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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 16, 2015Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2015, 9:13 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
Apr 16, 2015, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Kinney County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1204 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Apr 16, 6:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 5:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:50 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 9:13 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
Apr 16, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde44 min
Apr 16, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTerrell37 min
Apr 16, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde40 min
Apr 16, 8:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney25 min
Apr 16, 9:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards31 min
Apr 16, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal39 min
Apr 16, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson50 min
Apr 16, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde46 min
Apr 16, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales40 min
Apr 16, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Kendall, Real, Uvalde51 min
Apr 16, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa38 min
Apr 16, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Kendall56 min
Apr 16, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall44 min
Apr 16, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt, Lavaca32 min
Apr 16, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson44 min
Apr 16, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe49 min
Apr 16, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco39 min
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr51 min
Apr 16, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca20 min
Apr 16, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales32 min
Apr 16, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe42 min
Apr 16, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Hays39 min
Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal36 min
Apr 16, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal54 min
Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales25 min
Apr 16, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell, Fayette61 min
Apr 16, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXHays, Travis27 min
Apr 16, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays41 min
Apr 16, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop41 min
Apr 16, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Travis60 min
Apr 16, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell, Hays, Travis53 min
Apr 16, 5:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis3 hr
Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell26 min
Apr 16, 6:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXGonzales118 min
Apr 16, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette65 min
Apr 16, 6:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette117 min
Apr 16, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.