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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 3, 2020Zavala County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2020, 1:17 PM CDT for Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2020, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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 Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 18 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 18 hours 32 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
Apr 3, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	62 min
Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	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, 1:18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.