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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2014, 8:09 PM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 12, 2014, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Kerr County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2770 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 12, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 409 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-132115- 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- 409 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM THROUGH NOON TUESDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...MOIST GULF AIR...AND A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. BY EARLY TUESDAY...VERY HEAVY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED AREAS...ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A MOUNTAIN HOME TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE SHOULD EXPECT AVERAGES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE THREAT FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF I-35...WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY... THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING EVENT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO LAST UP THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
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Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 35 min |
| May 12, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 12, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 40 min |
| May 12, 10:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| May 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 43 min |
| May 12, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 114 min |
| May 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 103 min |
| May 12, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 23 min |
| May 12, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 32 min |
| May 12, 11:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| May 12, 11:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe | 112 min |
| May 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 48 min |
| May 12, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 13, 12:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette | 115 min |
| May 13, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 49 min |
| May 13, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 48 min |
| May 13, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 46 min |
| May 13, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 49 min |
| May 13, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee | 113 min |
| May 13, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales | 64 min |
| May 13, 12:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 13, 12:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| May 13, 1:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 60 min |
| May 13, 1:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| May 13, 1:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| May 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| May 13, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 6 hr |
| May 13, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 6 hr |
| May 13, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 13 hr |
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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.