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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 19, 2015Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2015, 8:11 PM CDT for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2015, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lavaca County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 8:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 N Hallettsville, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 3069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

607 
WUUS54 KEWX 200111
SVREWX
TXC285-200200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0043.150420T0111Z-150420T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
811 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOULTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HALLETTSVILLE...MOULTON...SUBLIME...WORTHING...HENKHAUS...
  KOMENSKY...MORAVIA...WITTING AND U.S. HIGHWAY 77.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 2932 9683 2947 9718 2959 9714 2959 9684
      2958 9683 2958 9679 2954 9676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 286DEG 33KT 2951 9707 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

422 
WWUS54 KEWX 200129
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
829 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

TXC285-200200-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-150420T0200Z/
LAVACA TX-
829 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTY...

AT 827 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
HALLETTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HALLETTSVILLE...SUBLIME...WORTHING...BRESLAU...VSETIN...MORAVIA...
WIED...WITTING AND U.S. HIGHWAY 77.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 2932 9683 2944 9711 2959 9699 2959 9684
      2958 9683 2958 9679 2954 9676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 286DEG 29KT 2947 9694 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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962 
WWUS54 KEWX 200138
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
838 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

TXC285-200200-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-150420T0200Z/
LAVACA TX-
838 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAVACA COUNTY...

AT 830 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER LOCATED 1 MILE NORTH OF 
HALLETTSVILLE REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

AT 837 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUBLIME...OR
NEAR HALLETTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HALLETTSVILLE...SUBLIME AND VSETIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 2932 9683 2943 9698 2956 9689 2954 9676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 286DEG 33KT 2944 9684 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
801 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

.UPDATE...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT AS
IT PUSHES INTO SOUTH TEXAS. WE EXPECT CONVECTION TO TAPER OFF AS
DIURNAL HEATING ENDS THIS EVENING...AND THUS HAVE NO POPS IN THE
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR CLEAR
SKIES...MUCH LOWER DEW POINTS...AND COOL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT. JUST SENT AN UPDATE TO EXPIRE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH AND RE-TREND HOURLY FORECAST VARIABLES THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 703 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015/

UPDATE...
PLEASE SEE THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT AREA TAF SITES THROUGH THE CURRENT
FORECAST PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE EAST OF
I-35...SO WE WILL NOT MENTION ANY TSRA FOR OUR I-35 TAF SITES.
OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION
OVERNIGHT...THEN MORE EAST TO SOUTHEAST BY LATE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 256 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015/

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
TO COINCIDE WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE WE HAVE ISSUED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 81 FOR BASTROP...LEE...FAYETTE..AND
LAVACA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM ALONG THE COLD
FRONT AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. SKIES
CLEARED IN THE AREA EARLIER TODAY AND TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE
LOWER 80S. MOISTURE WAS STILL PLENTIFUL WITH DEW POINT
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW
CAPE APPROACHING 4000 J/KG AND A WEAK CAP. STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE
RATES AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR NEAR 35 KT WILL SUPPORT ROTATING
UPDRAFTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE AND WE CAN NOT RULE OUT A TORNADO.

BEYOND THE PRE-FIRST PERIOD. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS THIS MORNING
SHOWED A NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH EXTENDING FROM WESTERN KANSAS TO
EAST TEXAS. THE TROUGH AXIS WAS EAST OF OUR CWA WITH WEST-
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER US. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT EXTENDED
FROM A LOW OVER OKLAHOMA TO NEAR SAN ANGELO AND BACK TOWARD
MIDLAND. A DRYLINE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD ACROSS EDWARDS AND KINNEY
COUNTIES. WINDS ACROSS THE REGION WERE TURNING CYCLONICALLY FROM
NORTHWESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY. MOISTURE WAS STILL PLENTIFUL WITH
DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S EAST OF THE
DRYLINE. THE UPPER LOW WILL PROGRESS TO THE EAST AND THE FLOW WILL
BECOME ZONAL ACROSS TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AND IF THERE ARE ANY STORMS THEY WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PERIOD. CONDITIONS OVER OUR EASTERN
COUNTIES REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...SO IF
THERE ARE ANY STORMS THEY MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE COLD FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA THIS EVENING AND THIS WILL
BRING OUR RAIN CHANCES TO AN END. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AND COOLER
AIR WILL FILTER IN. MONDAY WINDS WILL TURN FROM THE NORTH TO
NORTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TO THE EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
MONDAY NIGHT WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST...MAINLY
ACROSS THE WEST...BEGINNING MOISTURE RETURN.

LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD FROM TEXAS TO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
IN RESPONSE TO A LOW DROPPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST. THE
LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST WITH STRONG MOISTURE
RETURN FROM THE GULF. ON TUESDAY BEFORE THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES
ANTICYCLONIC...A 250MPH 100KT JET WILL EXTEND ACROSS TEXAS. THIS
ALONG WITH THE DEEPENING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BE ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE
MAY SEE THE DRYLINE MOVE INTO OUR WESTERN AREA AND PRODUCE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM
THE NORTHWEST BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SUNDAY DRIER AIR WILL RETURN FROM THE NORTH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              55  74  55  77  64 /  -    0  10  20  10
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  54  72  52  77  62 /  -    0  10  20  10
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT     55  74  54  78  64 /  -    0  10  20  20
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT            52  73  53  76  63 /  -    0  10  20  10
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           59  76  59  81  65 /  -   10  20  10  20
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT        52  73  53  77  63 /  -    0  10  20  10
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT             56  75  55  77  65 /  -   -   10  20  20
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT        56  73  54  77  62 /  -    0  10  20  20
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL   56  74  56  78  63 /  30   0  10  20  10
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       57  74  56  78  65 /  -   -   10  20  20
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT           58  74  56  77  65 /  -   -   10  20  20

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

MESOSCALE/AVIATION...24
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...26
PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...33

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 4:37 AM CDT, 15 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
437 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-200945-
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-
437 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A
GEORGETOWN TO AUSTIN TO SEGUIN TO PLEASANTON LINE FOR THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
431 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

TXZ194-192145-
LEE TX-
431 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY UNTIL 445
PM CDT...

AT 429 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DIME BOX...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GIDDINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LEE
COUNTY...INCLUDING COUNTY ROAD 125.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3028 9667 3025 9669 3025 9673 3023 9674
      3024 9681 3030 9683 3033 9675 3032 9674
      3032 9669 3030 9667 3030 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 272DEG 21KT 3026 9677

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
447 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

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

0321 PM     HAIL             NIEDERWALD              30.01N  97.74W
04/19/2015  M0.25 INCH       HAYS               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0325 PM     HAIL             NIEDERWALD              30.01N  97.74W
04/19/2015  M0.50 INCH       HAYS               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0350 PM     HAIL             2 NNE ROCKNE            30.01N  97.41W
04/19/2015  M1.75 INCH       BASTROP            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

0400 PM     HAIL             2 ENE WATTERSON         30.00N  97.36W
04/19/2015  M1.75 INCH       BASTROP            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

0409 PM     HAIL             3 SW UPTON              29.99N  97.30W
04/19/2015  M1.75 INCH       BASTROP            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0410 PM     HAIL             ROSANKY                 29.93N  97.30W
04/19/2015  M0.75 INCH       BASTROP            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0412 PM     HAIL             1 NE TOGO               29.96N  97.21W
04/19/2015  M1.00 INCH       BASTROP            TX   STORM CHASER

0424 PM     HAIL             4 SW SMITHVILLE         29.97N  97.20W
04/19/2015  M1.75 INCH       BASTROP            TX   STORM CHASER

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1500229 EWX1500230 EWX1500231 EWX1500233 EWX1500232
EWX1500234 EWX1500235 EWX1500236

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
449 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

TXZ194-192230-
LEE TX-
449 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY UNTIL 530
PM CDT...

AT 447 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DIME BOX...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GIDDINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LEE
COUNTY...INCLUDING FARM TO MARKET ROAD 141.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3025 9669 3025 9672 3024 9674 3020 9674
      3017 9678 3016 9685 3017 9685 3031 9687
      3034 9676 3032 9674 3032 9669 3030 9667
      3029 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 261DEG 31KT 3026 9678

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
537 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

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

0531 PM     HAIL             2 N LA GRANGE           29.93N  96.88W
04/19/2015  M1.00 INCH       FAYETTE            TX   STORM CHASER

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1500237

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
649 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

TXZ209-200030-
FAYETTE TX-
649 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM CDT...

AT 648 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WEIMAR...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCHULENBURG...DUBINA...HOLMAN...ELLINGER...FREYBURG...AMMANNSVILLE...
HIGH HILL...SWISS ALP AND MULLINS PRAIRIE.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2979 9672 2966 9685 2967 9700 2988 9694
      2989 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 272DEG 25KT 2980 9681

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:03 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
803 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

TXZ209-223-225-200145-
GONZALES TX-LAVACA TX-FAYETTE TX-
803 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE...EAST
CENTRAL GONZALES AND NORTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 803 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MOULTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCHULENBURG...HALLETTSVILLE...MOULTON...NICKLE...ENGLE...NEWTONVILLE
AND WITTING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2936 9682 2948 9727 2966 9725 2971 9683
      2968 9683 2963 9687 2961 9684 2958 9684
      2958 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 274DEG 23KT 2957 9716

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lavaca	42 min
Apr 19, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Lavaca	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.