Well above normal rainfall during March moved De Witt and Val Verde Counties out of Severe Drought category (Stage D2). De Witt received around three times their normal precipitation and Val Verde had 150% of normal.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Well above normal rainfall during March moved De Witt and Val Verde Counties out of Severe Drought category (Stage D2). De Witt received around three times their normal precipitation and Val Verde had 150% of normal.
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 28, 10:57 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1057 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 .AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR 06Z TAF PACKAGE... FORECAST HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH SINCE THE 00Z TAF PACKAGE...STILL THINKING IFR AND EVENTUALLY LIFR CIGS AND FG ARE LIKELY FOR ALL TERMINALS GIVEN THE HIGH AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT MAY OCCUR IN THE MID MORNING BUT OTHERWISE VERY POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT 8-12 HOURS. TB3 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 936 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015/ UPDATE... RAN ANOTHER UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS BASED ON INCREASING RADAR TRENDS. THERE ARE A STILL A FEW SPOTS STILL AT 32 DEGREES THIS EVENING...BUT CALLS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT NO ROAD PROBLEMS. HAMPSHIRE PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 603 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015/ UPDATE... WEAK WARM AIR/MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FOG ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. ADDED THE MENTION OF THE FOG TO THE FORECAST. ALSO RAN AN HOURLY GRID UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS WITH TEMPERATURES. MOST HIGH-RES GUIDANCE SHOWS A STEADY OR SLIGHTLY RISING TEMPERATURE TONIGHT WITH THE WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION IN PLACE. HAMPSHIRE PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 537 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015/ AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR 00Z TAF PACKAGE... VERY POOR AVIATION OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE ENTIRE REGION IS SOCKED IN WITH IFR CIGS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KDRT SITTING AT LOW END MVFR. ON TOP OF THAT MVFR BR OR WORSE IS BEING OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT CONDITIONS WILL ONLY WORSEN THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 12 HOURS. EXPECTING LIFR VIS/CIG CONDITIONS TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AT KAUS AND TOWARDS MORNING FOR KSAT/KSSF/KDRT. SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENT MAY OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS BUT IT LIKELY WONT BE IN THE NEXT 30+ HOURS BEFORE IMPROVEMENT ABOVE IFR CONDITIONS RETURNS. TB3 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... UPPER AIR ANALYSIS THIS MORNING SHOWED AN EAST WEST ORIENTED TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWEST STATES WITH NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. IN THE LOW LEVELS...ISENTROPIC FLOW FROM THE SOUTH WAS MOVING OVER A COLD SURFACE LAYER WITH WIDESPREAD DRIZZLE. MOIST AIR WAS TRAPPED BELOW AN 800MB-700MB INVERSION. DURING THIS PERIOD THE TROUGH IN THE WEST WILL SWING DOWN ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THIS WILL TURN THE FLOW OVER TEXAS TO THE SOUTHWEST. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA WITH DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE UPPER TROUGH IN THE WEST WILL SLOWLY DROP DOWN ALONG THE WEST COAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT COLD AIR WILL SETTLE MOVE IN AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR WINTER WEATHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK BRINGING DRY WEATHER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 35 53 45 57 54 / 60 20 40 30 30 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 35 53 44 58 54 / 70 20 40 30 30 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 36 57 48 61 54 / 60 20 30 30 30 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 32 50 41 53 53 / 40 20 40 30 40 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 42 62 50 66 55 / 20 10 20 20 20 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 34 51 42 55 54 / 50 20 50 30 30 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 40 60 50 64 53 / 30 20 20 30 30 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 35 55 47 59 54 / 60 20 30 30 30 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 42 59 51 62 61 / 70 30 30 40 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 37 58 50 62 56 / 40 20 20 30 30 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 38 59 51 63 56 / 40 20 20 30 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...03 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...29 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...00
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 210 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-012015- 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- 210 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF A MARBLE FALLS TO KERRVILLE LINE. PATCHY...VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 609 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 TXZ171-172-186-188-010400- LLANO-BURNET-KERR-GILLESPIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...KERRVILLE... FREDERICKSBURG 609 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 .LOW LYING AREAS COULD SEE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING... LOCATIONS IN LOW LYING AREAS MAY SEE SOME VERY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING DUE TO FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR LLANO...BURNET...KERR...AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES. WHILE MOST LOCATIONS ARE REPORTING TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING...SOME OBSERVATIONS IN LOW LYING AREAS...SPECIFICALLY NEAR THE RIVER CHANNELS...ARE STILL BELOW FREEZING AND MAY SEE A LIGHT ICE GLAZING. NO MAJOR TRAVEL HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED BUT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE SLICK IN THESE COLDER LOCATIONS AND COULD PRESENT SOME SLIPPERY ISSUES FOR VEHICLES. TB3
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 949 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 TXZ171-172-186-188-011200- LLANO-BURNET-KERR-GILLESPIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...KERRVILLE... FREDERICKSBURG 949 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...LOW LYING AREAS COULD SEE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT... LOCATIONS IN LOW LYING AREAS MAY SEE SOME VERY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT DUE TO FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR LLANO...BURNET...KERR...AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES. WHILE MOST LOCATIONS ARE REPORTING TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING...SOME OBSERVATIONS IN LOW LYING AREAS...SPECIFICALLY NEAR THE RIVER CHANNELS...ARE STILL BELOW FREEZING AND MAY SEE A LIGHT ICE GLAZING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY HOVER VERY NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT SO SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR. NO MAJOR TRAVEL HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED BUT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOCALIZED AREAS MAY BE SLICK AND COULD PRESENT SOME SLIPPERY ISSUES FOR VEHICLES. TB3
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
De Witt County received around three times their normal precipitation in March with enough early in the month to move them out of Severe Drought category (Stage D2).
Val Verde County had 150% of normal rainfall during March and they moved out of Severe Drought category (Stage D2).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2015
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: 566616, 566617.