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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 11, 2014Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 11, 2014, 4:43 AM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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: Oct 11, 2014, 4:43 AM CDT (09:43 UTC)
Expired: Oct 11, 2014, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Kinney County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1379 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 Oct 11, 4:00 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 4:00 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 4:33 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
433 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-121000-
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-
433 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO GENERATE
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE MIDDAY INTO THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO BRING A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY MORNING. SOME STRONG
STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 11, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
145 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0143 AM     HAIL             LANGTRY                 29.82N 101.57W
10/11/2014  E1.25 INCH       VAL VERDE          TX   OTHER FEDERAL

            THE BORDER PATROL IN LANGTRY REPORTED HAIL SLIGHTLY
            LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1400680

PAY

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 2:43 AM CDT, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
243 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

TXZ183-110900-
VAL VERDE-
243 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...

AT 241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR COMSTOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  COMSTOCK...
  LOMA ALTA...
  PAFFORD CROSSING...
  DEVILS RIVER STATE NATURAL AREA...

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 2977 10136 2995 10129 2994 10070 2975 10070
      2965 10094 2946 10113 2951 10120 2951 10126
      2959 10126 2957 10130 2959 10133 2964 10131
      2964 10136 2967 10138 2971 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 247DEG 18KT 2970 10120

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
330 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

TXZ183-202-110945-
KINNEY-VAL VERDE-
330 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN VAL VERDE AND KINNEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 329 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DEL RIO...
  BRACKETTVILLE...
  SPOFFORD...
  LAUGHLIN AFB...
  AMANDA...
  STANDART...
  ALAMO VILLAGE...
  ANACACHO...

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 2954 10124 2957 10024 2912 10021 2910 10072
      2917 10079 2920 10078 2925 10083 2926 10087
      2935 10100 2946 10109 2946 10115 2951 10119
      2951 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 268DEG 25KT 2931 10102

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 4:43 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
443 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

TXZ202-203-111030-
KINNEY-UVALDE-
443 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN UVALDE AND KINNEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...

AT 441 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ALAMO VILLAGE TO BRACKETTVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPOFFORD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BRACKETTVILLE...
  SPOFFORD...
  ALAMO VILLAGE...
  ANACACHO...
  CLINE...
  DABNEY...
  BLEWETT...
  TURKEY MOUNTAIN...

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 2962 10010 2911 9999 2909 10066 2959 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 257DEG 19KT 2951 10050 2931 10046
          2912 10051

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 10, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	49 min
Oct 11, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	39 min
Oct 11, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	58 min
Oct 11, 2:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	77 min
Oct 11, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	75 min
Oct 11, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr	117 min
Oct 11, 7:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr	118 min
Oct 11, 8:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar	29 min
Oct 11, 8:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.