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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2016, 1:32 PM CDT for Travis 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 26, 2016, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Travis County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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
- 3958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 26, 11:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:46 AM CDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 446 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-271000- 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- 446 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY FOR AREAS WEST OF A PEARSALL TO SAN ANTONIO TO GEORGETOWN LINE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN RISK...BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN ACTIVE PERIOD REMAINS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 132 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 TXZ191>193-208-261915- BASTROP TX-CALDWELL TX-TRAVIS TX-HAYS TX- 132 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL BASTROP... NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN TRAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN HAYS COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 132 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER UHLAND...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN MARCOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AUSTIN...SAN MARCOS...LOCKHART...AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...TANGLEWOOD FOREST...KYLE...BUDA...MARTINDALE...UHLAND...MUSTANG RIDGE...NIEDERWALD... CEDAR CREEK...WYLDWOOD...ONION CREEK...SHADY HOLLOW...MOUNTAIN CITY...SAN LEANNA...HAYS...CREEDMOOR AND DEL VALLE. 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 STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO. && LAT...LON 2978 9776 3000 9806 3033 9767 3009 9736 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 224DEG 30KT 2996 9783 TB3
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 12 more | 28 hr |
| May 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 33 min |
| May 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 30 min |
| May 26, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 52 min |
| May 26, 3:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 27 min |
| May 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 77 min |
| May 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 33 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 26 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 30 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 29 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.