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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 23, 2021Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2021, 12:25 AM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Mar 23, 2021, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2021, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 285 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 404 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
404 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
672 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WWUS84 KEWX 230525
SPSEWX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1225 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021
 
TXZ173-194-209-230630-
Williamson TX-Fayette TX-Lee TX-
1225 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON...LEE AND
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

At 1225 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles west of Lexington to near Camp Swift.
Movement was east at 40 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Giddings, Lexington, Dime Box, Fedor, Lake Somerville State Park &
Trailway, Tanglewood, Carmine, Knobb Springs, Serbin, Northrup, Blue,
Old Dime Box, Ledbetter, Loebau, Hills, Leo, Lincoln and Manheim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Texas. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until 400 AM CDT for south central Texas.

LAT...LON 3025 9669 3024 9674 3020 9674 3016 9679
      3014 9677 3017 9669 3015 9666 3008 9668
      3010 9704 3026 9708 3037 9727 3057 9721
      3046 9715 3056 9697 3054 9692 3046 9690
      3039 9679 3032 9674 3032 9669 3029 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 267DEG 33KT 3041 9717 3019 9726 

$$

RUNYEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano58 min
Mar 22, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Llano43 min
Mar 22, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano, Williamson61 min
Mar 22, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano59 min
Mar 22, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson62 min
Mar 22, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Blanco, Comal, Kendall, Kerr55 min
Mar 22, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Hays, Travis64 min
Mar 22, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson27 min
Mar 22, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGillespie41 min
Mar 22, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson41 min
Mar 22, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal, Hays, Kendall48 min
Mar 22, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis58 min
Mar 22, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Medina, Real, Uvalde59 min
Mar 22, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr41 min
Mar 22, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina61 min
Mar 22, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop65 min
Mar 23, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde65 min
Mar 23, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall and 1 more55 min
Mar 23, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe, Hays24 min
Mar 23, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina and 1 more62 min
Mar 23, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina41 min
Mar 23, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays and 1 more64 min
Mar 23, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina34 min
Mar 23, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe32 min
Mar 23, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson26 min
Mar 23, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca and 1 more59 min
Mar 23, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca33 min
Mar 23, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt, Lavaca47 min
Mar 23, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca38 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.