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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 26, 2016Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT for Val Verde 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, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-388 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
318 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

.UPDATE...
In coordination with SPC, we have issued a Severe Thunderstorm
Watch along and northwest of a Junction to Uvalde to Del Rio line.
Showers and thunderstorms continued to develop over the Serranias
del Burro mountains to southwestern Texas. Strong instability and
shear are noted across our area.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 232 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016/

SHORT TERM (Tonight through Friday Night)...
Have issued a Flash Flood Watch for areas along and east of a
Burnet to Boerne to San Antonio to Karnes City line for this
afternoon through late tonight. A surface boundary from morning
rains over Central Texas is slowly drifting south along the I-35
corridor and provided lift to generate showers and thunderstorms.
PWS have risen to near 2 inches across the Hill Country and South
Central Texas tapering to near 1.5 inches along the Rio Grande.
Due to earlier clearing skies allowing convective temperatures to
be reached, showers and thunderstorms have developed out west from
the Serranias del Burro of Mexico across the Big Bend into
southwestern Texas. Expect showers and thunderstorms to continue
across the eastern areas with locally heavy rains causing some
flooding this afternoon into evening. Showers and thunderstorms
out west will organize and move east across our area this evening
into the overnight hours. This will cause another round of locally
heavy rains. With the rains ongoing in the east adding to the
saturated soils...the threat for flooding will continue into the
overnight hours especially across eastern areas. An upper level
trough will move northeast across the plains states on Wednesday
forcing a dryline into the Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande Plains
on Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and east
of the dryline. More locally heavy rains are possible with PWS
near 1.8 inches east of I-35. CAPEs of 2000 to 4000 j/kg and 0-6
km shear will allow for strong to severe storms this afternoon
through Friday evening.

LONG TERM (Saturday through Thursday)...
A series of upper level impulses will move across the southern
tier of states. A moist and unstable airmass lingers over our area
due to a persistent southeasterly lower flow off the Gulf of
Mexico. As a result, periods of showers and thunderstorms are
expected Saturday through Thursday. Similar to the short term, a
few strong to severe storms and locally heavy rains with flooding
are possible.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              73  85  73  90  73 /  60  60  40  30  20
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  73  85  72  89  72 /  60  60  40  30  20
New Braunfels Muni Airport     73  87  72  88  73 /  50  60  30  30  20
Burnet Muni Airport            71  85  71  88  71 /  60  60  30  30  20
Del Rio Intl Airport           72  95  71  90  73 /  60  10  10  40  30
Georgetown Muni Airport        72  84  72  89  71 /  60  60  40  30  20
Hondo Muni Airport             73  91  73  90  73 /  60  30  20  30  30
San Marcos Muni Airport        73  86  72  88  72 /  50  60  30  30  20
La Grange - Fayette Regional   75  85  75  88  73 /  50  70  40  30  10
San Antonio Intl Airport       74  87  74  88  73 /  60  40  20  30  20
Stinson Muni Airport           75  90  75  90  75 /  60  40  20  30  20

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flash Flood Watch through late tonight for the following counties:
Bastrop...Bexar...Blanco...Burnet...Caldwell...Comal...De Witt...
Fayette...Gonzales...Guadalupe...Hays...Karnes...Kendall...Lavaca...
Lee...Travis...Williamson...Wilson.

&&

Mesoscale/Aviation...TB3
Synoptic/Grids...04
Public Service/Data Collection...33
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:46 AM CDT, 12 hours 1 minute 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

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Special weather statement, May 26, 3:53 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
353 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

TXZ194-262145-
LEE TX-
353 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 352 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DIME BOX...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. ADDITIONALLY...RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL
BE POSSIBLE RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIDDINGS...LEXINGTON...FEDOR...DIME BOX...TANGLEWOOD...NORTHRUP...OLD DIME
BOX...LEO...MANHEIM...BLUE...KNOBB SPRINGS...LOEBAU...LINCOLN...SERBIN AND
HILLS.

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.

LAT...LON 3025 9669 3024 9674 3020 9674 3011 9685
      3003 9702 3026 9708 3034 9720 3040 9733
      3045 9717 3056 9696 3054 9692 3046 9690
      3046 9688 3043 9687 3039 9679 3032 9674
      3032 9669 3029 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 235DEG 31KT 3036 9691

TB3
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
418 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

TXZ183-262145-
VAL VERDE TX-
418 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 418 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PUMPVILLE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LANGTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSMAN...PANDALE...PUMPVILLE AND HACKBERRY CROSSING.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3028 10176 3029 10171 3015 10140 2976 10164
      2977 10166 2976 10168 2977 10169 2976 10171
      2978 10172 2977 10174 2978 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 211DEG 27KT 2986 10179

LJH
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:43 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
443 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

TXZ173-193-194-262300-
WILLIAMSON TX-BASTROP TX-LEE TX-
443 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BASTROP...
SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON AND LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 440 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
ACROSS LEE COUNTY AND PARTS OF WILLIAMSON AND BASTROP
COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELGIN...GIDDINGS...LEXINGTON...FEDOR...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES...CIRCLE D-KC
ESTATE...DIME BOX...PAIGE...TANGLEWOOD...CAMP SWIFT...NORTHRUP...MCDADE...
OLD DIME BOX...LEO...MANHEIM...BLUE...KNOBB SPRINGS...LOEBAU...LINCOLN AND
SERBIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 9669 3024 9674 3020 9674 3011 9685
      3003 9702 3005 9703 3004 9704 3015 9724
      3031 9744 3042 9737 3057 9721 3046 9715
      3056 9696 3054 9693 3046 9690 3039 9679
      3032 9674 3032 9669 3029 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 236DEG 28KT 3036 9693

TB3
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
447 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

TXZ183-262230-
VAL VERDE TX-
447 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 445 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANDALE...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANGTRY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PANDALE AND HACKBERRY CROSSING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED 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
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3028 10176 3029 10175 3029 10132 2997 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 223DEG 28KT 3012 10171

PLATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis43 min
May 26, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis46 min
May 26, 2:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXBastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 12 more28 hr
May 26, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop46 min
May 26, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson33 min
May 26, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson30 min
May 26, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee52 min
May 26, 3:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLee3 hr
May 26, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde27 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee77 min
May 26, 4:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee3 hr
May 26, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lee33 min
May 26, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFayette32 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde26 min
May 26, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lee32 min
May 26, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde30 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette29 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.