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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 7, 2014Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2014, 1:46 AM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Sep 7, 2014, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2014, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Lee 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 Sep 6, 11:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 11:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:46 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
146 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014

TXZ194-070745-
LEE-
146 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM CDT...

AT 142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIME BOX...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LEXINGTON.  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...
  FEDOR...
  TANGLEWOOD...
  HILLS...
  LINCOLN...
  MANHEIM...
  LEO...
  BLUE...
  KNOBB SPRINGS...

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

IN ADDITION...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 3023 9673 3019 9673 3017 9676 3004 9701
      3026 9708 3040 9733 3046 9716 3056 9696
      3051 9690 3047 9689 3033 9674 3031 9664
      3029 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 131DEG 1KT 3036 9689

TOMASELLI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson39 min
Sep 7, 1:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson109 min
Sep 7, 1:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLee117 min
Sep 7, 2:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop107 min
Sep 7, 3:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette, Lee118 min
Sep 7, 3:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina2 hr
Sep 7, 5:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde117 min
Sep 7, 5:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera53 min
Sep 7, 5:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGillespie2 hr
Sep 7, 5:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Real, Uvalde108 min
Sep 7, 5:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
Sep 7, 6:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real, Uvalde2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.