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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 17, 2015, 3:19 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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 17, 2015, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
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The text
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</html>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 17, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 10:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1013 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-181200- 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- 1013 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...WITH A SLIGHT RISK WEST OF A DEL RIO TO ROCKSPRINGS LINE. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OVER 4 INCHES. HEAVY RAIN FELL YESTERDAY EAST OF A GIDDINGS TO LOCKHART TO CUERO LINE AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS BETWEEN 1 PM AND 1 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SLIGHT TO ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AGAIN ON SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 1:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 103 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 TXZ184-185-203-171845- EDWARDS TX-UVALDE TX-REAL TX- 103 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR REAL...SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS AND NORTH CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 103 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VANCE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LEAKEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEAKEY...CAMP WOOD...REAGAN WELLS...TUFF...VANCE AND BARKSDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. 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 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2974 10021 2997 10010 2989 9961 2951 9981 TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 291DEG 27KT 2977 9998 CP
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 1:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 123 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 TXZ228-171915- DIMMIT TX- 123 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DIMMIT COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 123 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CATARINA...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF BIG WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIGHT AND CATARINA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2845 9973 2858 9940 2821 9940 2820 9967 TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 252DEG 28KT 2834 9955 MCO
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 2:21 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 221 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 TXZ184-202-172000- EDWARDS TX-KINNEY TX- 221 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN REAL...SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS AND NORTH CENTRAL KINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 221 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMO VILLAGE...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN REAL...SOUTH CENTRAL EDWARDS AND NORTH CENTRAL KINNEY COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2952 10026 2957 10038 2977 10028 2974 10003 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 221DEG 25KT 2958 10029 MCO
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 2:57 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
257 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
TXZ220-172045-
ATASCOSA TX-
257 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ATASCOSA COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 256 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF ZELLA...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOURDANTON...CHARLOTTE...CHRISTINE...HINDES...DAVIS AND DOBROWOLSKI.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2875 9880 2898 9861 2879 9839 2864 9860
2864 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 223DEG 25KT 2867 9874
MCOSpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
315 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
TXZ205-220>222-224-172100-
BEXAR TX-DE WITT TX-ATASCOSA TX-WILSON TX-KARNES TX-
315 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL DEWITT...CENTRAL
ATASCOSA...NORTHEASTERN FRIO...SOUTHEASTERN BEXAR...CENTRAL KARNES
AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 315 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BIGFOOT TO NEAR
CHRISTINE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...JOURDANTON...POTEET...POTH...KOSCIUSKO...
ST. HEDWIG...ELMENDORF...FALLS CITY...CALAVERAS LAKE...LEMING...
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS...CESTOHOWA...BIGFOOT...FAIRVIEW...LONE OAK...
ROSSVILLE...PANA MARIA...CANADA VERDE AND KYOTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2903 9881 2912 9880 2938 9823 2898 9763
2876 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 247DEG 38KT 2905 9878 2882 9844
MCOSpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 3:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
319 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
TXZ202-172100-
KINNEY TX-
319 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MAVERICK AND
SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 319 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF SPOFFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRACKETTVILLE...SPOFFORD AND ALAMO VILLAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2917 10066 2948 10040 2929 10018 2908 10047
2908 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 217DEG 21KT 2917 10055
MCOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop | 114 min |
| Apr 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 9:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kimble | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 12:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 58 min |
| Apr 17, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 1:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 2:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real | 118 min |
| Apr 17, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 2:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 65 min |
| Apr 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 6:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 22 min |
| Apr 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 37 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.