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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 12, 201518 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this heat advisory at Aug 12, 2015, 3:30 AM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 12, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2015, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 12, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 12, 12:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 12:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette31 min
Aug 11, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell26 min
Aug 12, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde29 min
Aug 12, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney25 min
Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar34 min
Aug 12, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney42 min
Aug 12, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde41 min
Aug 12, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde35 min
Aug 12, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina30 min
Aug 12, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde28 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde33 min
Aug 12, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney45 min
Aug 12, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick31 min
Aug 12, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde41 min
Aug 12, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina38 min
Aug 12, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick35 min
Aug 12, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMaverick47 min
Aug 12, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick29 min
Aug 12, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio, Zavala27 min
Aug 12, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell24 min
Aug 12, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala33 min
Aug 12, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMaverick31 min
Aug 12, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala31 min

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.