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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 15, 2015Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2015, 4:33 PM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 15, 2015, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Kerr County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 14, 6:50 PM CDT, 21 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 6:50 PM CDT, 21 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney, Uvalde, Zavala	27 min
Aug 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Real	49 min
Aug 15, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	47 min
Aug 15, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kimble	31 min
Aug 15, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	45 min
Aug 15, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Real	52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2015 Every 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.