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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 3, 2013Gonzales County, Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2013, 4:49 PM CDT for Gonzales County, Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 3, 2013, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Gonzales County, TX, Lavaca County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-442 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 3, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:37 AM CDT, 12 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
437 AM CDT WED APR 3 2013

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-041200-
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-
437 AM CDT WED APR 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM LLANO TO SAN MARCOS TO YORKTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES THE AUSTIN METRO AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
208 PM CDT WED APR 3 2013

TXZ220>222-031945-
ATASCOSA-KARNES-WILSON-
208 PM CDT WED APR 3 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ATASCOSA...EXTREME
WESTERN KARNES AND SOUTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOURDANTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  JOURDANTON...
  POTEET...
  PLEASANTON...
  LEMING...
  COUGHRAN...
  MCCOY...
  FAIRVIEW...
  DEWEESVILLE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 2906 9859 2915 9821 2888 9809 2877 9864
      2894 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 251DEG 31KT 2888 9856
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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca35 min
Apr 2, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde59 min
Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales116 min
Apr 2, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca33 min
Apr 2, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales38 min
Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette42 min
Apr 2, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde46 min
Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde66 min
Apr 2, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde52 min
Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick, Zavala61 min
Apr 2, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall and 2 more39 min
Apr 2, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar, Blanco, Burnet, Frio, Kendall, Llano and 1 more66 min
Apr 2, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit63 min
Apr 2, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Guadalupe54 min
Apr 2, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis and 2 more39 min
Apr 3, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays and 4 more59 min
Apr 3, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca and 1 more66 min
Apr 3, 10:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina48 min
Apr 3, 11:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar45 min
Apr 3, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Medina47 min
Apr 3, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar48 min
Apr 3, 12:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe34 min
Apr 3, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa37 min
Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa62 min
Apr 3, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes, Wilson53 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt, Karnes35 min
Apr 3, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.