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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 8, 2015Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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: Oct 8, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Uvalde County, TX

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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

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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 8, 7:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 7:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 3:19 PM CDT, 7 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
319 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2015

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-092030-
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-
319 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE
WESTERN PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. GENERALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED HEAVIER POCKETS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO EAGLE PASS LINE
WHERE TRAINING CELLS MAY DEVELOP. THIS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED
FLASH FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY IN VAL VERDE AND WESTERN EDWARDS AND KINNEY
COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION...THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

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

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THIS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALLER CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED IN THE WESTERN PLATEAU AND
RIO GRANDE PLAINS WHERE FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE..

TB3

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 8, 7:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 8, 7:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 8, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 8, 10:37 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 8, 10:45 PM CDT, 0 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
Oct 8, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde	3 hr
Oct 8, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	58 min
Oct 8, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Maverick	107 min
Oct 8, 9:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Maverick	116 min
Oct 8, 10:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Kinney, Maverick	3 hr
Oct 8, 11:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	118 min
Oct 9, 12:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	3 hr
Oct 9, 2:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Kinney, Val Verde	112 min
Oct 9, 3:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	3 hr
Oct 9, 3:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Uvalde	27 hr
Oct 9, 6:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Uvalde, Zavala	2 hr
Oct 9, 7:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit, Frio, Medina, Zavala	3 hr
Oct 9, 8:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EWX	Uvalde, Zavala	2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.