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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 24, 2019, 6:01 PM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- Oct 24, 2019, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Oct 24, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 318 PM CDT Thu Oct 24 2019 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252030- 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- 318 PM CDT Thu Oct 24 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon And Tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop through the northern Hill Country and northern Rio Grande this afternoon, developing into a line of showers and thunderstorms through the remainder of the Hill Country and I-35 corridor late afternoon and evening . The line of storms is forecast to push into the Coastal Plains late evening and overnight. Some storms could become strong to severe through the late afternoon and evening, producing hail up to the sized of quarters and wind gusts to 60 mph. In addition, locally heavy rainfall is forecast over the Hill Country, I-35 corridor, and eastward. Rainfall rates could lead to pockets of flash flooding, especially over portions of the Hill Country and urban areas of the I-35 corridor. In the wake of the cold front, strong northerly winds are expected tonight through mid afternoon on Friday. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph sustained winds and gusts in some areas between 35 to 40 mph are forecast. A Wind Advisory has been issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph sustained winds and gusts in some areas between 35 to 40 mph are forecast on Friday. A Wind Advisory has been issued. Elevated to near critical fire weather conditions are possible Friday afternoon across western Val Verde County, where little rain is expected tonight and gusty winds and low relative humidity develop. No additional hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter are encouraged to reports any hail, wind damage, or heavy rainfall and flooding reports.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 6:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 10:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 38 min |
| Oct 24, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 49 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019
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.