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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 23, 2015Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 23, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Burnet County, TX

The radar

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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 23, 3:25 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:25 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 4:36 AM CDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
436 AM CDT THU APR 23 2015

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241100-
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-
436 AM CDT THU APR 23 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 WEST OF
I-35...AND A MARGINAL THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS EAST OF
I-35. THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
AND BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. TIMING OF THE THREATS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY
MORNING...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS TRANSITIONING FROM SEVERE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS
THROUGH THIS PERIOD WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:56 PM CDT, 12 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 23, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet19 min
Apr 23, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet41 min
Apr 23, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.