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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 8, 2016Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2016, 2:37 AM CST for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 8, 2016, 2:37 AM CST (08:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2016, 3:15 AM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1458 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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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 Mar 7, 11:39 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:12 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:23 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:47 AM CST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
147 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ183-080830-
VAL VERDE TX-
147 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN VAL
VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CST...

AT 146 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR SHUMLA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF COMSTOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 TO 45 MPH.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JUNO...SEMINOLE CANYON STATE PARK...SHUMLA AND BAKERS CROSSING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3029 10113 3029 10096 3018 10078 2959 10131
      2965 10130 2966 10135 2965 10136 2970 10137
      2971 10140 2973 10139 2975 10142 2977 10140
      2975 10144 2977 10146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 210DEG 36KT 2984 10130

ALLEN
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:22 AM CST, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
222 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ183-184-080900-
EDWARDS TX-VAL VERDE TX-
222 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE AND
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CST...

AT 221 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LOMA ALTA...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOMA ALTA...FLOUR MILLS...CARTA VALLEY...VINEGARONE AND US-
277 NEAR THE SUTTON-EDWARDS COUNTY LINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3029 10058 2978 10068 2979 10089 3029 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 185DEG 34KT 2986 10078

ALLEN
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:32 AM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
232 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ183-080900-
VAL VERDE TX-
232 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 AM CST...

AT 232 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF JUNO
TO 19 MILES WEST OF LOMA ALTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOMA ALTA...VINEGARONE AND DEVILS RIVER STATE NATURAL AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3029 10102 3029 10070 2990 10070 2987 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 220DEG 34KT 3031 10102 2996 10109

RUNYEN
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:37 AM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
237 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ184-080915-
EDWARDS TX-
237 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY
UNTIL 315 AM CST...

AT 237 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
EDWARDS COUNTY.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3029 10012 2995 10025 2997 10046 3029 10046
TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 185DEG 29KT 3004 10035

RUNYEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 1:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde48 min
Mar 8, 1:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde52 min
Mar 8, 1:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde46 min
Mar 8, 1:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde43 min
Mar 8, 2:22 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards38 min
Mar 8, 2:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde28 min
Mar 8, 3:03 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXVal Verde3 hr
Mar 8, 3:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde28 min
Mar 8, 6:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLlano32 min
Mar 8, 6:56 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLlano34 min
Mar 8, 7:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano38 min
Mar 8, 8:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee24 min
Mar 8, 9:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson43 min
Mar 8, 9:16 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson29 min
Mar 8, 2:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde47 min
Mar 8, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde75 min
Mar 8, 4:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.