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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 2, 2016Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 12:14 AM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
May 2, 2016, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-02Temperature 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 May 1, 7:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-021000-
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-
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE MAIN THREAT
AREAS ARE THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND NEAR THE COASTAL PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 6:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 1, 6:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 1, 6:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

TXZ217-020030-
MAVERICK TX-
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MAVERICK COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 644 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUEMADO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE PASS...QUEMADO...RADAR BASE...ROSITA NORTH...NORMANDY...PALOMA...ELM
CREEK...SECO MINES AND LAS QUINTAS FRONTERIZAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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 2870 10051 2874 10051 2876 10053 2880 10053
      2883 10055 2883 10058 2885 10057 2888 10060
      2889 10059 2890 10060 2891 10064 2892 10063
      2894 10065 2900 10065 2889 10028 2864 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 295DEG 19KT 2891 10070

CP
Special weather statement, May 1, 11:38 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1138 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

TXZ191-192-208-020530-
CALDWELL TX-TRAVIS TX-HAYS TX-
1138 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...SOUTH
CENTRAL TRAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN HAYS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

AT 1137 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR SAN MARCOS...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTH AUSTIN...SAN
MARCOS...LOCKHART...KYLE...BUDA...MARTINDALE...UHLAND...MUSTANG
RIDGE...NIEDERWALD...ONION CREEK...MOUNTAIN CITY...SAN
LEANNA...CREEDMOOR... MENDOZA...REEDVILLE AND MAXWELL.

LAT...LON 2977 9762 2980 9784 2983 9784 2985 9786
      2985 9789 2981 9794 2982 9800 3000 9804
      3020 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 257DEG 10KT 2992 9800

RUNYEN
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:14 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1214 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

TXZ194-020545-
LEE TX-
1214 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LEE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT...

AT 1214 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...TANGLEWOOD...FEDOR...OLD DIME BOX...LEO AND BLUE.

LAT...LON 3028 9712 3031 9716 3044 9722 3046 9715
      3056 9697 3054 9692 3049 9690 3048 9691
      3046 9690 3046 9688 3043 9687 3043 9685
      3037 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 247DEG 12KT 3039 9711

RUNYEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXHays52 min
May 2, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop51 min
May 2, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee43 min
May 2, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee42 min
May 2, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop63 min
May 2, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop49 min
May 2, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop48 min
May 2, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis40 min
May 2, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson48 min
May 2, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop41 min
May 2, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop47 min
May 2, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette49 min
May 2, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee45 min
May 2, 11:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLlano51 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.