Texas, 2015Winter Weather in Texas, March 4 to 5, 2015
March 4 to 5, 2015 · NWS EWX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
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- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
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 Mar 4, 9:14 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 9:14 PM CST, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
914 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015
.UPDATE...
OPTED TO MOVE UP THE START TIME OF THE WSW DUE TO REPORTS OF
FREEZING AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES NOTED ON LCRA HYDROMET AS
WELL AS SITES ALONG THE CWA BORDER WITH SJT. RADAR TRENDS ARE
INDICATING PLENTY OF CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT WITH THE RAIN...EVEN
RESULTING IN THUNDER. WHILE HI-RES MODELS SHOW THIS CONVECTIVE
POTENTIAL DROPPING OFF AROUND 08-09Z...TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY
VERY NEAR FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA AND AT OR BELOW
IN THE NORTHERN AREAS. IF ANY ICING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...THEN IT WOULD ACCUMULATE RATHER QUICKLY AS
RAIN RATES ARE UP TO A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST
ACTIVITY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS...INDICATIONS ARE THIS MORE ROBUST ACTIVITY
SHOULD STAY MORE OR LESS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. TEMPERATURES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA ARE STILL IN THE 40S AS OF 03Z AND SOME UPPER
30S IN THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF IT. SO SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL
MIDNIGHT WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIP NORTH.
OTHERWISE OVERALL IMPACTS ARE GENERALLY THE SAME EXPECTATIONS WITH
A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY THE CASE FOR THE
WARNING AREA AND UP TO A QUARTER INCH IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITH
HIGHER PRECIP RATES.
TB3
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 709 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015/
UPDATE...
MADE UPDATE TO WIND ADVISORY TO BEGIN AT 03Z RATHER THAN 06Z DUE
TO SUSTAINED WINDS BEING OBSERVED AT 23 KTS AND GUSTING TO OVER
30. ALSO EXTENDED THE ADVISORY TO ALL OF THE CWA MINUS
MAVERICK...ZAVALA...AND DIMMITT COUNTIES.
LOOKING TOWARDS TONIGHTS WINTER WEATHER...COLDER AIR IS MOVING IN
JUST A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. AS OF
7PM...MID 30S WERE ALREADY BEING OBSERVED IN WILLIAMSON AND BURNET
COUNTIES AND THE COLD AIR WAS BEGINNING TO ENTER
EDWARDS...KERR...GILLESPIE...AND LLANO AS WELL.
PRECIP IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND ISOLATED
THUNDER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. KDRT SOUNDING
ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONG LAPSE RATES ABOVE THE TEMPERATURE INVERSION
SO STILL THINK CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT WILL BE AT PLAY FOR TONIGHT.
WILL LEAVE THE WARNING AS IS FOR NOW BUT IF TEMPS DROP FASTER...WE
MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER MOVING UP THE START TIME.
TB3
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 604 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015/
AVIATION...
/00Z TAFS/
A COLD FRONT IS QUICKLY PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA AND MOVING OVER
KSAT AT THIS MOMENT (O0Z THURS). THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
TO THE SOUTH AND EXIT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY 8 PM THIS EVENING.
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WITH NORTH WINDS PREVAILING AROUND 20
KNOTS AND GUSTING 30 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH MID-
DAY THURSDAY. HOWEVER...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
AROUND THE 10Z/14Z WINDOW ACROSS KAUS AND HAVE A TEMPO GROUP
SHOWING -FZRA. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN IN
THE 12 TO 18 KNOTS RANGE AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN
ACROSS THE I-35 SITES AROUND 22Z THURS.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 253 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015/
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...
OBSERVATIONS OVER NORTH TEXAS AND RECENT MODELS ARE TRENDING
TOWARD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE SEASON FOR
OUR AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS JUST
NORTH OF OUR CWA AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON NORTH...MID-EVENING CENTRAL...AND LATE
EVENING SOUTH. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A MOIST ADIABATIC
LAYER ABOVE THE NEAR SURFACE COLD DOME...SO THE FRONT...APPROACH
OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH...AND ENTRANCE REGION TO A JET STREAK WILL
PROVIDE THE MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND LIFT FOR SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WITHIN 50-100 MILES BEHIND THE
FRONT. ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO DROP 20-25 DEGREES WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OR TWO. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT LAGS A BIT...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS STARTING ABOUT
TWO HOURS AFTER FROPA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
UNTIL NOON THURSDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.
THE COLD DOME WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVERNIGHT...AND WE EXPECT A
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE
HILL COUNTRY...THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST TO A GIDDINGS...SAN
ANTONIO...DEL RIO LINE BY 4-6 AM THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH FOR THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO PERSIST UNTIL LATE
MORNING THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD RAPIDLY END ACROSS THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA AROUND NOON...AND TEMPERATURES
SIMULTANEOUSLY WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING. THE AMOUNT OF ICING COULD
BE OVER 1/10 INCH IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND METRO AUSTIN
(WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...AND HAYS COUNTIES)...WHICH IS WHERE THE
WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. FOR THE COUNTIES ALONG THE
BALCONES ESCARPMENT AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS TO THE EAST...ICING
SHOULD BE BELOW 1/10 INCH...THUS LIMITING THE IMPACT TO MAINLY
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. THE NORTHERN METRO OF SAN ANTONIO IS IN THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...MAINLY LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF LOOP 1604 IN
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
THERE WILL BE LINGERING COLD FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A HARD FREEZE
LIKELY IN MANY LOCATIONS. A SLOW WARMING TREND BEGINS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE AIRMASS MODIFIES AND MOVES EAST.
HOWEVER...MODERATE AMPLITUDE FLOW WILL BRING A SERIES OF
DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK.
AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS POPS WILL BE LOW AND MAINLY AS
SHOWERS WITH LOW QPF.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 32 40 27 48 33 / 100 30 10 10 10
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 33 40 26 47 31 / 100 30 10 10 10
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 33 42 28 49 34 / 100 30 10 10 10
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 28 37 24 45 30 / 100 30 10 10 10
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 37 44 30 49 36 / 90 30 0 0 10
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 30 38 24 46 30 / 100 30 10 10 10
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 35 44 27 50 35 / 100 30 10 10 10
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 33 41 26 48 32 / 100 30 10 10 10
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 34 42 29 49 35 / 100 30 10 10 10
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 35 42 28 49 35 / 100 30 10 10 10
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 36 44 29 50 36 / 90 30 10 10 10
&&
.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...
COMAL...DE WITT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...
GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LAVACA...
LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...
WILLIAMSON...WILSON.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...HAYS...
KENDALL...KERR...LLANO...REAL...TRAVIS...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...KINNEY...
LEE...MEDINA...UVALDE.
&&
MESOSCALE/AVIATION...17
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...03
PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...00
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 10:45 AM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1045 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051100-
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-
1045 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH NOON TUESDAY FOR MOST OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH NOON TUESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY
90 AND THE COUNTIES JUST TO THE EAST OF I-35.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR WINTER PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
IN THE WARNING AREAS. IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREAS...SOME
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...CAUSING TRAVEL IMPACTS MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO
GIDDINGS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THE CHANCE FOR WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON
THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH OR POSSIBLY MORE
ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DRIVING SHOULD BE LIMITED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY. IN THE ADVISORY AREAS THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATION CAUSING TRAVEL IMPACTS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO GIDDINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
Winter Weather, Bexar
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Bexar forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 29.449, -98.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
Winter Weather, Burnet
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Burnet forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 30.788, -98.182 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
Winter Weather, Gillespie
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Gillespie forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 30.318, -98.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
Winter Weather, Kerr
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Kerr forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 30.062, -99.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
Winter Weather, Llano
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Llano forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 30.706, -98.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
Winter Weather, Travis
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Travis forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -97.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
Winter Weather, Val Verde
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Val Verde forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 29.893, -101.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
Winter Weather, Williamson
- When
- March 4, 9:55 PM CST to March 5, 5:59 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 30.648, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front brought below freezing temperatures and light precipitation to parts of South Central Texas. There was a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain over our northern counties from Kerr to Williamson. There were reports of some icy spots on roads, bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces. There were also reports of ice in Bexar and Val Verde Counties. No roads were closed and no accidents were reported.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- Flooding in Ohio, March 4, 20152 deaths · $10,000 · 2 events
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 4 to 7, 2015$7.2 million · 94 events
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Virginia, March 4 to 5, 20151 death · $75,000 · 4 events
- Avalanche in Utah, March 4, 20151 death · 1 event
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, March 4 to 5, 2015$850,000 · 45 events
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Kentucky, March 4 to 7, 2015$58,000 · 91 events
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 4 to 7, 2015$460,000 · 23 events
- Flooding in West Virginia, March 4 to 6, 2015$620,000 · 3 events
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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: 566589, 566590, 566591, 566592, 566593, 566594, 566595, 566596.