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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 21, 2018Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 21, 2018, 9:39 PM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2018, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 2018, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Lee County, TX

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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 Sep 21, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 4:41 AM CDT, 16 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
441 AM CDT Fri Sep 21 2018

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221000-
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-
441 AM CDT Fri Sep 21 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today And Tonight.

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible
today. More numerous showers and storms are expect to develop
tonight across portions of the Hill Country and Rio Grande.
Pockets of locally heavy rainfall tonight across this region
could lead to flooding issues.

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

The threat for numerous showers and storms will shift eastward
on Saturday. Pockets of locally heavy rainfall could lead to minor
flooding issues across the southern and eastern Hill Country, and
along and east of the I-35 corridor on Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

While spotter activation is not anticipated, any reports of heavy
rainfall or flooding are appreciated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 4:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
704 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2018

TXZ194-209-220045-
Fayette TX-Lee TX-
704 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

At 704 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Round Top, or 9 miles southeast of Giddings, moving
north at 10 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Giddings, Round Top, Carmine, Winedale, Ledbetter, Nechanitz and
Waldeck.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Austin San Antonio.

&&

LAT...LON 3000 9681 3022 9694 3031 9674 3025 9671
      3024 9674 3020 9674 3016 9679 3014 9676
      3015 9671 3017 9669 3015 9668 3015 9666
      3009 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 165DEG 9KT 3010 9681

YURA

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 9:39 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lee	41 min
Sep 21, 10:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lee	116 min
Sep 21, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Lee, Travis, Williamson	3 hr
Sep 21, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	51 min
Sep 21, 11:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Williamson	5 hr
Sep 22, 12:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Kendall, Kerr	3 hr
Sep 22, 12:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bandera	3 hr
Sep 22, 1:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Burnet, Travis, Williamson	6 hr
Sep 22, 1:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Uvalde	3 hr
Sep 22, 1:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Medina	3 hr
Sep 22, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	37 min
Sep 22, 2:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bandera, Medina	3 hr
Sep 22, 2:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Williamson	11 hr
Sep 22, 3:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
Sep 22, 3:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Medina	3 hr
Sep 22, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Medina	32 min
Sep 22, 4:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	3 hr
Sep 22, 4:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	3 hr
Sep 22, 4:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Williamson	2 hr
Sep 22, 4:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Comal, Hays	3 hr
Sep 22, 5:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bandera	4 hr
Sep 22, 5:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Travis, Williamson	113 min
Sep 22, 6:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Travis, Williamson	3 hr
Sep 22, 6:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	9 hr
Sep 22, 6:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Bexar, Medina	113 min
Sep 22, 8:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	36 hr
Sep 22, 8:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Medina	26 hr
Sep 22, 8:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar	55 hr
Sep 22, 9:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Frio	3 days
Sep 22, 9:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Williamson	3 hr
Sep 22, 2:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	22 hr
Sep 22, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bexar, Wilson	24 hr
Sep 22, 6:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Val Verde	22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.