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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2021, 10:19 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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 24, 2021, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
County Edwards County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
246 WWUS84 KEWX 250319 SPSEWX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1019 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021 TXZ183-184-250400- Val Verde TX-Edwards TX- 1019 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... At 1019 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles north of Loma Alta, moving northeast at 40 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Us-277 Near The Sutton-Edwards County Line. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for south central Texas. LAT...LON 3013 10093 3029 10075 3029 10035 2999 10077 TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 228DEG 33KT 3017 10071 $$ PLATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real, Val Verde | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.