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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 24, 2021Edwards County, Texas

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards47 min
Mar 24, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde61 min
Mar 24, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real, Val Verde54 min
Mar 24, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano63 min
Mar 24, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Val Verde54 min
Mar 24, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real46 min
Mar 25, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde61 min
Mar 25, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde61 min
Mar 25, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall46 min
Mar 25, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco36 min
Mar 25, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis41 min
Mar 25, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson32 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.