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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 3, 2020Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2020, 12:13 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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: Apr 3, 2020, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2020, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Kinney County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 343 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: 1758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.9

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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 Apr 3, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:13 AM CDT, 8 hours before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
413 AM CDT Fri Apr 3 2020

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-040915-
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-
413 AM CDT Fri Apr 3 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today And Tonight.

Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected across South
Central Texas this afternoon and evening. A few storms could
become severe, producing large hail and damaging winds gusts. In
addition, some pockets of heavy rainfall are possible, which could
lead to flash flooding.

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

Additional showers and storms are possible on Saturday. Some
pockets of heavier rainfall could occur Saturday, leading to flash
flooding. The wet and unstable weather pattern continues into next
week, thus the potential for localized flooding may continue.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to relay any reports of severe weather and
flooding to the National Weather Service.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:43 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1143 AM CDT Fri Apr 3 2020

TXZ183-031745-
Val Verde TX-
1143 AM CDT Fri Apr 3 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL
1245 PM CDT...

At 1143 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Box Canyon, or 9 miles southwest of Comstock, moving northeast at 15
mph.

Penny size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Comstock, Box Canyon, Amistad Acres, Devils Shores, Pafford Crossing
and Devils River State Nat Area Big Satan.

LAT...LON 2964 10130 2981 10106 2960 10091 2952 10118
      2953 10126 2957 10124 2962 10125 2963 10126
      2962 10128 2958 10128 2958 10131 2961 10131
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 238DEG 14KT 2956 10123

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1213 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2020

TXZ202-217-031815-
Maverick TX-Kinney TX-
1213 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY AND
NORTHWESTERN MAVERICK COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

At 1213 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Quemado, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Penny size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Spofford, Quemado, Anacacho, Radar Base, Normandy, Darling and
Laughlin AFB Aux Field.

LAT...LON 2883 10057 2885 10057 2888 10060 2889 10059
      2890 10060 2890 10063 2892 10064 2892 10063
      2895 10065 2900 10065 2909 10067 2916 10059
      2929 10030 2906 10017 2883 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 234DEG 22KT 2896 10058

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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
Apr 3, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	62 min
Apr 3, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	58 min
Apr 3, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	46 min
Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	45 min
Apr 3, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kinney, Val Verde	54 min
Apr 3, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	63 min
Apr 3, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	62 min
Apr 3, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Zavala	58 min
Apr 3, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	57 min
Apr 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Maverick, Zavala	52 min
Apr 3, 1:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EWX	Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal and 12 more	7 hr
Apr 3, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	66 min
Apr 3, 2:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Gillespie, Llano	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop	62 min
Apr 3, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Frio	50 min
Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Comal, Hays, Travis	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell	43 min
Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis	33 min
Apr 3, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Hays, Travis	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell	3 hr
Apr 3, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	58 min
Apr 3, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	47 min
Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Gonzales	18 min
Apr 3, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit	49 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.