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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 2, 20134 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2013, 12:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 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
May 2, 2013, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2013, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Llano County, TX

The radar

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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 May 1, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:12 PM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
512 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-021200-
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-
512 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE STORMS...AFFECTING AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90
AND ALONG AND WEST OF I-35. PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS ARE FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND 5
AM THURSDAY MORNING.

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

BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COULD
GUST UP TO 40 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM THURSDAY.

ON FRIDAY...CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS AND MUCH DRIER AIR IS
EXPECTED TO RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

NEAR RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH A FREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED...TEMPERATURES IN
THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COULD
IMPACT TENDER VEGETATION AND SMALL PETS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 10:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 1, 10:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 1, 11:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 1, 11:52 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 12:21 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1221 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

TXZ186-187-189-190-204>206-220-020600-
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BEXAR-BLANCO-COMAL-KENDALL-KERR-MEDINA-
1221 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA...
NORTHWESTERN COMAL...EASTERN BANDERA...WESTERN BEXAR...SOUTHERN
BLANCO...MEDINA...SOUTHEASTERN KERR AND KENDALL COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM
CDT...

AT 1216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
COMFORT TO MEDINA LAKE TO 8 MILES WEST OF YANCEY...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BOERNE...
  CASTROVILLE...
  DEVINE...
  SAN ANTONIO...
  BLANCO...
  SISTERDALE...
  CLIFF...
  WALNUT GROVE...
  YANCEY...
  BIRY...

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

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 3010 9832 2910 9859 2911 9932 3011 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 281DEG 24KT 3003 9876 2943 9889
          2913 9923
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:39 AM 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
May 1, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXSutton68 min
May 1, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards52 min
May 1, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards39 min
May 1, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde67 min
May 1, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde63 min
May 1, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Uvalde36 min
May 1, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde58 min
May 1, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde64 min
May 1, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGillespie, Llano53 min
May 2, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar, Kendall, Medina39 min
May 2, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall53 min
May 2, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Frio60 min
May 2, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet, Travis, Williamson58 min
May 2, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 2 more53 min
May 2, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and 1 more66 min
May 2, 3:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca66 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.