Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2016, 2:27 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 1, 2016, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Edwards County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 Jun 1, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:44 AM CDT, 9 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 444 AM CDT WED JUN 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- 444 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WITH RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE RATES IN COMBINATION WITH SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN RAPID FLASH FLOODING. ALSO...RAPID RISES ON ALREADY ELEVATED RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK FOR HAIL UP TO 1 INCH AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FLASH FLOODING AND THE THREAT IS SIGNIFICANT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WITH RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE RATES IN COMBINATION WITH SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN RAPID FLASH FLOODING. ALSO... RAPID RISES ON ALREADY ELEVATED RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. FOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED POCKETS UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED ON SUNDAY AND THEN ISOLATED ON MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THIS POTENTIAL SHOULD WANE BY NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD THREAT...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO 1 INCH AND 60 MPH WINDS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON IMPACTS AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS DURING THIS WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
227 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016
TXZ184-012015-
EDWARDS TX-
227 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY UNTIL 315
PM CDT...
AT 227 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKSPRINGS AND DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA.
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.
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 3009 9996 3002 9997 3003 9999 2990 10000
2989 10002 2985 10002 2985 10003 2981 10002
2978 10003 2976 10003 2974 10053 3011 10054
3018 10021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 261DEG 11KT 2994 10024
AATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 56 hr |
| May 31, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 61 hr |
| May 31, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 4 days |
| May 31, 11:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 37 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 5 days |
| Jun 1, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 66 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 3:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 24 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 30 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 37 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Real | 118 min |
| Jun 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 5:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 38 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.