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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

January 16, 2017Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Jan 16, 2017, 12:07 AM CST for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Jan 16, 2017, 12:07 AM CST (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 2017, 12:45 AM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 368 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted.

801 
WWUS84 KEWX 160607
SPSEWX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1207 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017
 
TXZ173-192-193-160645-
Williamson TX-Bastrop TX-Travis TX-
1207 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON...
NORTHEASTERN TRAVIS AND NORTH CENTRAL BASTROP COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM
CST...

At 1207 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Manor, or 7 miles south of Pflugerville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Austin, Pflugerville, Taylor, Elgin, Manor, Thrall, Coupland, Rices
Crossing, Noack, Hoxie, Beyarsville and Sandoval.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3056 9719 3046 9715 3045 9718 3041 9733
      3038 9730 3022 9759 3036 9771 3069 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 232DEG 37KT 3034 9758 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 6:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards48 min
Jan 15, 6:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney39 min
Jan 15, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real66 min
Jan 15, 6:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards60 min
Jan 15, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real48 min
Jan 15, 6:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKimble32 min
Jan 15, 6:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney42 min
Jan 15, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney28 min
Jan 15, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera67 min
Jan 15, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney47 min
Jan 15, 7:17 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards43 min
Jan 15, 7:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKerr42 min
Jan 15, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney29 min
Jan 15, 7:48 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKerr27 min
Jan 15, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde46 min
Jan 15, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr46 min
Jan 15, 8:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKerr, Real, Uvalde44 min
Jan 15, 8:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall41 min
Jan 15, 8:36 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kerr, Real3 hr
Jan 15, 8:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde49 min
Jan 15, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall46 min
Jan 15, 9:11 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXKinney, Uvalde3 hr
Jan 15, 9:27 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKendall33 min
Jan 15, 9:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde62 min
Jan 15, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Kendall46 min
Jan 15, 9:52 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr3 hr
Jan 15, 10:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXHays38 min
Jan 15, 10:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar50 min
Jan 15, 11:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXHays, Travis53 min
Jan 15, 11:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar, Comal29 min
Jan 15, 11:21 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar3 hr
Jan 15, 11:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar45 min
Jan 15, 11:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar, Comal30 min
Jan 16, 12:32 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXComal, Hays3 hr
Jan 16, 1:04 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Guadalupe3 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.