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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

February 22, 2016Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Feb 22, 2016, 11:46 PM CST for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2016, 11:46 PM CST (05:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 12:45 AM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Edwards County, TX

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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 Feb 22, 10:29 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 10:29 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1042 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231245-
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-
1042 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT. THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4
AM TUESDAY FOR ALL AREAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VAL
VERDE...WILLIAMSON AND LEE COUNTIES. THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS ARE
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A
PING PONG BALL. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES BUT
NOT ZERO...

THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT TUESDAY WITH WINDS OF 25-30 MPH
WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 25
PERCENT OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD
TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AS STORMS IMPACT THE
AREA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 22, 10:44 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 22, 10:45 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Feb 22, 10:47 PM CST, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 22, 11:09 PM CST, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 22, 11:36 PM CST, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 22, 11:46 PM CST, 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
Feb 22, 8:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	56 min
Feb 22, 9:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	53 min
Feb 22, 9:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	61 min
Feb 22, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	67 min
Feb 22, 10:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kerr	51 min
Feb 22, 10:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Real	55 min
Feb 22, 10:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	62 min
Feb 22, 11:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala	66 min
Feb 23, 12:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	42 min
Feb 23, 12:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar, Medina	63 min
Feb 23, 12:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	64 min
Feb 23, 12:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays	54 min
Feb 23, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio, Zavala	64 min
Feb 23, 1:42 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson	63 min
Feb 23, 1:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	57 min
Feb 23, 2:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	60 min
Feb 23, 2:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	64 min
Feb 23, 2:21 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
Feb 23, 2:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca	59 min
Feb 23, 2:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	53 min
Feb 23, 2:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	65 min
Feb 23, 3:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Karnes	57 min
Feb 23, 3:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	23 min

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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.