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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, 12:47 AM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Lee County, TX

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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 2, 12:26 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:26 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 11:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 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

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Special weather statement, May 2, 12:14 AM CDT, 33 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

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Special weather statement, May 2, 12:39 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 12:47 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Hays	52 min
May 2, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lee	31 min
May 2, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop	51 min
May 2, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Lee	42 min
May 2, 1:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop	63 min
May 2, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop	49 min
May 2, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop	48 min
May 2, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	40 min
May 2, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	48 min
May 2, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop	41 min
May 2, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop	47 min
May 2, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Fayette	49 min
May 2, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lee	45 min
May 2, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Llano	51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.