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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 3, 2014Atascosa County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2014, 1:10 AM CDT for Atascosa County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2014, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Atascosa County, TX

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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 Oct 2, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 2:16 PM CDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
216 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031930-
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-
216 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER IS FOCUSED MAINLY ON DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...AND
MAINLY FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM KERRVILLE TO WIMBERLEY TO
GIDDINGS.

THE STORMS MOVING ALONG A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS UP TO 2 INCHES AND MINOR RUN-OFF
PROBLEMS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED MAINLY EAST
OF A LINE FROM KERRVILLE TO PEARSALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 9:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
911 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

TXZ173-192-030300-
TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-
911 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILLIAMSON AND NORTHEASTERN
TRAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF
JARRELL TO GEORGETOWN DAM TO LEANDER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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...
  GEORGETOWN...
  CEDAR PARK...
  ROUND ROCK...
  GRANGER...
  WINDEMERE...
  PFLUGERVILLE...
  TAYLOR...
  JARRELL...
  WEIR...
  BARTLETT...

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

IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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 3077 9735 3078 9734 3075 9728 3073 9726
      3063 9721 3032 9744 3058 9798 3090 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 271DEG 30KT 3081 9766 3065 9770
          3052 9788
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 9:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 10:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:36 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 1:10 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
Oct 2, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet29 min
Oct 2, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet, Llano32 min
Oct 2, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet24 min
Oct 2, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLlano32 min
Oct 2, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco37 min
Oct 2, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson28 min
Oct 2, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson49 min
Oct 2, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson23 min
Oct 2, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis49 min
Oct 2, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Lee67 min
Oct 2, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee63 min
Oct 3, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson24 min
Oct 3, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa51 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.