A cold front moved through South Central Texas during the evening of November 21 after a record high was recorded in San Antonio. Below normal temperatures were observed the next two days.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A cold front moved through South Central Texas during the evening of November 21 after a record high was recorded in San Antonio. Below normal temperatures were observed the next two days.
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 22, 11:38 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1138 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007 .AVIATION... VFR CIGS OVC035-070 WILL PREVAIL. ISOLD TO SCT SHRA/IP AND OCNL TS CAN BE EXPECTED EAST OF A AQO TO COT LINE THRU 11Z. ISOLD SHRA WILL REDEVELOP AFTER 02Z. NLY WINDS 5 TO 15 KTS WILL BECOME E TO SE AFTER 16Z. && .ATTENTION AVIATION INTERESTS... THE TAF FOR SAN MARCOS AIRPORT (KHYI) WILL BE NIL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...AND EVENTUALLY TERMINATED AFTER ALL PARTIES ARE NOTIFIED AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CHANGES MADE. THERE IS NO PRESENT WEATHER SENSOR AT KHYI...WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY COMPROMISES THE CAPABILITY FOR AN ACCURATE TAF. WE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATE AN EQUIPMENT UPGRADE AND THE ADDITION OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WEATHER OBSERVATIONS TO ALLOW TAF SERVICE TO RESUME IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1124 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007/ UPDATE... SLEET SHOWER MOVED ACROSS KBAZ IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES. SLEET SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH RADAR REFLECTIVITY OF 50DBZ OR HIGHER. PRODUCTS UPDATED TO ADD MENTION OF BRIEF LIGHT SLEET THRU 3 AM CST FRIDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1102 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007/ UPDATE... ELEVATED CONVECTION PRODUCING A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES FROM SAN MARCOS TO BASTROP. UPDATED GRIDS TO INCLUDE THUNDER THRU 3 AM FRIDAY. GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS UPDATED. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 824 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007/ UPDATE... FORGOT TO ADD THAT OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED UPWARD A COUPLE OF DEGREES BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND THE 18Z MAV MOS GUIDANCE. THIS EVENING AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND WAS ALLOWING ISENTROPIC LIFT TO INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS/SPRINKLES. THE AIRMASS BELOW THE CLOUD BASES IS STILL VERY DRY SO ANY PCPN PRODUCING A RADAR REFLECTIVITY OF 25DBZ OR LOWER IS LIKELY NOT REACHING THE GROUND. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF OUR CWFA BY FRIDAY MORNING. GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS UPDATED. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 537 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007/ AVIATION... VFR CIGS OVC-BKN050-080 WILL PREVAIL. SOME -SHRA CAN BE EXPECTED THRU 10Z AND HAVE INDICATED VCSH AT TAF SITES. NLY WINDS 5 TO 15 KTS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT AND BECOME E TO SE 5 TO 15 KTS AFTER 15Z. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007/ DISCUSSION... MOSTLY CLOUDY...DAMP...AND CHILLY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DEVELOPS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW BEGINS TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS. POPS WILL PEAK LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW IS PERCHED JUST WEST OF THE BIG BEND REGION...AND DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PROGRESSES OVER EAST TEXAS. DESPITE THE LIKELIHOOD FOR RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AREA- WIDE AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AT OR BELOW 1-1.5 INCHES FOR THE 3-DAY TOTAL. SOME HIGHER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS THE ATMOSPHERE IS MORE MOISTURE-LADEN ACROSS THIS REGION. BRIEF SLEET IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND EXTREME WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AS THE UPPER LOW PUSHES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATE SUNDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST. A RETURN OF SOME SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...ALLOWING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S. MID- TO LONG-RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A SLIGHT WARMING TREND UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL PUSH GULF MOISTURE BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING OFF THE COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA. THE GFS PULLS THIS SYSTEM NORTHEAST AND ABSORBS IT INTO THE GREATER FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. THIS PATTERN WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY THURSDAY. FOR THE TIME BEING...HAVE GONE CLOSE TO GFS NUMBERS WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 70S AND SLT TO LOW-END CHC POPS ON THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 39 56 42 44 38 / 20 10 70 90 70 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 39 54 45 47 40 / 20 10 70 90 70 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 36 58 45 52 38 / 10 10 40 30 60 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 39 57 45 47 38 / 20 10 70 90 70 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 13/04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 341 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231200- 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- 341 PM CST THU NOV 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A SLEET AND RAIN MIXTURE IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was found dead outdoors and his death was ruled to be probable hypothermia. His body was shirtless and shoeless when it was discovered. The low temperature that morning was 42 degrees.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Bexar | 2007-11-23 | 67 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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