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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 4, 20187 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2018, 4:51 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 69 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: Jul 4, 2018, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Frio County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Medina County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 3, 6:46 PM CDT, 22 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:46 PM CDT, 22 hours 5 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
Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	46 min
Jul 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	45 min
Jul 4, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell	51 min
Jul 4, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	27 min
Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe	24 min
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Kendall and 1 more	59 min
Jul 4, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa, DeWitt, Karnes, Wilson	66 min
Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala	63 min
Jul 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala	70 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt, Karnes	65 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.