE AFTERNOON WILL HELP -DZ/-RA FALL BUT SOME LIGHT -FZDZ MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11/06Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING BUT HIGH END MVFR SHOULD OCCUR WITH ONSET OF PRECIP OVERNIGHT WITH CIGS FALLING SLIGHTLY LOWER TOWARDS OVC015 BY THE AFTERNOON. MVFR SHOULD CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WITH VCSH/VCFZDZ. SURFACE WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 10-15 KT AS IF 00Z AND WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT OR BELOW 10 KT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SOME VEERING TOWARDS THE EAST. /ALLEN/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 328 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... LIGHT PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING AS CLUSTERS OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE ARRIVE FROM NORTHEAST MEXICO. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...A COLDER AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO PUSH SOUTHWARD AND SPREAD OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SHORT WINDOW ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY FOR LIMITED TO NO RAIN THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...RAIN CHANCES INCREASE RAPIDLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS PUSHES ACROSS THE PECOS AREA INTO CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WITH THE PUSH OF YET...ANOTHER POLAR AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY DROP TO FREEZING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS/EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY. WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE ON FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...WE OPTED TO ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO COVER THE CHANCES FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED...MAINLY ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SATURDAY ALONG A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO BASTROP LINE. OUR THINKING AT THIS TIME IS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING SOUTH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED LINE WITH COLD RAIN/LIQUID ANTICIPATED. HIRES MODELS SUCH AS HRRR/SREF/ARW/NMM AND SYNOPTIC MODELS (NAM/GFS) ARE IN FAIR TO GOOD AGREEMENT ON SEVERAL RAIN BANDS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...PLACEMENT ON THESE BANDS DIFFER FROM MODEL TO MODEL WITH TWO DISTINCT AREAS. THE FIRST AREA IS ACROSS SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE/EDWARDS PLATEAU WITH A FEW HIRES KEYING ON A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BANDING FROM DEL RIO TO MOUNTAIN HOME TO LLANO. THE SECOND AREA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND PUSH TO THE NORTHEAST PARALLEL TO INTERSTATE 35 WITH THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. SUMMARIZING THE ABOVE...RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES FALL NEAR AND BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING AT SUCH THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY...ALONG AND NORTH OF DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO BASTROP LINE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS/EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE IMPACTED WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION OF FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. ALONG INTERSTATE 35 AND THIS INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METRO AREAS... ..OUR BEST GUESS AND TIME FRAME FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS AROUND 4 AM TO 11 AM SATURDAY. ONCE AGAIN...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AND COULD HAVE TRAVEL IMPACTS ON COUNTRY ROADS...ELEVATED SURFACES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH FOR THIS WINTER EVENT...MAINLY ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU/WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE FOR THE MOST PARTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LIQUID PRECIPITATION. CAN'T RULE OUT FEW HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY AS TEMPS FALL NEAR 32 DEGREES. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON SUNDAY FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES TO THE NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... THERE WILL BE RAIN CHANCES THE UPCOMING WEEK AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE MID WEEK...HOWEVER...ZONAL FLOW IS FORECAST TO DRY THINGS OUT FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 31 35 34 48 40 / 30 50 60 40 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 31 36 32 47 38 / 30 50 60 40 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 32 36 34 50 40 / 40 50 50 40 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 28 34 32 49 39 / 20 50 50 40 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 33 39 34 53 39 / 50 40 10 10 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 29 35 32 48 38 / 20 50 60 40 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 32 37 34 53 38 / 50 50 50 20 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 31 35 34 48 39 / 30 50 60 40 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 33 38 36 48 43 / 30 60 60 50 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 32 37 35 52 40 / 40 50 50 30 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 33 37 34 52 40 / 40 50 50 30 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL... COMAL...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR... KINNEY...LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...15 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...18 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...30
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 4:23 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 423 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-102230- 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- 423 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO BASTROP LINE. PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LEADING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMSTOCK TO BOERNE TO GIDDINGS LINE. TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...PARTICULARLY OVER ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO BASTROP LINE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO BASTROP LINE. AT THIS TIME...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATION OVER THE HILL COUNTRY. TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...PARTICULARLY OVER ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AS A COLD RAIN CONTINUES. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...SOME LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE ENCOURAGED IF APPRECIABLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 9, 5:59 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
559 PM CST FRI JAN 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0504 PM SLEET BOERNE 29.80N 98.74W
01/09/2015 E0.0 INCH KENDALL TX BROADCAST MEDIA
TRACE AMOUNT OF SLEET
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1500006
SBSLocal storm report, Jan 9, 6:30 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
630 PM CST FRI JAN 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM FREEZING RAIN 8 WNW JOHNSON CITY 30.32N 98.53W
01/09/2015 E0.00 INCH BLANCO TX COCORAHS
LIGHT RAIN TURNING TO ICE.
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1500007
SBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 12:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kinney, Medina, Travis and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:30 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 4 more | 8 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.