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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2016, 9:39 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 2, 2016, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County DeWitt County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
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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 Jun 2, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 636 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016 .AVIATION... /00Z TAF Package/ Isolated showers and thunderstorms, winds shifting out of the north, and some MVFR cigs are the main concerns for this TAF period. At this hour showers and thunderstorms are working down the Rio Grande Plains and other storms are moving towards SAT/SSF. For this reason will carry VCTS at SAT/SSF/DRT for part of the evening. It looks like AUS should remain mostly dry other than a few showers moving through the area later this evening. A front has pushed south across the area with northerly winds now prevailing at all terminals. Winds should be light and northerly overnight with a bit more of a northeasterly or easterly component as we get into the day on Friday. Although the upper level low is pulling in some dry air aloft the ground and air at the surface is still moist enough that we should see a round of MVFR status develop towards morning which could stick around through the day. With decent rain chances continuing through the day on Friday, TAF amendments will be made as needed to add or remove mention of precipitation from the terminals. The where and when of the precipitation is still a low confidence forecast beyond about 6 to 12 hours. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 417 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016/ SHORT TERM (Tonight through Friday Night)... Water vapor imagery shows an upper low currently located over the Southern Edwards plateau and Rio Grande plains this afternoon. At the surface, a cold front was located roughly along a Del Rio to San Marcos to Georgetown line. The above mentioned upper low is forecast to drift slowly northeast through tonight. We are seeing some dry air wrap around the western periphery of this upper low. However, plenty of moisture remains across the region and with saturated soils over most areas, the threat for flash flooding will continue tonight and Friday. Based on recent model data, we have decided to expand the Flash Flood Watch for all of south central Texas into Friday evening. As the deeper moisture remains over the coastal plains and is wrapped northward into the I-35 corridor and portions of the Hill Country, suspect these areas are most at risk for flooding. Farther west into the southern Edwards plateau and Rio Grande plains, we should see less coverage of showers and storms. However, locally heavy rainfall is still a concern as storms will be capable of producing rainfall amounts of 2 inches per hour. For Friday night, the upper low is forecast to reverse course and begin a southward drift. Additional drying in the mid-levels should help reduce rain chances across the Rio Grande plains. However, with higher moisture for points eastward, rain chances remain good for the Hill country, I-35 corridor and especially the coastal plains. LONG TERM (Saturday through Thursday)... The upper low continues to drift southward into deep south Texas through Saturday night. With the stronger upper lift gradually departing, we expect a slow decrease in rain chances through the mentioned period. A drying trend is expected to continue into the middle of the upcoming work week as upper level ridging builds in from the west. Temperatures are generally expected to remain below normal through the forecast period. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 65 80 66 81 67 / 70 60 50 60 40 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 65 80 65 81 67 / 70 60 50 60 40 New Braunfels Muni Airport 65 81 65 81 67 / 60 50 50 60 40 Burnet Muni Airport 63 77 64 78 64 / 70 60 50 60 30 Del Rio Intl Airport 66 87 67 86 67 / 40 20 20 40 30 Georgetown Muni Airport 64 78 64 79 65 / 70 60 60 60 30 Hondo Muni Airport 64 83 66 82 67 / 50 40 40 60 30 San Marcos Muni Airport 65 80 65 81 67 / 60 60 50 60 40 La Grange - Fayette Regional 67 81 67 81 68 / 70 60 60 70 40 San Antonio Intl Airport 66 81 66 81 67 / 50 50 50 60 40 Stinson Muni Airport 66 83 68 82 69 / 50 50 50 60 40 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flash Flood Watch through Friday evening for the following counties: Atascosa...Bandera...Bastrop...Bexar...Blanco...Burnet... Caldwell...Comal...De Witt...Dimmit...Edwards...Fayette...Frio... Gillespie...Gonzales...Guadalupe...Hays...Karnes...Kendall...Kerr... Kinney...Lavaca...Lee...Llano...Maverick...Medina...Real...Travis... Uvalde...Val Verde...Williamson...Wilson...Zavala. && Mesoscale/Aviation...Treadway Synoptic/Grids...17 Public Service/Data Collection...33
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:26 PM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 326 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-032030- 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- 326 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ON SUNDAY. 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
746 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0742 PM HAIL 1 SW VON ORMY 29.28N 98.67W
06/02/2016 M0.88 INCH BEXAR TX PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1600563
CVPLocal storm report, Jun 2, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
759 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL 1 NW SAN ANTONIO 29.44N 98.50W
06/02/2016 M1.00 INCH BEXAR TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1600564
CVPSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 804 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016 TXZ205-207-221-223-030145- WILSON TX-GUADALUPE TX-GONZALES TX-BEXAR TX- 804 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BEXAR...SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES...SOUTHWESTERN GUADALUPE AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 803 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA VERNIA...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF FLORESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORESVILLE...POTH...STOCKDALE...KOSCIUSKO...NIXON...ST. HEDWIG... ELMENDORF...LA VERNIA...NEW BERLIN...CALAVERAS LAKE...SUTHERLAND SPRINGS... PANDORA...ZUEHL...ADKINS...CANADA VERDE AND PARITA. 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 2922 9837 2950 9816 2929 9765 2899 9805 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 294DEG 26KT 2933 9822 AAT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
828 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
TXZ205-220>222-030215-
WILSON TX-KARNES TX-ATASCOSA TX-BEXAR TX-
828 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEXAR...WEST
CENTRAL KARNES...SOUTHWESTERN WILSON AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 915
PM CDT...
AT 828 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF FLORESVILLE TO CHARLOTTE.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLEASANTON...JOURDANTON...POTEET...CHARLOTTE...CHRISTINE...CAMPBELLTON...
LEMING...MCCOY...DOBROWOLSKI...DAVIS...PEGGY...COY CITY...ESPEY...AMPHION...
COUGHRAN...DEWEESVILLE...FASHING AND GRAYTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 2864 9834 2864 9866 2879 9880 2900 9880
2922 9839 2899 9805 2890 9794 2878 9809
2878 9810 2861 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 303DEG 21KT 2909 9831 2886 9872
AATSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 8:42 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
842 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
TXZ207-221>224-030230-
WILSON TX-GUADALUPE TX-DE WITT TX-KARNES TX-GONZALES TX-
842 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN KARNES...NORTHWESTERN
DEWITT...SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES...SOUTHEASTERN GUADALUPE AND WILSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 841 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER STOCKDALE AND FLORESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GONZALES...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...POTH...STOCKDALE...KOSCIUSKO...
NIXON...FALLS CITY...SMILEY...CHEAPSIDE...GILLETT...PANDORA...SUTHERLAND
SPRINGS...WESTHOFF...CESTOHOWA...WRIGHTSBORO...PANA MARIA...COTTON PATCH...
MONTHALIA AND NEW DAVY.
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 2912 9827 2951 9798 2949 9744 2908 9736
2895 9760 2888 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 303DEG 20KT 2920 9793
AATSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 9:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 8:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt | 117 min |
| Jun 2, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 8:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 days |
| Jun 3, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 56 hr |
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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.