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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 8, 2016Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2016, 4:14 PM CST for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 4:14 PM CST (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2016, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

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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 Mar 8, 3:57 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 3:57 PM CST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 5:42 AM CST, 10 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
542 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-091145-
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-
542 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG STORMS MAY CLIP PORTIONS OF LLANO AND NORTHERN
BURNET COUNTY THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND
MEXICO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT ONE OR TWO
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH AN ISOLATED
POCKET OR TWO OF UP TO 5 INCHES EAST OF I-35. THIS COULD CAUSE
SOME FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS THAT NORMALLY
HAVE FASTER RUNOFF.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT THESE SHOULD POSE NO SEVERE OR HEAVY
RAIN THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:43 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
243 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ183-082130-
VAL VERDE TX-
243 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM CST...

AT 243 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SEMINOLE CANYON STATE PARK...OR 9 MILES WEST OF COMSTOCK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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

LAT...LON 2976 10140 2977 10141 3005 10124 2990 10098
      2962 10125 2963 10127 2961 10128 2962 10131
      2966 10131 2966 10135 2965 10136 2970 10137
      2971 10140 2973 10139 2975 10142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 213DEG 18KT 2972 10132

HAMPSHIRE

Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:44 PM CST, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:55 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
355 PM CST TUE MAR 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     HAIL             SEMINOLE CANYON STATE P 29.70N 101.34W
03/08/2016  E1.00 INCH       VAL VERDE          TX   PARK SERVICE

            HAIL FELL BETWEEN 230PM AND 305PM

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600029

SBS

Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:59 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
359 PM CST TUE MAR 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             COMSTOCK                29.68N 101.17W
03/08/2016  E0.70 INCH       VAL VERDE          TX   OTHER FEDERAL

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600030

SBS

Local storm report, Mar 8, 4:08 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
408 PM CST TUE MAR 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HAIL             COMSTOCK                29.68N 101.17W
03/08/2016  E1.00 INCH       VAL VERDE          TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600031

SBS

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
414 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ183-082315-
VAL VERDE TX-
414 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CST...

AT 414 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEVILS RIVER STATE NATURAL AREA AND BAKERS CROSSING.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 2985 10094 2976 10116 2981 10124 3011 10117
      3024 10077 3007 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 210DEG 14KT 2982 10118

MO

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, 2:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	38 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

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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.