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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 30, 2016, 6:16 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2016, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Fayette County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 3534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
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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 30, 5:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 5:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 513 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 .UPDATE... WE HAVE ALLOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO EXPIRE BECAUSE THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT HAS LESSENED. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING TO THE EAST THROUGH WILLIAMSON... BASTROP...CALDWELL...AND GONZALES COUNTIES. PARTS OF THIS LINE MAY PRODUCE SEVERE HAIL OR WIND. SO THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF OUR CWA. THESE STORMS ARE FORMING ALONG A DRYLINE THAT IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS LAST EVENING SHOWED A TROUGH FROM CO TO NORTHERN MEXICO WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER TEXAS. THIS FLOW WAS BRINGING MID-LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC ACROSS MEXICO. AT THE SURFACE A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR COMANCHE TO JUNCTION TO DEL RIO AND A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR DALLAS TO COMANCHE TO MIDLAND. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED...BUT REMAIN A TROUGH AND KEEP THE FLOW SOUTHWESTERLY OVER TEXAS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THE COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE AND SHOULD BE HALF WAY THROUGH OUR CWA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. THE FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF OUR AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL MEAN CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR AREA TODAY. A LOW WILL FORM ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER MEXICO AND THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...BUT THE THREAT IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL SHIFT TO ZONAL FLOW MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN AREA TUESDAY. TUESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE ROCKIES. THE RIDGE WILL BECOME DOMINANT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK KEEPING THE WEATHER DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 86 65 81 61 72 / 20 10 20 50 50 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 85 64 80 63 73 / 20 20 30 50 50 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 86 66 81 64 73 / 20 10 30 50 50 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 84 61 78 58 69 / 20 10 20 50 40 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 90 68 85 64 74 / - 10 30 60 50 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 83 62 79 60 70 / 20 10 20 50 50 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 90 67 83 65 75 / 20 10 30 50 40 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 85 66 80 63 72 / 30 10 30 50 50 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 85 69 82 67 75 / 40 20 40 60 60 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 87 66 81 64 73 / 20 10 30 50 40 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 89 69 83 66 75 / 20 10 30 50 40 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...RUNYEN SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...05
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 5:21 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 521 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-011030- 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- 521 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. SOME ISOLATED POCKETS OF 1-3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS THIS MORNING AND SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
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Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Hays, Travis | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Guadalupe | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 4:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 117 min |
| Apr 30, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 4:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee, Travis | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 19 min |
| Apr 30, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 5:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 117 min |
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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.