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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 25, 2015, 3:56 AM CDT for Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 25, 2015, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Guadalupe County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 25, 3:50 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:50 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 350 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ONGOING FROM DEL RIO EAST ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90. HI-RES MODELS MOVE THIS CLUSTER TO THE EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. MLCAPES OF 2600 J/KG AND VERY LARGE SHEAR INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. SPC HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 107 FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 15Z OR 10 AM CDT. PWS NEAR 1.5 INCHES INDICATES SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL. FORTUNATELY...THE STORMS ARE RATHER PROGRESSIVE AND WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHERE CELLS TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. IN THE WAKE OF THE DRYLINE...A MORE STABLE AND DRIER AIRMASS TAKES HOLD FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO WESTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW. SOUTHERLY LOWER LEVEL FLOW RETURNS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE GREAT BASIN MOVES ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. MOISTURE INCREASES LEADING TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG SHEAR AND HIGH CAPES COULD ALLOW FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LATE SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BRINGS THE DRYLINE THEN COLD FRONT THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT. HIGH CAPES AND STRONG SHEAR INDICATE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH A DRIER AIRMASS. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BROADENS WITH SOME WRAPAROUND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS ON TUESDAY. A DRIER AIRMASS FOR MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK WITH WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLOWLY PULLS AWAY TO THE EAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 90 66 87 66 84 / 20 10 30 30 40 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 88 67 86 65 83 / 20 10 30 30 40 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 89 67 87 67 84 / 20 10 30 30 40 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 87 63 86 62 82 / - 10 30 40 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 88 65 90 62 87 / - 10 10 20 10 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 88 66 86 64 83 / 10 10 30 30 30 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 88 66 88 64 85 / 20 10 20 30 20 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 88 67 86 66 83 / 20 10 30 30 40 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 87 69 86 69 82 / 30 10 20 30 50 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 89 67 88 67 85 / 20 10 20 30 20 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 88 68 88 68 84 / 20 10 20 30 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...05 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...04 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...01
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 7:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 720 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-260030- 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- 720 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 2AM SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS ARE ONGOING LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS. THE AREAS OF HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO LA GRANGE LINE. THE INITIAL STORM THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A TORNADO CAN NOT BE FULLY RULED OUT AS WELL. BY MID TO LATE EVENING THE THREATS WILL SHIFT FROM HAIL AND WIND TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN ISOLATED AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BASTROP TO SAN ANTONIO TO HONDO LINE WITH HEAVIEST RAIN AND HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90. NEW RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED 4 INCHES. A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL. ALL ACTIVITY SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE LATE EVENING TO EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 5AM SATURDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BASTROP TO SAN ANTONIO TO HONDO LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AREA SPOTTERS MAY BE ACTIVATED THIS EVENING. ALLEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:01 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
301 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 AM HAIL 2 SE HONDO 29.34N 99.14W
04/25/2015 E0.50 INCH MEDINA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL IN HONDO.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500253
LJHSpecial weather statement, Apr 25, 3:06 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 306 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 TXZ204-250830- MEDINA TX- 306 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM CDT... AT 306 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HONDO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HONDO...QUIHI...NEW FOUNTAIN...DUNLAY AND D'HANIS. 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. && LAT...LON 2921 9934 2939 9938 2949 9902 2924 9896 TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 259DEG 36KT 2933 9919 MCO
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:30 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 330 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 TXZ204-250900- MEDINA TX- 330 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM CDT... AT 330 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER QUIHI...OR 7 MILES EAST OF HONDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CASTROVILLE...NEW FOUNTAIN...DUNLAY...BADER...QUIHI...RIO MEDINA AND MICO. 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. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2932 9909 2944 9916 2962 9883 2932 9881 TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 244DEG 33KT 2939 9904 MCO
Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:35 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
335 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 AM HAIL 1 NE UVALDE 29.23N 99.77W
04/25/2015 E0.62 INCH UVALDE TX PUBLIC
PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500254
LJHLocal storm report, Apr 25, 3:37 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
337 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 E RIO MEDINA 29.42N 98.80W
04/25/2015 BEXAR TX PUBLIC
AT TEXAS RESEARCH PARK. SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN LESS THAN
2 INCHES. 1.00-1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1500255
BFSpecial weather statement, Apr 25, 3:56 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 356 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 TXZ205>207-251000- BEXAR TX-COMAL TX-GUADALUPE TX- 356 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GUADALUPE...SOUTHEASTERN COMAL AND NORTHEASTERN BEXAR COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT... AT 355 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WINDCREST...OR NEAR UNIVERSAL CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...UNIVERSAL CITY...SCHERTZ... CIBOLO...LIVE OAK...KIRBY...ALAMO HEIGHTS...SELMA...WINDCREST... TERRELL HILLS...GARDEN RIDGE...HOLLYWOOD PARK...OLMOS PARK...ST. HEDWIG...MARION...SANTA CLARA...NEW BERLIN AND ZUEHL. 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 1000 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2942 9847 2960 9851 2977 9782 2946 9778 TIME...MOT...LOC 0855Z 260DEG 32KT 2953 9839 CP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 22 min |
| Apr 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Lee | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Wilson | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 5:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Medina and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 12:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 28 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 17 hr |
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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.