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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 3, 2016Maverick County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Nov 3, 2016, 2:11 AM CDT for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
Nov 3, 2016, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Maverick County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 414 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1635 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
1635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 2:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBlanco3 hr
Nov 3, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet3 hr
Nov 3, 3:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXHays, Travis, Williamson3 hr

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.