Winter Storm in Texas, November 28 to 29, 2001

Name: Winter Storm in Texas, November 28 to 29, 2001
Start: 2001-11-28T07:00
End: 2001-11-29T05:00
Location: Texas

November 28 to 29, 2001 · NWS EWX · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.

Very frigid arctic air moved southward into South Central Texas on the morning of November 28th, as an upper level disturbance approached from the west. The disturbance began to produce widespread rain and showers that became a combination of sleet and snow as it fell through the cold near-surface air. Snow began falling on the morning of the 29th in western Val Verde County and spread slowly eastward into the afternoon and evening. All counties along and north of a line from Eagle Pass to Uvalde to San Antonio to Lockhart and Giddings received a mixture of the sleet and snow. Ice was reported up to an inch thick over the 27-county wintery precipitation area and hundreds of automobile accidents were reported. Most county and rural roads in the area were made dangerous or unpassable for at least a few late night and early morning hours. In addition, Interstate 10 was closed due to ice across much of Kerr and Kendall Counties. Portions of the Austin and San Antonio inter-city section of the interstate freeways were also closed at time. The precipitation began to diminish from the west shortly after midnight and by sunrise had generally ended across South Central Texas. Power outages were reported across the 27-county area, with the worst being an outage of several hours to over 20,000 customers in Bexar County. School openings on the morning of the 29th were delayed in Edwards and Hays Counties. The greatest snow accumulation was 5 inches in the Pandale area in Val Verde County. Outside of Val Verde County, the greatest snow accumulation was 2 inches in Hunt, in west Central Kerr County.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 28, 3:20 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:20 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
320 AM CST WED NOV 28 2001

SEVERE TSTMS WITH TEMPS JUST ABOVE FREEZING?  NO PLACE BUT TEXAS.
CRAZY MORNING SO FAR AND PROG IS FOR TODAY TO SEE LITTLE IMPROVEMENT.
UPPER LOW WILL STILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER TODAY AND TONIGHT
THEN MOVE EASTWARD AND ALLOW FOR IMPROVING WEATHER THURSDAY.  BEFORE
THEN...WILL GO WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE HILL COUNTRY FOR
TODAY AND TONIGHT AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOSE COUNTIES
JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TSTMS MAY PERSIST INTO THE DAYTIME ALONG AND EAST OF I35 CORRIDOR.
IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...EXPECT A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW TODAY WITH MOSTLY SNOW TONIGHT.  ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATION NEAR AN INCH OR LESS.  IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
PORTION...EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN OR SLEET TODAY POSSIBLY CHANGING TO
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY.
DEPENDING ON DEVELOPMENT OF WINTER TYPE PRECIP TODAY...THIS AREA MAY
HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT.  IN THE
EXTREME SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...MOSTLY RAIN ONCE TSTMS ARE
OVER AS TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 37/27/46/30 +92
DRT 39/26/52/32 96-
SAT 38/28/48/30 +92

.EWX...WINTER STORM WARNING HILL COUNTRY TODAY AND TONIGHT.
       WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 28, 4:55 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
455 AM CST WED NOV 28 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0150 AM    PLEASANTON                TX   .88 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   ATASCOSA                       REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVERS

0155 AM    SAN ANTONIO               TX   .50 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   BEXAR                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0210 AM    15 SE SAN ANTONIO         TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   BEXAR                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0240 AM    5 NE NEW BRAUNFELS        TX   .50 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   COMAL                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0330 AM    PFLGERVILLE               TX   .75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   TRAVIS                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0350 AM    2 SE NEW BRAUNFELS        TX   .50 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   COMAL                          REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVERS

PM

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

22 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Val Verde

When: November 28, 7:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Val Verde forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.893, -101.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Gillespie

When: November 28, 12:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Gillespie forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.318, -98.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Kerr

When: November 28, 12:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Kerr forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.062, -99.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Llano

When: November 28, 12:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Llano forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.706, -98.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Bandera

When: November 28, 1:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Bandera forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.747, -99.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Burnet

When: November 28, 1:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Burnet forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.788, -98.182 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Edwards

When: November 28, 1:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Edwards forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.983, -100.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Real

When: November 28, 1:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Real forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.832, -99.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Kendall

When: November 28, 4:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Kendall forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.945, -98.712 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Maverick

When: November 28, 6:00 PM CST to November 29, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Maverick forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 28.743, -100.314 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Williamson

When: November 28, 6:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Williamson forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.648, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Blanco

When: November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Blanco forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.266, -98.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Travis

When: November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Travis forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.335, -97.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Bexar

When: November 28, 8:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Bexar forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.449, -98.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Kinney

When: November 28, 8:00 PM CST to November 29, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Kinney forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.350, -100.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Medina

When: November 28, 8:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Medina forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.356, -99.110 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Comal

When: November 28, 9:00 PM CST to November 29, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Comal forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.808, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Guadalupe

When: November 28, 9:00 PM CST to November 29, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Guadalupe forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.583, -97.949 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Uvalde

When: November 28, 9:00 PM CST to November 29, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Uvalde forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.357, -99.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Caldwell

When: November 28, 10:00 PM CST to November 29, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.837, -97.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hays

When: November 28, 11:00 PM CST to November 29, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Hays forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.058, -98.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Lee

When: November 28, 11:00 PM CST to November 29, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.311, -96.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, November 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5272114, 5272115, 5272116, 5272117, 5272118, 5272119, 5272120, 5272121, 5272122, 5272123, 5272124, 5272125, 5272126, 5272127, 5272128, 5272129, 5272130, 5272131, 5272132, 5272133, 5272134, 5272135.