Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2017, 8:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 57 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 3, 2017, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2017, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties DeWitt County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 4467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
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 May 3, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 616 PM CDT Wed May 3 2017 .AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR 00Z TAF PERIOD... FROPA has occurred at KAUS and will be occurring at KSAT/KSSF/KDRT in the first hour of the TAF period. At that point, winds will shift to the north and become gusty for the remainder of the daytime hours. Gust potential will go down somewhat after nightfall but winds should still stay elevated, in the 12-15 kt range. Winds will again become gusty mid morning tomorrow morning. Otherwise, VFR conditions are expected with north winds throughout the next 24 hours. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 519 PM CDT Wed May 3 2017/ UPDATE... Updated to include severe thunderstorm watch 192 for Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, and Lavaca counties. There is still some potential for severe storms over this area where the higher CAPE, stronger shear, deeper moisture, and weaker cap are located. Have removed POPs behind the cold front, currently along a Taylor to Austin to Bandera to Del Rio line, as drier and stable airmass filters into our area. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 238 PM CDT Wed May 3 2017/ SHORT TERM (Tonight through Thursday Night)... Upper air analysis this morning showed a trough extending from the northern plains to southern New Mexico. The flow over Texas was from the south-southwest. At the surface, a frontal boundary was stretched from near Houston to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to Marfa. On the south side of the front winds were from the south and dewpoint temperatures were 10 to 15 degrees higher than 24 hours ago in the middle 60s to middle 70s. The upper level trough will swing across Texas and the flow will become northwesterly. The cold front will have passed through our area by the beginning of the period. Showers and thunderstorms will continue behind the front this evening in the southeast. Convection should be out of the area by midnight. Then clearing will move in for the rest of the period. LONG TERM (Friday through Wednesday)... An upper level ridge will move across the Rockies bringing dry weather for the rest of the week and weekend. Low temperatures will be below normal through the weekend. An upper level low will move through the southwestern states Monday and Tuesday bringing a chance for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 58 78 54 82 55 / 0 0 0 0 0 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 56 77 51 81 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 New Braunfels Muni Airport 55 78 50 82 52 / 10 0 0 0 0 Burnet Muni Airport 53 75 50 80 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 Del Rio Intl Airport 60 84 54 87 58 / 0 0 0 0 0 Georgetown Muni Airport 55 75 51 80 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 Hondo Muni Airport 55 82 49 85 53 / 10 0 0 0 0 San Marcos Muni Airport 56 78 50 82 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 La Grange - Fayette Regional 55 76 51 80 51 / 30 0 0 0 0 San Antonio Intl Airport 57 80 52 84 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 Stinson Muni Airport 58 80 53 84 54 / 10 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Mesoscale/Aviation...TB3 Synoptic/Grids...04 Public Service/Data Collection...Treadway
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 5:03 AM CDT, 15 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 503 AM CDT Wed May 3 2017 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-041000- 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- 503 AM CDT Wed May 3 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today And Tonight. Isolated severe storms capable of producing large hail and damaging straight-line wind gusts are possible this afternoon and early evening as a cold front moves across the area. The best chance for severe storms will be along and east of a Georgetown to Austin to Gonzales line. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to submit storm reports and rainfall totals.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 3, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 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>Local storm report, May 3, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 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>Local storm report, May 3, 7:50 PM CDT, 58 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>Special weather statement, May 3, 8:00 PM CDT, 48 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>Local storm report, May 3, 8:09 PM CDT, 39 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>Special weather statement, May 3, 8:48 PM CDT, 0 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>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 26 min |
| May 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 52 min |
| May 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 30 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.