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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 17, 2016, 1:59 PM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted.
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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, 1:20 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 1:20 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 518 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-181030- 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- 518 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10AM SUNDAY TO 10AM TUESDAY FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF RIVER AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...INCLUDING BOTH THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METRO AREAS. THE MOST CONCERNING LOCATIONS ARE ALONG AND EAST OF A KERRVILLE TO PEARSALL LINE. ON AVERAGE...THIS AREA IS LIKELY TO RECEIVE 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATER IN THE LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF I-10 AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281. LOWER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED FARTHER WEST ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND EDWARDS PLATEAU BUT ENOUGH COULD FALL TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES THERE AS WELL. PLEASE STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ON SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE STORM COMPLEX RESULTING IN HEAVY RAINS SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBILITIES THROUGH MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY NIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON MONDAY WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE RAPID FLASH FLOODING OR WORSEN ANY ONGOING FLOODING THAT MAY DEVELOP TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND MONDAY. TB3
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 17, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1247 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 PM FLASH FLOOD PAIGE 30.22N 97.12W
04/17/2016 BASTROP TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HWY 21 EASTBOUND AT RAILROAD TRACKS IS FLOODED
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1600196
CVPLocal storm report, Apr 17, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1252 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1252 PM FLASH FLOOD BASTROP 30.11N 97.31W
04/17/2016 BASTROP TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL ROADS IN CENTRAL BASTROP COUNTY CLOSED DUE TO
FLASH FLOODING
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1600197
CVPSpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 1:15 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
115 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
TXZ185-203-171900-
REAL TX-UVALDE TX-
115 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN UVALDE AND SOUTHERN REAL
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 113 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
REAGAN WELLS...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF LEAKEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEAKEY...CAMP WOOD...CONCAN...GARNER STATE PARK...RIO FRIO...TUFF AND
REAGAN WELLS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2966 9960 2963 9960 2963 9958 2955 9952
2936 9985 2950 9999 2979 10002 2980 10002
2992 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 229DEG 14KT 2949 9986
LJHLocal storm report, Apr 17, 1:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 67 min |
| Apr 17, 6:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 10:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 26 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 20 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 35 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 4:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 46 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 22 min |
| Apr 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 34 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 58 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 36 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe | 32 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 59 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 31 min |
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