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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 24, 2017Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2017, 1:11 AM CDT for Kinney 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: Jun 24, 2017, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2017, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Kinney County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 10 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1809 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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The text

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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 Jun 24, 1:08 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:08 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 9:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
951 PM CDT Fri Jun 23 2017

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-250300-
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-
951 PM CDT Fri Jun 23 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas..

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A line of strong to severe showers and thunderstorms will affect
at least northern portions of Edwards and Val Verde Counties
before dissipating further south. Wind gusts up to 60 mph,
frequent cloud to ground lightning, and brief heavy downpours will
be possible with these storms

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 9:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

TXZ183-184-240400-
Val Verde TX-Edwards TX-
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

At 954 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles west of Roosevelt to 11 miles east of
Terrell County Gas Plant. Movement was south at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. The
primary wind threat will be associated with the gust front out ahead
of the main line of storms.

Locations impacted include...
Loma Alta, Juno, Langtry, Pandale, Pumpville, Shumla, Flour Mills,
Osman, Carta Valley, Bakers Crossing, Us-277 Near The Sutton-
Edwards County Line, Hackberry Crossing, Vinegarone and Devils River
State Natural Area.

LAT...LON 3029 10176 3029 10024 2976 10040 2974 10141
      2977 10140 2975 10144 2979 10147 2976 10154
      2981 10154 2977 10158 2977 10163 2976 10164
      2978 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 005DEG 34KT 3048 10017 3039 10166

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1046 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

TXZ183-184-202-240430-
Kinney TX-Val Verde TX-Edwards TX-
1046 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN KINNEY...SOUTHWESTERN
EDWARDS AND SOUTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

At 1044 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong outflow boundary
along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Flour Mills to
Seminole Canyon State Park. Movement was southeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this outflow
boundary. A wind gust of 56 mph was measured near Juno in northern
Val Verde County earlier in associated with this outflow boundary.

Locations impacted include...
Del Rio, Loma Alta, Comstock, Amistad Village, Box Canyon-Amistad,
Seminole Canyon State Park, Laughlin AFB, Lake View, Val Verde Park,
Carta Valley, Cienegas Terrace, Devils Shores, Pafford Crossing,
Kickapoo Cavern State Park and Rough Canyon Rec Area.

LAT...LON 3003 10048 2962 10011 2931 10089 2937 10101
      2946 10106 2947 10115 2952 10118 2953 10126
      2962 10125 2963 10126 2962 10128 2958 10128
      2957 10129 2959 10131 2965 10130 2966 10135
      2965 10136 2970 10137 2975 10142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 309DEG 35KT 2995 10055 2973 10134

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1128 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

TXZ183>185-202-203-240515-
Uvalde TX-Kinney TX-Val Verde TX-Edwards TX-Real TX-
1128 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KINNEY...
NORTHWESTERN UVALDE...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN VAL VERDE
AND SOUTHWESTERN REAL COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...

At 1127 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an outflow boundary from
a line extending from near Vance to near Box Canyon-Amistad.
Movement was southeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this outflow
boundary.

Locations impacted include...
Del Rio, Brackettville, Leakey, Camp Wood, Amistad Village,
Barksdale, Vance, Laughlin AFB, Amanda, Montell, Lake View, Val Verde
Park, Alamo Village, Standart, Cienegas Terrace and Kickapoo Cavern
State Park.

LAT...LON 2990 10009 2969 9968 2915 10074 2917 10078
      2920 10077 2926 10081 2928 10087 2931 10089
      2933 10094 2935 10095 2936 10100 2944 10106
      2946 10106 2947 10115 2948 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 295DEG 30KT 2985 10010 2944 10113

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:13 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1213 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017

TXZ183-184-202-240600-
Kinney TX-Val Verde TX-Edwards TX-
1213 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN KINNEY...SOUTHWESTERN
EDWARDS AND SOUTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

At 1212 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms from Lake View, or near Del Rio, out toward Carta
Valley, moving south at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Del Rio, Brackettville, Amistad Village, Laughlin AFB, Amanda, Lake
View, Val Verde Park, Alamo Village, Standart, Cienegas Terrace,
Devils Shores, Kickapoo Cavern State Park and Rough Canyon Rec Area.

LAT...LON 2961 10111 2983 10038 2943 10023 2915 10076
      2917 10078 2920 10077 2926 10081 2928 10087
      2931 10089 2933 10094 2935 10095 2936 10100
      2944 10106 2946 10106 2948 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 002DEG 17KT 2948 10092

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:11 AM 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	65 min
Jun 23, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	44 min
Jun 23, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	47 min
Jun 24, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	47 min
Jun 24, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	48 min
Jun 24, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Llano	3 hr
Jun 24, 10:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gonzales, Lavaca	3 hr
Jun 24, 11:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Wilson	3 hr
Jun 24, 1:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bexar	3 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.