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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 19, 201617 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this freeze warning at Nov 19, 2016, 2:38 AM CST for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 20, 2016, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2016, 2:38 AM CST (08:38 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 20, 2016, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 20, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
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, 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), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

696 
WWUS74 KEWX 190838
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
238 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

TXZ171>173-183>192-202>204-206-191645-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FZ.W.0002.161120T0900Z-161120T1500Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-COMAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETVILLE...UVALDE...
HONDO...NEW BRAUNFELS
238 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...RANGING FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO CROPS OR SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY OCCUR IF
  LEFT UNPROTECTED. PLEASE BRING OUTSIDE ANIMALS INSIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALLEN
3 follow-up statements
470 
WWUS74 KEWX 192053
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
253 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

TXZ171>173-183>192-202>204-206-200600-
/O.CON.KEWX.FZ.W.0002.161120T0900Z-161120T1500Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-COMAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETVILLE...UVALDE...
HONDO...NEW BRAUNFELS
253 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...RANGING FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO CROPS OR SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY OCCUR IF 
  LEFT UNPROTECTED. PLEASE BRING OUTSIDE ANIMALS INSIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
071 
WWUS74 KEWX 200858
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
258 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016

TXZ171>173-183>192-202>204-206-201500-
/O.CON.KEWX.FZ.W.0002.161120T0900Z-161120T1500Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-COMAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETVILLE...UVALDE...
HONDO...NEW BRAUNFELS
258 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TEMPERATURE...RANGING FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO CROPS OR SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY OCCUR IF 
  LEFT UNPROTECTED. PLEASE BRING OUTSIDE ANIMALS INSIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ALLEN
979 
WWUS74 KEWX 201510
NPWEWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
910 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016

TXZ171>173-183>192-202>204-206-201615-
/O.EXP.KEWX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161120T1500Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-COMAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BRACKETVILLE...UVALDE...
HONDO...NEW BRAUNFELS
910 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016

...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND WE HAVE ALLOWED THE
WARNING TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.