While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought relief. De Witt County saw improvement from Extreme (D3) drought to Moderate (D1) drought.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought relief. De Witt County saw improvement from Extreme (D3) drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Fayette, Lavaca, and Lee Counties went from Severe (D2) to D1.
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 Oct 31, 11:27 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1227 AM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...New AVIATION... .UPDATE... Issued at 904 PM CDT Tue Oct 31 2023 Early evening observational trends depicted some of the more rural low lying areas of Central Texas were cooling at a rapid clip with sundown, and that winds were turning calm much quicker than depicted in the forecast. Thus with dewpoints already hovering around freezing or below in some cases, we felt it important to consider the areas along and several miles east of I-35 to be candidates for a freeze. This doesn't necessarily mean the overall temperatures are going to be much colder, but more-so that the range of temperatures between the higher elevation stations and lower elevation stations in a given county will contain a higher range of values. For this reason, we've extended the Freeze warning to include counties as far east as Lee and Bastrop and as far southeast as Caldwell. We did leave Bexar county out for now, but those that live near the Cibolo Creek in far northern Bexar county should probably consider a brief light freeze to be a possibility. The same could be said for remote northern parts of Val Verde County. It may be a bit heavy handed to message the worry about preparing the outdoor plumbing with this event, and the main concerns for this light freeze is for seasonal vegetation that might normally be brought indoors in the fall, as well as sensitive pets and animals. As discussed in earlier discussion, tonight's first freeze is generally ahead of the climate average first freeze by about 1 to 2 weeks for most areas of concern. && .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Wednesday night) Issued at 200 PM CDT Tue Oct 31 2023 Early afternoon satellite shows an eroding mid-level cloud deck from north to south with temperatures mainly in the 50s across the entirety of South-Central Texas. This cloud deck will continue to dissipate through late afternoon as surface high pressure over the Central Plains expands south. Highs this afternoon will range from the low 50s to low 60s. Tonight, expect cold overnight lows as high pressure pushes into northern Texas by Wednesday morning. Clear skies and light wind will lead to efficient radiational cooling, with freezing temperatures expected across the Hill Country, Williamson County, and portions of the Highway 90 corridor west of San Antonio. A Freeze Warning was issued overnight and no changes have been made to this product. Some low-lying areas not in the freeze warning may briefly hit the 32 degree mark, but this will be too localized to include the entire county in the Freeze Warning. Below freezing temperatures are only expected to last for a few hours, before quickly rebounding after sunrise. Highs on Wednesday will be a few degrees warmer than those seen this afternoon, but sunshine will be abundant with mainly clear skies across the area. Another cold night is expected Wednesday night into Thursday, with lows generally at or above freezing in the Hill Country and northern I-35 corridor and Coastal Plains. While it's possible another Freeze Warning could be issued for Thursday morning, confidence is too low on widespread freezing temperatures to pull the trigger. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 200 PM CDT Tue Oct 31 2023 After a cold Thursday morning, expect high temperatures to reach the 60s and even the 70s over portions of the coastal plains. A zonal flow is forecast to stay in place with a surface high pressure system centered over the middle Atlantic states bringing southerly wind flow and moisture across South Central Texas. By the overnight period/ and early Friday morning lows should range from the 40s and 50s. Mostly cloudy skies are forecast to linger around through midday with partly cloudy skies expected in the afternoon with highs ranging from the low to upper 70s. The warming trend continues into the weekend and extends to early next week with highs in the 80s and even the low 90s across the southern part of the Rio Grande on Monday. No rain is anticipated during the extended forecast period. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1223 AM CDT Wed Nov 1 2023 Light and variable winds can be expected overnight with speeds more out of the northeast tomorrow for the I35 sites and southeast at DRT. Mostly clear skies will prevail through the period with no impacts expected at the terminals. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 36 65 48 75 / 0 0 0 0 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 32 66 45 76 / 0 0 0 0 New Braunfels Muni Airport 37 68 49 77 / 0 0 0 0 Burnet Muni Airport 35 65 45 73 / 0 0 0 0 Del Rio Intl Airport 42 70 50 76 / 0 0 0 0 Georgetown Muni Airport 32 63 45 74 / 0 0 0 0 Hondo Muni Airport 37 66 50 75 / 0 0 0 0 San Marcos Muni Airport 33 66 46 75 / 0 0 0 0 La Grange - Fayette Regional 34 67 49 76 / 0 0 0 0 San Antonio Intl Airport 38 66 52 75 / 0 0 0 0 Stinson Muni Airport 39 68 52 76 / 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Freeze Warning until 10 AM CDT this morning for Bandera-Bastrop- Blanco-Burnet-Caldwell-Comal-Edwards-Gillespie-Hays-Kendall-Kerr- Lee-Llano-Medina-Real-Travis-Uvalde-Williamson. && Short-Term...27 Long-Term...17 Aviation...29
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1030 PM CDT Tue Oct 31 2023 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-020330- 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- 1030 PM CDT Tue Oct 31 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today And Tonight. A Freeze Warning is in effect overnight tonight into Wednesday morning across the Hill Country, counties along the Balcones Escarpment, and northern portions of the Coastal Prairies as widespread temperatures fall below freezing. Remember the 4 P's: People, Pets, Pipes and Plants. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. A Freeze Warning is in effect overnight tonight into Wednesday morning across the Hill Country, counties along the Balcones Escarpment, and northern portions of the Coastal Prairies as widespread temperatures fall below freezing. Remember the 4 P's: People, Pets, Pipes and Plants. While not as widespread compared to Wednesday, additional lows reaching or falling below freezing are possible in low lying areas near and east of I-35 Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought relief. De Witt County saw improvement from Extreme (D3) drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Fayette, Lavaca, and Lee Counties went from Severe (D2) to D1.
While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought relief. De Witt County saw improvement from Extreme (D3) drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Fayette, Lavaca, and Lee Counties went from Severe (D2) to D1.
While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought relief. De Witt County saw improvement from Extreme (D3) drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Fayette, Lavaca, and Lee Counties went from Severe (D2) to D1.
While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought relief. De Witt County saw improvement from Extreme (D3) drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Fayette, Lavaca, and Lee Counties went from Severe (D2) to D1.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2023
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: 1145592, 1145593, 1145594, 1145595.