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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 3, 20174 counties in Texas

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

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4467 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
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

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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
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Special weather statement, May 3, 8:00 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 3, 8:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina26 min
May 3, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina52 min
May 3, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette32 min
May 3, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette30 min

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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.