SE TX weather thread #4 - Severe weather Fri/Sat

[JenBayles]

The Dome has NOT failed! No rain other than a bit of drizzle so far in Bear Creek. Even Dave is getting a bit paranoid now after checking out the radar!

[Yankeegirl]

It was just raining here!! I swear, I had to go out and check!! Though it wasnt much it was still something!! Radar looks yucky...

[JonathanBelles]

ouch is there any posibility of tornadoes or excessive severe storms tonight?

[Ptarmigan]

First time to see rain or let alone storms on Christmas Eve. I know there was snow in 2004.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Raining pretty good here right now and it looks like we still have the worst to come! Should be an interesting night ahead.

Take a look at all this rain: http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid= ... 11&loop=no

[jasons2k]

Anyone else notice some of the wind reports in South Texas? - Pretty impressive - Corpus gusting to 40mph...

[Stratosphere747]

Anyone else notice some of the wind reports in South Texas? - Pretty impressive - Corpus gusting to 40mph...

The Houston am disco mentioned the possibility of a Gale warning, and sure enough they issued one earlier this afternoon. Fairly decent pressure gradient.

Grabed some fresh seafood at the beach around 5, and there was solid gusts of 30mph already...

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

Anyone else notice some of the wind reports in South Texas? - Pretty impressive - Corpus gusting to 40mph...

And probably then some. Rain is blowing horizontly and hard. Temp is 48 here at my house and just think about how much snow might have fallen if the temps were some 15 degees cooler. We'd be having Blizzard conditions.

[Yankeegirl]

It rained pretty hard here a little while ago, but no rain now....

[Extremeweatherguy]

Another batch of rain from the south should reach us overnight:

[Ptarmigan]

Another batch of rain from the south should reach us overnight:

I expect 1 to 5 inches of rain by later today. First rainy Christmas Eve I can remember in a while. I expect those rain to be here in an hour or two.

[JenBayles]

I WISH I could freeze that radar loop here at 8:43 a.m. CDT. Anyone see that large blank circle over Houston? Is the BC Dome spreading in coverage?

[jasons2k]

I think EWG may have a heart attack when he reads the AFD

[jasons2k]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
642 AM CST SUN DEC 24 2006

...SUMMARY OF HOLIDAY WEATHER EXTREMES...

THE HOLIDAY SEASON OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
HAS BROUGHT MANY EXTREMES IN WEATHER...THAT VARIED FROM
WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS THAT MATCHES THE SEASON TO SUMMER LIKE
CONDITIONS.

THE COLDEST WEATHER DURING THE HOLIDAYS FROM THE LATE 1800S TO
2005 CAME IN DECEMBER OF 1983 AND DECEMBER OF 1989.

THE COLDEST CHRISTMAS DAY WAS DURING THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK OF DECEMBER
1983...WHEN ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS WAS IMPACTED BY A HARD FREEZE...THAT
CAUSED EXTENSIVE CROP AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE HIGH FOR THE AUSTIN
CITY STATION...AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT IN 1983...AUSTIN MABRY
TODAY...ON CHRISTMAS OF 1983 WAS 25...AND THE LOW WAS 10. AT AUSTIN
BERGSTROM THE HIGH DECEMBER 25...1983 WAS 26 AND THE LOW WAS 11. FOR
DEL RIO...THE HIGH WAS 31...AND THE LOW WAS 13. FOR SAN ANTONIO THE
HIGH WAS 30...AND THE LOW WAS 11. THE COLDEST CONDITIONS IN THE
DECEMBER 1983 ARCTIC OUTBREAK FOR AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT WAS 10...
FOR AUSTIN BERGSTROM 11...AND FOR DEL RIO 13...ALL ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
FOR SAN ANTONIO THE COLDEST IN DECEMBER 1983 WAS 9 ON DECEMBER 30TH.

THE COLDEST IT HAS EVER BEEN CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS CAME DURING THE
DECEMBER 1989 ARCTIC OUTBREAK. ON DECEMBER 23...1989 THE LOW FELL
TO 4 AT AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT...6 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...6 IN
SAN ANTONIO...AND TO 10 IN DEL RIO. THE LOW OF 10 IN DEL RIO WAS AN
ALL TIME LOW FROM DECEMBER 1905 TO PRESENT. THE LOW OF 4 AT AUSTIN
MUELLER AIRPORT...6 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM AND 6 IN SAN ANTONIO WAS THE
COLDEST FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

SOME OTHER COLDEST LOWS AROUND THE AREA IN DECEMBER 1989 WERE AS
FOLLOWS...BLANCO 0 DECEMBER 23 AND 24...BOERNE 2 DECEMBER 23...
BURNET -4 DECEMBER 23...CARRIZO SPRINGS 10 DECEMBER 23...CRYSTAL
CITY 11 DECEMBER 23...FREDERICKSBURG 1 DECEMBER 23...EAGLE PASS 12
DECEMBER 23... 2 MILES NORTH OF GONZALES 4 ON DECEMBER 23...
JOHNSON CITY 1 DECEMBER 23...3 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
KERRVILLE 0 DECEMBER 23...LA GRANDE 3 DECEMBER 23...
LLANO -1 ON DECEMBER 23 AND 24...3 MILES WEST OF
LYTLE 6 DECEMBER 23...NEW BRAUNFELS 2 DECEMBER 23...
SAN MARCOS 2 DECEMBER 23...AND UVALDE RESEARCH CENTER
6 DECEMBER 23.

ALTHOUGH SNOW HAS NOT FALLEN FROM THE LATE 1800S TO YEAR 2005 ON
CHRISTMAS DAY IN AUSTIN...DEL RIO OR SAN ANTONIO...IT CAME CLOSE
AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

DURING THE 2004 HOLIDAY SEASON A SNOW EVENT CAME TO MAINLY THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING OF DECEMBER 24TH...2004 TO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF DECEMBER 25TH...2004...MEASURABLE SNOW WAS OBSERVED OVER
THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AREA WAS OVER PARTS OF
ATASCOSA...WILSON...KARNES...DEWITT...GONZALES...AND LAVACA
COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WERE FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF
ATASCOSA COUNTY TO KARNES...DEWITT...AND LAVACA COUNTIES. SNOW
ALSO FELL FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE COASTAL BEND...AND LOWER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY...AND EAST TO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SNOW
FLURRIES AND SLEET WERE OBSERVED OVER PARTS OF BEXAR AND GUADALUPE
COUNTIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO THE EARLY EVENING OF DECEMBER
24...2004. DURING THIS EVENT...SNOW WAS NOT OBSERVED AT
AUSTIN...DEL RIO OR SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TIMES CLOSEST TO CHRISTMAS AND
NEW YEARS DAY THAT SNOW WAS OBSERVED FOR AUSTIN...
SAN ANTONIO...AND DEL RIO THROUGH YEAR 2005.

FOR AUSTIN 1906 TO 2005

DEC 18...1906 0.4 INCHES

DEC 18...1909 LIGHT SNOW...NO DEPTHS AVAILABLE

JAN 3...1911 0.1 INCHES

DEC 28...1925 1.0 INCH

DEC 21...1927 0.6 INCHES

DEC 21 AND 22...1929 5.5 INCHES

DEC 21 AND 22...1963 TRACE

DEC 22 AND 23...1980 TRACE

JAN 2...1985 3.9 INCHES

DEC 26...1997 TRACE

DEC 23 AND 24...1998 TRACE


FOR SAN ANTONIO 1885 TO 2005

DEC 18...1906 3 INCHES

DEC 28...1925 1 INCH

DEC 21...1927 0.2 INCHES

DEC 21...1929 2.9 INCHES

JAN 1...1951 0.5 INCHES

DEC 21 AND 22 1963 TRACE

JAN 2...1985 2.4 INCHES

DEC 22...1989 TRACE

DEC 23...1990 TRACE


FOR DEL RIO 1906 TO 2005

DEC 18...1906 TRACE

JAN 2...1911 TRACE

DEC 19 AND 20...1927 0.9 INCHES

DEC 21...1929 2.2 INCHES

DEC 31...1946 TRACE

JAN 1...1947 1.5 INCHES

DEC 17 AND 18...1964 TRACE

JAN 2...1985 1.2 INCHES

DEC 22...1989 TRACE

WITH THE DECEMBER 28...1925 SNOW EVENT...NEW BRAUNFELS HAD
ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND BLANCO HAD 2 INCHES.

WITH THE DECEMBER 21 AND 22...1929 SNOW EVENT...
NEW BRAUNFELS HAD 4.6 INCHES...BLANCO HAD 7 INCHES...
BURNET HAD 8 INCHES...AND LLANO 9 INCHES.

WITH THE DECEMBER 24 AND EARLY MORNING OF DECEMBER 25...2004
SNOW EVENT KENEDY HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES...RUNGE 7 INCHES...CUERO 3 TO 6 INCHES...
YORKTOWN 6 INCHES...KARNES CITY 5 INCHES...BETWEEN KENEDY AND KARNES CITY
3 TO 4 INCHES...SPEAKS 2 INCHES...FALLS CITY 1 INCH...AND YOAKUM 1 INCH.


THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY FOR DEL RIO CAME JANUARY 1...1928
WHEN THE LOW WAS 20 AND HIGH 31...AND ALSO JANUARY 1...1947
WHEN THE LOW WAS 24 AND HIGH 28.

FOR AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO...THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY WAS
JANUARY 1...1928...WHEN THE LOW WAS 17 AND HIGH WAS 25 AT
AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT. FOR SAN ANTONIO THE LOW WAS 19 AND HIGH WAS
28 ON JANUARY 1...1928.

AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY OF RECORD...
1943 TO PRESENT...WAS JANUARY 1...1943...WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 33 AND LOW 25...AND ALSO JANUARY 1...1979 WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 34 AND LOW WAS 25.

AT DEL RIO THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY OF RECORD...
1906 TO PRESENT...WAS JANUARY 1...1928...WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 31 AND LOW 20...AND ALSO JANUARY 1...1947 WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 28 AND LOW WAS 24.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EXTREMES...THE WARMEST CHRISTMAS
OF RECORD FOR AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT AND SAN ANTONIO WAS
DECEMBER 25...1955...WHEN THE HIGH ROSE TO 90. AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM
THE HIGH WAS 91 DECEMBER 25...1955. AT DEL RIO THE WARMEST
CHRISTMAS OF RECORD WAS A HIGH OF 87...IN 1955.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR...ON JANUARY 1ST...2006...THE WARMEST
NEW YEARS DAY OF RECORD WAS OBSERVED AT AUSTIN...DEL RIO...AND
SAN ANTONIO. RECORD HIGHS ON JANUARY 1...2006 WERE AS FOLLOWS...
AUSTIN BERGSTROM 84...AUSTIN MABRY 85...SAN ANTONIO 83...AND
DEL RIO 85.

RAINFALL IN THE PAST HAS VARIED FROM BONE DRY TO FLOODS
DURING THE HOLIDAYS. SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS HAVE ALSO AFFECTED
THE AREA DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON...WHILE AT OTHER TIMES CALM
WEATHER PREVAILED. ONE OF THE WETTEST PERIODS DURING THE HOLIDAYS
SINCE 1970 CAME IN DECEMBER 1991...WHEN FLOODS AFFECTED THE AREA
JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1991/1992 EL NINO. IN
1997 SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS BEGAN IN THE AREA AROUND DECEMBER 20TH
AND CONTINUED THROUGH MARCH OF 1998... WHEN THE AREA WAS AFFECTED BY
THE 1997 AND FIRST HALF OF 1998 EL NINO. IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2002...
2 SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AFFECTED THE AREA ON MONDAY...DECEMBER 23RD
AND AGAIN ON MONDAY...DECEMBER 30TH...2002.

[jasons2k]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/climate/holidays/xmas.htm

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/projects/xmasevesnow04.htm

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/climate/holidays/xmas.htm

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/projects/xmasevesnow04.htm

And with the 1983 and 1989 Arctic outbreaks, those highs that were reached on day two with clear skies. That's how cold that air was. Usually with cold airmasses with clear skies, the daily highs go over freezing to later drop like a rock as soon as the sun sets.


With all of the moaning and groaning about the lack of snow or real hard cold this Christmas, it would stink big time if we were in the 90's like in 1955. I'll take these 50's anytime, thank you.

[JenBayles]

I'm with you cc! I may be pushing the envelope here this morning, but I just couldn't resist getting the fireplace going this morning. All that rain has generated the kind of damp cold that leaves me shivering all day long. Is it too early for Bailey's in my coffee?

[JenBayles]

I think EWG may have a heart attack when he reads the AFD

Maybe that's why we haven't heard from him yet!!!

[Yankeegirl]

lol... Too funny... I hate it when it rains overnight.. I love the rain, it feels like i missed out when it rains when Im in bed!! It is chilly out... i have 47 here at the house....

[JenBayles]

I feel the exact same way Yankee! I vaguely recall waking up a couple times last night hearing some good rain, but it was all over by the time I got up. However, isn't this just a GREAT day to get the fireplace going and do a little cooking? Since it's just me and Dave this year (IT'S A MIRACLE!!) I'm doing our holiday dinner today and we'll just do leftovers tomorrow. It's just too perfect of a cooking day to sit here and do nothing. Gotta have some good smells in the closed up house.

Hmmm... still haven't seen hide nor hair of Extreme yet....