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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 17, 2016Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 17, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
Apr 17, 2016, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 Apr 17, 12:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 3:53 AM 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 6:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Val Verde3 hr
Apr 17, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal64 min
Apr 17, 10:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Kinney3 hr
Apr 17, 11:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXVal Verde23 hr
Apr 17, 12:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Lee3 hr
Apr 17, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde45 min
Apr 17, 12:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop6 hr
Apr 17, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal45 min
Apr 17, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal46 min
Apr 17, 2:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis, Williamson6 hr
Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXReal, Uvalde3 hr
Apr 17, 2:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXHays, Travis3 hr
Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar51 min
Apr 17, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco27 min
Apr 17, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa26 min
Apr 17, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar45 min
Apr 17, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa41 min
Apr 17, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa31 min
Apr 17, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Kendall52 min
Apr 17, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson44 min
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXGonzales4 days
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXDeWitt24 hr
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe26 hr
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXComal, Gonzales, Guadalupe20 hr
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe29 hr
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXHays35 hr
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales3 days
Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales46 hr
Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Comal, Kendall3 hr
Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio45 min
Apr 17, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGillespie50 min
Apr 17, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr22 min
Apr 17, 5:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXWilliamson3 hr
Apr 17, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio34 min
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar34 hr
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar58 hr
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar36 hr
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe32 hr
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXBexar, Wilson59 hr
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEWXKarnes4 days
Apr 17, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio30 min
Apr 17, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall27 min
Apr 17, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson4 hr
Apr 17, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera30 min
Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina30 min
Apr 17, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera31 min
Apr 17, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXUvalde31 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.