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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 9, 2016Frio County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2016, 4:45 AM CST for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 9, 2016, 4:45 AM CST (10:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2016, 5:15 AM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Frio County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 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

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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 9, 3:21 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:21 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 4:00 AM CST, 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:24 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
124 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXZ173-192-090815-
WILLIAMSON TX-TRAVIS TX-
124 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CST...

AT 123 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BARTLETT TO NEAR
BARTON CREEK...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...ROUND ROCK...CEDAR PARK...GEORGETOWN...SERENADA...ANDERSON MILL...
WINDEMERE...LEANDER...LAKEWAY...LAGO VISTA...BEE CAVE...WEST LAKE HILLS...
THE HILLS...BARTLETT...ROLLINGWOOD...FLORENCE...JARRELL...LIBERTY HILL...
WEIR AND GEORGETOWN DAM.

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.

THESE STORMS 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 3087 9763 3079 9742 3079 9741 3016 9788
      3016 9790 3024 9801 3040 9814 3046 9810
      3050 9810 3048 9812 3050 9812 3079 9796
      3091 9783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 150DEG 30KT 3077 9749 3023 9790

ALLEN

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:30 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
130 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXZ208-209-223-090830-
FAYETTE TX-GONZALES TX-CALDWELL TX-
130 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND NORTHEASTERN GONZALES COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM
CST...

AT 129 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GONZALES...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GONZALES...WAELDER...COST...HAMON...OAK FOREST...LITTLE NEW YORK...GLAZE
CITY...DILWORTH...NICKLE...THOMPSONVILLE...NEWTONVILLE AND ELM GROVE.

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.

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 2958 9721 2952 9720 2938 9726 2934 9751
      2950 9761 2978 9753 2981 9734 2979 9731
      2980 9730 2977 9723 2968 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 199DEG 31KT 2948 9749

JR

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:52 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
152 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXZ193-208-209-090830-
FAYETTE TX-BASTROP TX-CALDWELL TX-
152 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL FAYETTE...BASTROP
AND NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CST...

AT 151 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ROSANKY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BASTROP...SMITHVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...MULDOON...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE...
WYLDWOOD...ROSANKY...CISTERN...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES...CAMP SWIFT...PAIGE...
UPTON...MCMAHAN...TAYLORSVILLE...TILMON...ALUM CREEK...STRING PRAIRIE...
HILLS PRAIRIE...FLOY AND KOVAR.

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 200 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2978 9706 2978 9753 3015 9755 3020 9750
      3024 9747 3022 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 179DEG 37KT 2992 9730

ALLEN

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:53 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:24 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:45 AM 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
Mar 8, 6:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	54 min
Mar 8, 6:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	59 min
Mar 8, 6:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	46 min
Mar 8, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Uvalde	50 min
Mar 8, 7:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kerr, Real	59 min
Mar 8, 7:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio, Zavala	64 min
Mar 8, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Uvalde	79 min
Mar 8, 8:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	44 min
Mar 8, 8:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	56 min
Mar 8, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real	48 min
Mar 8, 8:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gillespie	58 min
Mar 8, 8:33 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Uvalde	3 hr
Mar 8, 8:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	60 min
Mar 8, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Gillespie	72 min
Mar 8, 8:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Medina, Uvalde	70 min
Mar 8, 9:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	3 hr
Mar 8, 9:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio	53 min
Mar 8, 9:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	56 min
Mar 8, 9:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Dimmit	17 min
Mar 8, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet, Llano	32 min
Mar 8, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	60 min
Mar 8, 10:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Frio, Medina	33 min
Mar 8, 10:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	65 min
Mar 8, 10:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera	59 min
Mar 8, 10:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	27 min
Mar 8, 11:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	61 min
Mar 8, 11:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kendall	39 min
Mar 8, 11:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	51 min
Mar 8, 11:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Medina	54 min
Mar 8, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kendall	41 min
Mar 9, 12:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Blanco, Gillespie	28 min
Mar 9, 12:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal, Guadalupe	46 min
Mar 9, 12:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	42 min
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 9 more	7 hr
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar	39 min
Mar 9, 1:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal, Hays	43 min
Mar 9, 1:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar	46 min
Mar 9, 1:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	51 min
Mar 9, 1:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	60 min
Mar 9, 1:43 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Hays, Travis, Williamson	4 hr
Mar 9, 1:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop	38 min
Mar 9, 1:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal	37 min
Mar 9, 3:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lavaca	36 min
Mar 9, 9:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	DeWitt, Lavaca	115 min
Mar 9, 9:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lavaca	51 min
Mar 9, 9:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Karnes	26 min
Mar 9, 1:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	DeWitt, Lavaca	116 min

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