A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation. Precipitation was a mix of sleet and freezing drizzle.
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A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation. Precipitation was a mix of sleet and freezing drizzle. Sleet was first reported in Travis County and spread to Kerr and Williamson. There was some light icing on elevated surfaces.
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 Feb 23, 12:33 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1233 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 .UPDATE... CURRENT RADAR OBS SHOWING SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIP DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AT THE MOMENT. IR SATELLITE SHOWS SOME COOLING CLOUD TOPS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS WELL. WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED SLEET MENTION IN THE GRIDS AS THE WARM LAYER IS VERY DEEP AND THINKING ALL PRECIP THAT FALLS SHOULD BE FREEZING RAIN. ALSO MODIFIED THE POP GRIDS FOR THE NEXT 6 HOURS TO REFLECT THE LATEST HI-RES AND ACTUAL RADAR DEPICTIONS. SEEING SOME NON OFFICIAL TEMP REPORTS OF UPPER 20S ON THE PLATEAU. LOOKS LIKE THE HRRR/RAP ARE DEPICTING THIS AS WELL SO ADJUSTED HOURLY TRENDS A BIT COOLER. HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS AS OF YET FROM CURRENT RADAR RETURNS BUT IMAGINE THIS WOULD BE FREEZING DRIZZLE. TB3 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1120 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015/ AVIATION.../06Z TAF CYCLE/ POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS OVER THE PERIOD WITH MVFR TO IFR CIGS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS ACROSS ALL TERMINALS AND A CHANCE OF -FZDZ AT KAUS 23/18-00Z. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ON IMPACTFUL FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING AT KAUS BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE 31-33F DEGREE CUSP. ANOTHER AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE ELEVATED ICING CONDITIONS IN THE 500-4,000 FT LAYER ON TAKE OFF AND APPROACH FOR ALL TERMINALS (BUT ESPECIALLY FOR KAUS). LASTLY...GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE ONGOING TO NEAR 30 KT AND ELEVATED SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ALL OF MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY TAPPER DOWN LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING BUT SOME SPORADIC LIGHT PRECIPITATION COULD BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR KAUS. /ALLEN/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1050 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015/ UPDATE... CONTINUED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. UPDATED THE PRODUCT KEEPING THE SUBSTANCE THE SAME. FRESHENED THE DISCUSSION SECTION. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 951 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015/ UPDATE... HOURLY TEMPERATURE FORECAST IS TRACKING WELL WITH OBSERVATIONS. FREEZING LINE STRETCHES FROM HAMILTON TO BRADY TO SONORA TO OZONA. STILL EXPECTING FREEZING TEMPS TO REACH OUR NORTHERN BORDER AROUND MIDNIGHT AND EXTEND TO SOUTH AND EAST. THE CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ADEQUATELY COVERING THE SITUATION. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 713 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015/ UPDATE... WINDS ARE A LITTLE STRONGER AND GUSTIER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. HAVE ADJUSTED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT THESE STRONGER WINDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HAVE ALSO INCREASED THE GUSTS TO BETTER REFLECT THE SITUATION. THE REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. COLD AIR IS SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY SOUTHWARD. THE FREEZING LINE IS CURRENTLY FROM STEPHENVILLE TO COMANCHE TO SAN ANGELO. OUR TIMING OF FREEZING TEMPS REACHING OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT STILL LOOKS GOOD. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... BREEZY NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A COOLER AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS WILL PUSH TO THE SOUTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY AS A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY PUSHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND COASTAL PLAINS. HOWEVER...THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY. WITH UPPER LEVEL ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE IN PLACE...EXPECT LIGHT RAIN TO MIX INTO A WINTER MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO THE FREEZING MARK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL...WITH POSSIBLE MINOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE ELEVATED SURFACES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF A PANDALE TO BLANCO TO GEORGETOWN. EVEN THOUGH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY COVERS TRAVIS COUNTY...WE ARE NOT EXPECTING FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE METRO AREA BUT THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SAME THING FOR HAYS COUNTY. TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE A HARD TIME ON MONDAY TRYING TO COME UP FROM THE MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY WITH LOWER 40S EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90. VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ARE URGE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AS THE SCENARIO COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN ONLY FEW DEGREES THAN FORECAST. RAIN CHANCES WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS A WINDOW FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES/HILL COUNTRY AREA. STAY TUNED FOR LATEST FORECAST UPDATES AND INFORMATION AS THIS WINTER EVENT UNFOLDS. LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... PRECIPITATION WILL BE EXITING THE AREA BY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHTLY WARMING TREND EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. DRY AND COOL WEATHER EXPECTED THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK WITH SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 36 30 43 36 58 / 70 30 20 40 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 37 30 43 34 57 / 70 30 20 40 20 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 39 32 45 36 61 / 70 30 20 30 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 32 26 42 33 57 / 70 30 20 30 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 43 36 54 41 68 / 40 10 - 10 10 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 35 28 42 34 57 / 70 30 20 40 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 41 33 50 37 65 / 60 30 10 20 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 37 31 44 36 59 / 70 30 20 40 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 40 32 43 37 57 / 70 40 30 40 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 40 33 46 38 62 / 60 30 20 20 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 42 34 47 38 63 / 60 30 20 30 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...EDWARDS... GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...LLANO...REAL...TRAVIS...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...03 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 TXZ171>173-183>192-240415- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS- 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE TO LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. THE MAIN IMPACT WINDOW WILL BE GREATEST FROM 3AM TO 3PM FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND FROM 10AM TO 6PM FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY AND INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION AS GROUND TEMPERATURES COOL. FREEZING LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE AFTERNOON AND SOME MINOR TRAVEL IMPACTS COULD DEVELOP. SLICK BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...SIDEWALKS...AND LIGHTLY TRAVELED ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED A TENTH OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO SAN MARCOS TO GIDDINGS LINE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...LITTLE TO ONLY A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AND OVERALL IMPACTS SHOULD BE LIMITED. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING RAPIDLY THROUGH LATE MORNING TUESDAY...ENDING THE RISK OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IF ICE ACCUMULATIONS BEGIN. TXZ193-194-202>209-217>225-228-240415- BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES- DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 1001 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM THE NORTH COUPLED WITH RICH GULF MOISTURE WILL BRING OVERCAST SKIES AND A COLD LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE TO THE AREA BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING. CURRENTLY NO FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BUT STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS THERE EXISTS AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL OF THE FREEZING LINE TO PUSH FARTHER SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ALLEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 357 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 TXZ193-194-202>209-240000- BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...BRACKETTVILLE... UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN... LOCKHART...LA GRANGE 357 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015 .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL BRING NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND DRIZZLE TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY... COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BEGINNING TODAY AND BRING TEMPERATURES TO NEAR FREEZING. ALSO...RICH GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE IN OVERTOP THIS COLD AIR AND BRING OVERCAST SKIES WITH COLD DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST FOR LOCATIONS ON THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAN MARCOS TO BASTROP TO GIDDINGS. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE IS CURRENTLY CONFINED TO THESE MORE NORTHERN LOCATIONS WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN THE LOCATION OF THE FREEZING LINE IS LOW AND THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE TO INCLUDE LOCATIONS FARTHER SOUTH IF IT BEGINS LOOKING LIKE THAT WILL BE NEEDED. IF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RAIN WERE TO OCCUR...ONLY A LIGHT GLAZING ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES WOULD BE EXPECTED. ROADWAYS SHOULD REMAIN LARGELY UNAFFECTED BUT SLICK SPOTS MAY BE POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND OUTDOOR STEPS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND RAIN POTENTIAL SHOULD END BY MID DAY TUESDAY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY WEATHER AWARE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND CHECK BACK FOR ANY UPDATES. TB3
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation. Precipitation was a mix of sleet and freezing drizzle. Sleet was first reported in Travis County and spread to Kerr and Williamson. There was some light icing on elevated surfaces.
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation. Precipitation was a mix of sleet and freezing drizzle. Sleet was first reported in Travis County and spread to Kerr and Williamson. There was some light icing on elevated surfaces.
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation. Precipitation was a mix of sleet and freezing drizzle. Sleet was first reported in Travis County and spread to Kerr and Williamson. There was some light icing on elevated surfaces.
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