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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 2, 2013Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2013, 8:03 PM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2013, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Fayette County, TX

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, 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 this special weather statement went out at Apr 2, 7:36 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:36 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
736 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

.UPDATE...
MID LEVEL SHORT-WAVE MOVING EAST FROM THE BIG BEND WITH CLUSTER OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SERRANIAS DEL BURRO. PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE
LOWER 80S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN
PARTS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS
IS AHEAD OF THE SHORT-WAVE. AS A RESULT...HAVE EXTENDED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 79 TO THE SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST IS IN ON TRACK.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 637 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013/

AVIATION...
/00Z TAFS/
STORMY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND ACROSS ALL AREA
TERMINALS AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTHWARD. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING MOVING NORTHEAST INTO
CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL KEEP CHANCES OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS HIGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD...HOWEVER...LIFR
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS BETWEEN 11Z TO
13Z WITH CIGS DROPPING DOWN TO 400 FT AND VSBYS DOWN TO ONE
MILE. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST BY
WEDNESDAY MID AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 339 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013/

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...
STRONG-SEVERE CONVECTION FIRING ON TWO FRONTS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A SEVERE
WATCH ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE SRN CWA THRU 11 PM. THE
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS ACROSS THE NERN CWA APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED
WITH A RETURNING FRONTAL BOUNDARY/WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL TX. MEANWHILE ANOTHER AREA OF
CONVECTION FIRING OVER WEST TX AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE
4-CORNERS REGION THAT WILL SLOWLY TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE TX
PANHANDLE AND TOWARD THE RED RIVER. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FEATURES WILL RESULT IN A DEVELOPING ORGANIZED MCS OR SQUALL LINE
MOVING IN FROM WEST THIS EVENING...AS THE CONVECTION INCREASES
ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND MOVES SEWD INTO THE NWRN CWA LATER THIS
EVENING...TRACKING ESEWD INTO THE ERN CWA IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. CONTINUING AVERAGE QPF VALUES OF 0.50-1 INCH WEST TO 1-2
INCHES EAST...HOWEVER WILL ADD MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN 3-5
INCHES DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AND DURATION OF THIS
EVENT. NOT ANTICIPATING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS POINT WAS
FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE REMAINS FAIRLY HIGH. SHOULD SEE DECREASE IN
CONVECTION FROM THE WEST WED MORNING WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF POST
FRONTAL SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS THE UPPER
TROUGH...THEN ENDING LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING ON THE BACK SIDE OF
THE UPPER TROUGH.

LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...
DRIER-COOLER BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE UPPER TROUGH
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.
MORE WESTERLY OR ZONAL FLOW FOR WEEKEND WILL RESULT IN SLY LOW
LEVEL RETURN FLOW...AND THEREFORE MORE CLOUDS AND HUMIDITY FOR THE
WEEKEND. COULD SEE A FEW STREAMERS SHOWERS EAST BY SUNDAY MORNING
WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE
NEXT UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE INTER MOUNTAIN WEST/NWRN MEXICO AND
S TX COMES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE MOIST SWLY FLOW ALOFT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              63  70  49  71  48 /  90  70  30  -    0
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  63  69  46  70  42 /  90  70  30  -    0
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT     64  73  47  73  44 /  90  50  20   0   0
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT            60  66  46  69  45 /  90  50  30  -    0
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           65  72  49  78  54 /  70  30  10   0   0
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT        62  66  44  69  44 /  90  70  30  -    0
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT             64  76  47  77  46 /  80  50  10   0   0
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT        63  72  47  72  45 /  90  50  20  -    0
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL   65  72  50  69  46 /  90  70  30  -    0
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       65  74  49  74  48 /  80  50  10   0   0
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT           65  75  50  74  47 /  80  50  10   0   0

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

MESOSCALE/AVIATION...17
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...04
PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...31

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 1:05 PM CDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
105 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031815-
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-
105 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
BECOME MORE DOMINANT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THE THREAT OF STRONG STORMS MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER THE MAIN IMPACT WILL LIKELY BE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
648 PM CDT TUE APR 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0647 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CEDAR CREEK             30.08N  97.50W
04/02/2013                   BASTROP            TX   STORM CHASER

            WIND DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES AND AWNINGS

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1300237

JPB

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
710 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

TXZ225-030045-
LAVACA-
710 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LAVACA COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...

AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUBLIME...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HALLETTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 2948 9687 2957 9690 2960 9683 2959 9680
      2954 9674 2951 9672 2951 9673
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 253DEG 15KT 2955 9679

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:41 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
741 PM CDT TUE APR 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     HAIL             1 NW FLATONIA           29.70N  97.12W
04/02/2013  M1.25 INCH       FAYETTE            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1300238

JPB

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:52 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
752 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

TXZ223-030130-
GONZALES-
752 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GONZALES COUNTY UNTIL 830
PM CDT...

AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GONZALES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LITTLE NEW YORK...
  DILWORTH...
  NICKLE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 2969 9720 2945 9722 2941 9756 2961 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 255DEG 26KT 2953 9743

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:59 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
759 PM CDT TUE APR 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SSW JOLLYVILLE        30.41N  97.77W
04/02/2013  M2.59 INCH       TRAVIS             TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            445 PM - 700 PM

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1300239

JPB

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
803 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

TXZ209-030145-
FAYETTE-
803 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL
845 PM CDT...

AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA GRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...
  ROUND TOP...
  RABBS PRAIRIE...
  MULLINS PRAIRIE...
  WARDA...
  RUTERSVILLE...
  NECHANITZ...
  WALDECK...
  WALHALLA...
  WARRENTON...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 2989 9662 2982 9697 3000 9705 3017 9669
      3016 9666 3011 9663 3008 9663 3006 9661
      2997 9657 2995 9657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 246DEG 25KT 2996 9690

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lavaca	35 min
Apr 2, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	59 min
Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales	116 min
Apr 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Lavaca	33 min
Apr 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	38 min
Apr 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde	46 min
Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde	66 min
Apr 2, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde	52 min
Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala	61 min
Apr 2, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall and 2 more	39 min
Apr 2, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Frio, Kendall, Llano and 1 more	66 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit	63 min
Apr 2, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe	54 min
Apr 2, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis and 2 more	39 min
Apr 3, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays and 4 more	59 min
Apr 3, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca and 1 more	66 min
Apr 3, 10:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	48 min
Apr 3, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar	45 min
Apr 3, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Medina	47 min
Apr 3, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar	48 min
Apr 3, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	34 min
Apr 3, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	37 min
Apr 3, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales, Lavaca	56 min
Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	62 min
Apr 3, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Karnes, Wilson	53 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt, Karnes	35 min
Apr 3, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	48 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.