Storm Mode

Texas

Every kind of warning, watch and advisory this site carries · area: TX

UTC

10:08 PM CDT Dallas

Map

  • High Wind Warning 1
  • Flood Warning 3
  • Freeze Warning 5
  • Red Flag Warning 4
  • Flood Watch 1
  • Frost Advisory 2

NWS’s polygons as issued, or the zones a zone-issued alert names; SPC’s watches by their counties. Checked . Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC.

In force in this area 16

  1. High Wind Warning1until 06:00Z
  2. Flood Warning31 not yet in effect · until 20 Oct 09:00Z
  3. Freeze Warning55 not yet in effect · until 15:00Z
  4. Red Flag Warning41 not yet in effect · until 18 Oct 01:00Z
  5. Flood Watch11 not yet in effect · until 19 Oct 00:00Z
  6. Frost Advisory22 not yet in effect · until 14:00Z
Every alert in this area, most urgent first
  1. High Wind WarningGuadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountainsuntil · NWS Midland/Odessa TX
  2. Flood WarningBrewster County, TXuntil · NWS Midland/Odessa TX
  3. Flood WarningVal Verde County, TXuntil · NWS Austin/San Antonio TX
  4. Flood WarningWichita and Wilbarger counties, TXFrom · until · NWS Norman OK
  5. Freeze WarningCimarron; Texas; Beaver; Dallam; Sherman; Hansford; Ochiltree; Lipscomb; Hartley; Moore; Hutchinson; Roberts; Hemphill; Oldham; Potter; Carson; Gray; Deaf Smith; Randall; Armstrong; Palo Duro CanyonFrom · until · NWS Amarillo TX
  6. Freeze WarningHarper; EllisFrom · until · NWS Norman OK · drawn over this area
  7. Freeze WarningNorthwest Plateau; Espanola Valley; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; Central Highlands; South Central Highlands; Upper Tularosa Valley; Far Northeast Highlands; Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Guadalupe County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Chaves County Plains; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent LowlandsFrom · until · NWS Albuquerque NM · drawn over this area
  8. Freeze WarningParmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Bailey; Lamb; Hale; Floyd; Cochran; Hockley; Lubbock; Crosby; Yoakum; Terry; LynnFrom · until · NWS Lubbock TX
  9. Freeze WarningGuadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Davis MountainsFrom · until · NWS Midland/Odessa TX
  10. Red Flag WarningVernon; Rapides; Avoyelles; Beauregard; Tyler; Northern Jasper; Northern Newtonuntil · NWS Lake Charles LA
  11. Red Flag WarningLincoln; Union; Jackson; Ouachita; Natchitoches; Winn; Grant; Caldwell; La Salle; Sevier; Howard; Little River; Hempstead; Nevada; Miller; Lafayette; Columbia; Union; Caddo; Bossier; Webster; Claiborne; De Soto; Red River; Bienville; Sabine; McCurtain; Red River; Bowie; Franklin; Titus; Camp; Morris; Cass; Wood; Upshur; Marion; Smith; Gregg; Harrison; Cherokee; Rusk; Panola; Nacogdoches; Shelby; Angelina; San Augustine; Sabineuntil · NWS Shreveport LA
  12. Red Flag WarningZapata; Jim Hogg; Brooks; Inland Kenedy; Starr; Southern Hidalgo; Inland Willacy; Inland Cameron; Northern Hidalgountil · NWS Brownsville TX
  13. Red Flag WarningVernon; Rapides; Avoyelles; Beauregard; Tyler; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton; Allen; Evangeline; St. Landry; Lafayette; Upper St. Martin; Lower St. Martin; West Cameron; East Cameron; Northern Calcasieu; Northern Jefferson Davis; Northern Acadia; Upper Vermilion; Upper Iberia; Upper St. Mary; Southern Calcasieu; Southern Jefferson Davis; Southern Acadia; Lower Vermilion; Lower Iberia; Lower St. Mary; Hardin; Southern Jasper; Southern Newton; Upper Jefferson; Northern Orange; Lower Jefferson; Southern OrangeFrom · until · NWS Lake Charles LA
  14. Flood WatchTillman; Cotton; Jefferson; Wichita; ClayFrom · until · NWS Norman OK
  15. Frost AdvisoryWheeler; Donley; CollingsworthFrom · until · NWS Amarillo TX
  16. Frost AdvisoryWoods; Alfalfa; Grant; Kay; Woodward; Major; Garfield; Noble; Roger Mills; Dewey; Custer; Beckham; Washita; Harmon; GreerFrom · until · NWS Norman OK · drawn over this area

Most urgent first, by the Briefing’s ranking. Checked .

Spotlight: Winter Storm Severity Index

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Winter Storm Severity Index

WPC: “WSSI does not depict official warnings and should always be used in context with official NWS forecasts and warnings.”

  • Winter Weather Area
  • Minor Impacts
  • Moderate Impacts
  • Major Impacts
  • Extreme Impacts

Highest in this area, by day and by cause

Day 1
nothing drawn
Day 2
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Day 3
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Snow amount, Days 1–3
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Snow load, Days 1–3
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Ice, Days 1–3
nothing drawn
Blowing snow, Days 1–3
nothing drawn

Each day and cause on the Winter tab, with its own issue time

WPC’s WSSI, overall impact, Days 1–3, valid to , issued . WPC issues each day and cause on its own clock. Not a warning, and not a chance. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

Chance of Moderate impacts or worse, Day 1

WPC: “WSSI does not depict official warnings and should always be used in context with official NWS forecasts and warnings.”

  • 5–10%
  • 10–20%
  • 20–30%
  • 30–40%
  • 40–50%
  • 50–60%
  • 60–70%
  • 70–80%
  • 80–90%
  • 90–95%
  • 95% or more

Each level and day on the Winter tab

WPC’s WSSI-P, the 24 hours to , WPC’s forecast from . Each band runs to the next. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

Chance of at least 4 inches of snow, Day 1

WPC gives no chance of 4 inches of snow or more in this area over the next three days, so Day 1’s 4 inches is shown.

  • Slight: at least 10%
  • Moderate: at least 40%
  • High: at least 70%

Every day and amount on the Winter tab

WPC’s Probabilistic Winter Precipitation Forecast, to , issued . Outlines, as WPC draws them. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

Winter watches, warnings and advisories

  • Freeze Warning 5 5 not yet in effect · until · NWS Albuquerque NM, NWS Amarillo TX, NWS Lubbock TX, 2 more offices
  • Frost Advisory 2 2 not yet in effect · until · NWS Amarillo TX, NWS Norman OK

NWS’s winter and cold alerts in force in the area, by event as issued, each counted once, with the offices that issued them and the latest end. Data: NOAA/NWS.

Snow on the ground

NOHRSC snow depth and snow water equivalent use the source’s original pictures and legends, with qualified footprint times. Open the cached source page for availability and retained history. This wall has no snow picture to rotate; missing imagery does not mean no snow.

NOHRSC snow analysis and retained pictures

Data: NOAA/NWS/NOHRSC. Snow analysis, not a measurement at a place.

WPC’s heavy snow and icing discussion

The whole discussion

Issued , for to . WPC’s words, as written. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

Flash-flood risk, Day 1

  • Marginal

WPC’s excessive rainfall outlook, to , issued : a chance of flash flooding, in four categories. Data: NOAA/WPC.

River gauges in flood

0 major · 1 moderate · 3 minor · 4 at action stage

NWS’s gauges at flood stage or above in the area, worst first, each with its forecast hydrograph on Rain & rivers. Data: NOAA/NWPS.

Rain expected and rain that fell

WPC’s rain forecast and MRMS’s radar estimate of the rain that fell, on the Briefing’s map for the area.

Open Rain & rivers

Data: NOAA/WPC, NOAA/NSSL MRMS.

SPC Day 1 outlook

  • General Thunderstorms Risk

SPC’s Day 1 categorical outlook, valid to , issued . SPC’s categories, as drawn. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Watches

No tornado or severe thunderstorm watch in force in this area.

SPC’s watches, by number, matched by the counties they list. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Mesoscale discussions

No mesoscale discussion reaches this area.

SPC’s mesoscale discussions whose outline reaches the area. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Storm ingredients

SPC’s hourly mesoanalysis, observed soundings and model guidance for the area, on the Analysis tab with its own clocks.

Open the Analysis tab

Drawn by the Analysis tab’s own renderer. Data: NOAA/SPC, NOAA/NCEP.

The tropics

NHC’s and JTWC’s storms, their official graphics and the watches and warnings for them. Storm Mode’s own tropical panels arrive with its tropical events.

Open the Tropics page

Data: NOAA/NHC, JTWC.

Radar, winter preset

The Radar page’s winter preset over the area: HRDPS forecast snow with NWS’s warnings on top, loaded by your browser. A forecast, labelled as one there.

Open the radar

Live tiles; the radar keeps no last-good copy.

What changed, last 60 minutes

  1. WPC Winter Storm Severity Index issued

The products’ own words and times, and what is no longer in force since the last read. Never written by AI.