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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 8, 2016Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2016, 11:21 PM CST for Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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, 11:21 PM CST (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Kendall County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

537 
WWUS84 KEWX 090521
SPSEWX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1121 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
 
TXZ186-189-090600-
KENDALL TX-KERR TX-
1121 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KERR AND WESTERN
KENDALL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST...

AT 1121 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER PIPE CREEK...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOERNE...MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOERNE...COMFORT...WALNUT GROVE...CYPRESS CREEK...WELFARE...NELSON CITY...
WARING...SISTERDALE AND CROWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3004 9869 2972 9877 2972 9878 2984 9905
      3006 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 185DEG 20KT 2972 9889 

$$

ALLEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit54 min
Mar 8, 6:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala59 min
Mar 8, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala46 min
Mar 8, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde50 min
Mar 8, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real59 min
Mar 8, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Zavala64 min
Mar 8, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde79 min
Mar 8, 8:01 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXUvalde44 min
Mar 8, 8:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney56 min
Mar 8, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real48 min
Mar 8, 8:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGillespie58 min
Mar 8, 8:33 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXUvalde3 hr
Mar 8, 8:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala60 min
Mar 8, 8:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie72 min
Mar 8, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde70 min
Mar 8, 9:04 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Zavala3 hr
Mar 8, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio53 min
Mar 8, 9:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala56 min
Mar 8, 9:31 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDimmit17 min
Mar 8, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano32 min
Mar 8, 10:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio60 min
Mar 8, 10:37 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFrio, Medina33 min
Mar 8, 10:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio65 min
Mar 8, 10:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera59 min
Mar 8, 10:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina27 min
Mar 8, 11:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa61 min
Mar 8, 11:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet51 min
Mar 8, 11:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Medina54 min
Mar 8, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall41 min
Mar 9, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie28 min
Mar 9, 12:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal, Guadalupe46 min
Mar 9, 12:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis42 min
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 9 more7 hr
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar39 min
Mar 9, 1:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal, Hays43 min
Mar 9, 1:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar46 min
Mar 9, 1:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson51 min
Mar 9, 1:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales60 min
Mar 9, 1:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Mar 9, 1:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop38 min
Mar 9, 1:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal37 min
Mar 9, 3:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca36 min
Mar 9, 4:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio30 min
Mar 9, 9:20 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Lavaca115 min
Mar 9, 9:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca51 min
Mar 9, 9:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes26 min
Mar 9, 1:49 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Lavaca116 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.