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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 18, 2016, 5:08 AM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 18, 2016, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 18, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 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
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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 3:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 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, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 30 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 46 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 8:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco | 22 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 41 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 56 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 60 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 7:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Hays | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 2:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 5 hr |
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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.