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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 15, 2014Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2014, 1:49 PM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 15, 2014, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Real County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 15, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 6:34 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
634 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2014

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161145-
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-
634 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING SPOTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
149 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2014

TXZ185-151915-
REAL-
149 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL REAL COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM
CDT...

AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF VANCE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LEAKEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CAMP WOOD...

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 2965 9978 2965 10002 2991 9998 2991 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 024DEG 21KT 2979 9992

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards22 min
Jul 15, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar32 min
Jul 15, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet40 min
Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet49 min
Jul 15, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Travis, Williamson38 min
Jul 15, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco49 min
Jul 15, 6:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet, Llano2 hr

Nearby

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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.