An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace; however one spot in Real County estimated two inches.
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 Jan 22, 10:49 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1049 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...BUT LOWERING TO THE UPPER END OF IFR CATEGORY OVERNIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE TONIGHT WITH SPEEDS AVERAGING 10 TO 18 KNOTS. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT RAIN IS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. CIGS AND VSBYS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS ARE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 903 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015/ UPDATE... MINOR UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BASED ON RECENT OBSERVATIONS...WE HAVE INCREASED WIND SPEEDS/GUSTS SLIGHTLY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT. ALSO...BASED ON INCOMING MODEL DATA WE HAVE EXPANDED THE MENTION OF A LIGHT RAIN/SNOW MIX INTO BURNET COUNTY. AGREE WITH PREVIOUS THINKING THAT THE LOW-LEVELS WILL REMAIN TOO WARM TO ALLOW FOR ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NO OTHER CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 551 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015/ AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS AREA TERMINALS. LIGHT RAIN IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL BRING CIGS DOWN TO IFR BETWEEN 03Z/04Z AND 07Z/08Z FRIDAY. ACROSS DRT...IFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT OR AROUND 09Z. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING WITH SKIES CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS AREA SITES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS TO PREVAIL FOR THE PERIOD. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 240 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... WET PATTERN CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER FAR WESTERN TEXAS MOVES ACROSS TEXAS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ISENTROPIC LIFT WANES WITH MOISTURE LEVELS SLOWLY DECREASING THIS EVENING AS LEAD SHORT-WAVE AND A SURFACE LOW MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. SYNOPTIC LIFT STRENGTHENS OVERNIGHT WITH AREAS OF RAIN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU INTO HILL COUNTRY SHOW SNOW AS THE PRECIPITATION TYPE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...EXPECT BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES TO BE ABOVE FREEZING AND HAVE GONE WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX AND NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SHOULD STRONGER DYNAMICAL COOLING TAKE PLACE...THEN ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING KEEPING THEM SLIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST LATE FRIDAY MORNING TO MIDDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES ACROSS OUR AREA. CLOUDS DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE IN THE SHORT-TERM. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MAY WEAKEN DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE NEXT WEEK ALLOWING AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WELL WEST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA TO OPEN UP AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE FORECAST AS CHANCES OF RAIN WILL WAIT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK AT THE EARLIEST WHEN THE FORMER BAJA LOW APPROACHES. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A COUPLE OF WEAK COLD FRONTS ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING TOO FAR ABOVE AVERAGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 40 50 36 61 40 / 60 50 - 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 40 50 33 60 36 / 60 50 - 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 40 51 35 61 38 / 60 50 - 0 0 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 38 48 33 58 36 / 60 50 - 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 39 54 34 62 39 / 70 20 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 38 49 34 59 37 / 60 50 - 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 39 53 31 63 36 / 60 50 0 0 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 40 50 34 61 37 / 60 50 - 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 42 49 37 60 41 / 50 50 - 0 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 41 51 36 62 39 / 60 50 0 0 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 41 52 34 63 39 / 60 50 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...17 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...24 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 710 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015 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- 710 PM CST THU JAN 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF EDWARDS...REAL...AND KERR COUNTIES. IF LIGHT SNOW DOES FALL...NO TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES WILL STAY MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace, but across northern Real County there were reports of 2 inches of snow.
An upper level trough combined with warm moist flow over cold surface air to produce snow across South Central Texas. Snow accumulated mainly on grassy areas. Snowfall totals were generally a trace.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 557619, 557620, 557621, 557622, 557623, 557624, 557625, 557626, 557627, 557628.