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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 18, 2016Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 18, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Travis County, TX

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 7:00 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
700 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

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

0657 PM     HAIL             4 NW MARBLE FALLS       30.62N  98.31W
03/18/2016  E1.00 INCH       BURNET             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600070

SBS

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 7:18 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
718 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

TXZ183>185-202-203-190115-
REAL TX-EDWARDS TX-VAL VERDE TX-KINNEY TX-UVALDE TX-
718 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN VAL VERDE...NORTHWESTERN
UVALDE...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS...NORTHERN KINNEY AND SOUTHWESTERN REAL
COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 718 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BARKSDALE TO NEAR SHUMLA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEL RIO...COMSTOCK...CAMP WOOD...LAGUNA...VANCE...CARTA VALLEY...MONTELL...
BARKSDALE...SHUMLA...ALAMO VILLAGE...LAKE VIEW...AMANDA...SEMINOLE CANYON
STATE PARK...VAL VERDE PARK...CIENEGAS TERRACE...LAUGHLIN AFB...AMISTAD
VILLAGE...BOX CANYON-AMISTAD...PAFFORD CROSSING AND ROUGH CANYON REC
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2986 10153 2989 10001 2938 9976 2934 10094
      2937 10101 2946 10106 2947 10115 2952 10118
      2953 10126 2962 10125 2963 10126 2957 10129
      2959 10131 2965 10130 2965 10136 2975 10142
      2977 10140 2975 10145 2978 10145 2979 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 319DEG 27KT 2974 9994 2978 10133

MO

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 7:20 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
720 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

TXZ187-189-204>207-190115-
BANDERA TX-GUADALUPE TX-COMAL TX-BEXAR TX-KENDALL TX-MEDINA TX-
720 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEXAR...SOUTHWESTERN COMAL...
SOUTHERN KENDALL...SOUTHWESTERN GUADALUPE...SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA AND
MEDINA COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CANYON LAKE TO 9 MILES
SOUTH OF TARPLEY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...UNIVERSAL CITY...BOERNE...HONDO...
CASTROVILLE...TARPLEY...SCHERTZ...CIBOLO...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...KIRBY...
HELOTES...ALAMO HEIGHTS...FAIR OAKS RANCH...SELMA...WINDCREST...CANYON
LAKE...TERRELL HILLS AND BULVERDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2958 9941 2961 9941 2991 9835 2949 9807
      2912 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 325DEG 18KT 2979 9826 2950 9931

LJH

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 7:30 PM CDT, 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 18, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Real, Uvalde	61 min
Mar 18, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	57 min
Mar 18, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar, Medina	55 min
Mar 18, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays	46 min
Mar 18, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Wilson	29 min
Mar 18, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	31 min
Mar 18, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina, Uvalde	41 min
Mar 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe	45 min
Mar 18, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson	42 min
Mar 18, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	62 min
Mar 18, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick	56 min
Mar 18, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, Frio, Kinney, Uvalde	50 min
Mar 18, 9:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Dimmit	3 hr
Mar 18, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson	58 min
Mar 18, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	33 min
Mar 18, 9:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Karnes, Wilson	2 hr
Mar 18, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	47 min
Mar 18, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Zavala	32 min
Mar 18, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	45 min
Mar 18, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	40 min
Mar 18, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt	35 min
Mar 18, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick, Zavala	52 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.