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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
- 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
The text
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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.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 11:39 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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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
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
ALLENSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 1:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 1:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 2:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 2:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 3:03 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 6:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 6:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 8:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 9:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 29 min |
| Mar 8, 2:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 75 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 61 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.