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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2015, 2:20 PM CDT for Blanco County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
- May 23, 2015, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Blanco County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 2727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
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 May 23, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1240 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 .AVIATION.../18Z TAFS/ CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE THE CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION THAT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL OF THE HI RES MODELS ARE REALLY DEVELOPING THE CONVECTION ALONG THE RIO GRANDE IN THE 20Z-22Z TIME PERIOD AND MOVING THE SYSTEM EASTWARD TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY 02Z-04Z AND THEN EAST OF THE TERMINALS BY 12Z SUNDAY. HAVE USED THE SLIGHTLY FASTER TRENDS FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. FOR THIS AFTERNOON 18Z-23Z SHOULD SEE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION. WILL SEE THE MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION DEVELOPING BY 20Z-22Z ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE AND THEN ADVANCING EASTWARD THROUGH 09Z. LINGERING SHRA SHOULD MOVE OUT BY 12Z-13Z. CIGS WILL FALL TO IFR WITH CONVECTION OVERNIGHT AND THEN IMPROVE TO VFR BY 17Z. S/SE WINDS 10-15 KNOTS THROUGH 01Z THEN E/SE 5-10 KNOTS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH 15Z. AFTER 15Z SUNDAY SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 10-15 KNOTS WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS POSSIBLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 953 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015/ UPDATE... BIGGEST CHANGE TO THE FORECAST WAS TO UP RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS BY 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO ADJUSTED HIGHS FOR TODAY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY UP A DEGREE GIVEN CURRENT OBSERVATIONS. OTHERWISE ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE AND TRENDED ALL HOURLY GRIDS BASED ON MORNING SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. DISCUSSION... ALL OF THE MORNING MESOSCALE/HIGH-RES MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND EARLIER FOR THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. MOST HAVE IT DEVELOPING OVER THE DEL RIO AREA AROUND 5 PM AND GETTING INTO THE I-35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 9 AND MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAINS AND SEVERE WEATHER ARE STILL LOOKING LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND WILL LOOK IN DEPTH INTO THAT IN THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE AND DISCUSSION. FOR THE REST OF TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE LINE. WILL CONTINUE TO STRESS THAT ANYONE ON LOCAL RIVERS AND LAKES THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...NEED TO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND ANY WARNINGS THAT ARE ISSUED. HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE WEATHER INFORMATION...HAVE A PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER OR GET TO SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING OCCUR...AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 653 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015/ AVIATION... /12Z TAF UPDATE/ ACTIVE CONVECTION IS IMPACTING AUS AT THE TIME OF TAF ISSUANCE. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE PULLING NORTH OF THE SAT/SSF VCNTYS FOR A FEW HOURS AND COULD LIFT NORTH OF THE AUS AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS WELL. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND ANOTHER RIPPLE OF ENERGY NEAR DRT COULD BEGIN TO IMPACT THE I-35 SITES AGAIN BY 15Z. CONVECTION SHOULD BE SCATTERED SO TIMING IS IN LOW CONFIDENCE FOR TODAY. CONFIDENCE INCREASES FOR THE PREVAILING THUNDER PERIOD...ALTHOUGH THE TIME WINDOW MAY BE ABLE TO COMPRESS ONCE THE MUCH ANTICIPATED STORM COMPLEX BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE. AFTER THE COMPLEX IS SPECULATED TO PASS EAST OF I-35 TOWARD DAYBREAK...WILL CONTINUE PREVAILING SHOWERS...WITH SOME POSSIBLE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO FOLLOW DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SUNDAY. WILL KEEP CONDITIONS FAIRLY PESSIMISTIC IN CASE THE SYSTEM SLOWS DOWN. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS GETTING AN EARLY START WITH CONVECTION INCREASING WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. THIS IS ALL ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASING LIFT AHEAD OF THE MAIN UPPER LOW WHICH IS STILL OVER UTAH/ARIZONA PER 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AND LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS ACTIVITY ARE GENERALLY AT 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR AND WE HAVE ALREADY ISSUED ONE FLOOD ADVISORY. THE HRRR IS ZEROING IN ON THIS AREA WHERE RAIN IS CURRENTLY INCREASING AND IS COMING UP WITH SOME HIGH TOTALS THIS MORNING. BECAUSE OF THIS EARLY THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL GO AHEAD AND START THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW. THIS WILL BE A BIT TOO EARLY FOR THE EASTERN ZONES...BUT WANT TO AVOID CONFUSION WITH A SEGMENTED PRODUCT. HIGH-RES MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW THE WESTERN CWA AS THE FAVORED AREA FOR CONVECTION LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN LOOKS LIKELY FOR TODAY WITH 60/70 POPS ACROSS THE CWA. INDIVIDUAL CELLS COULD CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME TRAINING OF CELLS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MAIN FORCING WITH THIS INITIAL WAVE OF LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE TO THE WESTERN ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH THIS LIFT AND STRETCH ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF TEXAS. THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES WITH THE GUIDANCE ON THE EXACT TIMING OF THIS WITH MOST MODELS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 21Z TO 03Z TIME FRAME...WITH SOME OF THE HIGH-RES GUIDANCE BEING THE EARLIEST. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MARCH THROUGH THE CWA OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE A QUICK 1-3 INCHES OF RAIN AS IT MOVES ACROSS. OVERNIGHT RAIN ON TOP OF ANY RAINFALL THAT OCCURS TODAY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SOAK INTO THE GROUND...AS SOILS REMAIN QUITE SATURATED FROM A VERY WET SPRING. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL RUNOFF INTO CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS AND FLOODING IS ONCE AGAIN LIKELY. ALTHOUGH FLOODING RAINS IS OF THE HIGHEST CONCERN ON THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...THERE IS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL. SEVERE PARAMETERS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS...BUT AM CONCERNED WITH THE HIGHER COVERAGE OF STORMS AND THE EFFECT THAT COULD HAVE BY CLUTTERING UP THE NEAR-STORM ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER...CANT RULE OUT BOWING SEGMENTS WITHIN THE MAIN LINE THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME SEVERE WINDS. ALSO...LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SOME TURNING IN THE PROFILE WILL POSE AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WITH ANY STRONGER LINE SEGMENTS AS WELL AS THE MAIN LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. BY SUNDAY MORNING...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE NEARING THE EASTERN COUNTIES AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE CWA SOMETIME AROUND 18Z. THE THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS AND SOME SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CAPE VALUES INCREASE TO ABOVE 3000 J/KG WHICH IS SOMEWHAT INITIALLY CONCERNING. HOWEVER...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW DECENT AMOUNTS OF DRYING ALOFT BEHIND THE INITIAL WAVE WHICH SHOULD LIMIT ACTIVITY. ALSO...THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE PRETTY WORKED OVER FROM THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING ACTIVITY. THE ONE AREA TO WATCH WILL BE THE WESTERN COUNTIES WHERE THE MOST RECOVERY TIME WILL BE AND SOME HIGH-RES MEMBERS ARE SHOWING THE POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THIS GENERAL AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY WILL AVERAGE 1-4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE I-35 CORRIDOR. WE MUST CONTINUE TO STRESS TO ANYONE ON LOCAL RIVERS AND LAKES THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND ANY WARNINGS THAT ARE ISSUED. HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO SEEK SHELTER AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... SHOULD SEE A LULL IN ACTIVITY EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT THIS SHOULD UNFORTUNATELY BE BRIEF. CURRENTLY ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...ANOTHER IMPULSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN UPPER LOW CAN BE SEEN NEAR THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON BORDER. 00Z GUIDANCE SEEMS TO HAVE PICKED UP ON THIS FEATURE QUITE WELL AND BRINGS IT INTO TEXAS FOR MONDAY /MEMORIAL DAY/. SUBSEQUENTLY...THE 00Z MODEL GUIDANCE HAS INCREASED THE QPF AMOUNTS FORECASTED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS IS THE HIGHEST OF ALL GUIDANCE WITH ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE I-35 CORRIDOR. WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED RAIN TOTALS IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST...BUT NOT QUITE AS HIGH AS THE GFS IS ADVERTISING. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES THAT UP TO ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ON MONDAY....THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED AT A LATER TIME. CAPE/SHEAR VALUES WILL SUPPORT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DUE SHOW THE THREAT FOR HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE OVERALL THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF ACTIVITY AND IF ANY DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE AVAILABLE TO DEVELOP. AGAIN...ANYONE OUTDOORS ON THE HOLIDAY NEED TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE A PLAN AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER. THE UPPER AIR PATTERN BECOMES MORE ZONAL ON TUESDAY WITH WEAK RIDGING ON WEDNESDAY. OVERALL COVERAGE OF ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE FOR MID-WEEK. POPS WILL SLIGHTLY INCREASE ONCE AGAIN TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE NEXT DISTURBANCE NEARS THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 81 68 81 71 82 / 60 90 60 40 60 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 81 68 81 70 82 / 60 90 70 40 60 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 82 68 82 71 82 / 60 90 60 40 60 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 79 66 80 69 81 / 60 90 60 30 50 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 82 68 89 70 87 / 80 70 30 20 40 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 80 68 80 70 82 / 60 90 60 40 60 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 82 66 84 70 82 / 70 90 50 30 60 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 81 68 80 70 82 / 60 90 60 40 60 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 83 69 80 71 82 / 40 80 80 50 70 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 82 68 82 72 83 / 60 90 60 30 60 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 83 69 83 72 83 / 60 90 60 30 60 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET... CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO... GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR... KINNEY...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS... UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON...ZAVALA. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...10 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...TREADWAY PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...33
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 4:53 AM CDT, 9 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 453 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241000- 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- 453 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY TODAY. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER TODAY AS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS. WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...THERE WILL BE A HIGH THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE NEW RISES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE FLASH FLOOD AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON RIVERS... CONDITIONS ALONG THE LEAD EDGE OF THE STORM COMPLEX WILL BE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 7 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS SUNDAY WITH DECREASING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY EVENING. THE CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN THREAT INTO SUNDAY...MEANS ALL OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE A POTENTIAL TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES. SOME RIVERS REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM RECENT RAINFALL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WINDS AND BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO CONTINUE SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. NEW EPISODES OF HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-35. THE STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WIDESPREAD RAINS FOR THE FIVE DAY PERIOD ENDING TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 1:42 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 142 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 TXZ209-231930- FAYETTE TX- 142 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 141 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MULDOON...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LA GRANGE...MULDOON...WEST POINT...FREYBURG...O QUINN...COLONY... SWISS ALP...PLUM...FLOY...RABBS PRAIRIE...WINCHESTER AND WICCHESTER. 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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 2972 9691 2977 9724 3001 9702 2997 9689 TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 172DEG 40KT 2988 9704 MSL
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:06 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 206 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 TXZ206-207-231945- COMAL TX-GUADALUPE TX- 206 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND SOUTHEASTERN COMAL COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 206 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MARION...OR 8 MILES WEST OF SEGUIN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...SCHERTZ...CANYON LAKE...MARION...SANTA CLARA...NEW BERLIN...MCQUEENEY...ZUEHL...SOLMS...GRUENE...ZIPP... FREIHEIT AND NOLTE. 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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 2948 9797 2949 9815 2983 9830 2981 9803 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 171DEG 33KT 2958 9811 MSL
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</html>Special weather statement, May 23, 2:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
220 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
TXZ190-191-232015-
BLANCO TX-HAYS TX-
220 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HAYS AND CENTRAL
BLANCO COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
AT 219 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PAYTON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF BLANCO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLANCO...ROUND MOUNTAIN...JOHNSON CITY...CYPRESS MILL...PAYTON...
HENLY AND PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK.
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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3036 9817 3032 9813 3008 9821 3005 9840
3042 9850 3043 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 182DEG 24KT 3011 9830
MSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 23, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| May 23, 12:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 113 min |
| May 23, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson | 119 min |
| May 23, 1:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| May 23, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 48 min |
| May 23, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 39 min |
| May 23, 2:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 31 hr |
| May 23, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 64 min |
| May 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 45 min |
| May 23, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 65 min |
| May 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 60 min |
| May 23, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 53 min |
| May 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| May 23, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 38 min |
| May 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 47 min |
| May 23, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 113 min |
| May 23, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| May 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 42 min |
| May 23, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 23, 4:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 6 hr |
| May 23, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 59 min |
| May 23, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 44 min |
| May 23, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 39 min |
| May 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Comal | 33 min |
| May 23, 6:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 28 hr |
| May 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 6 hr |
| May 23, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 51 min |
| May 23, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 45 min |
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