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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 25, 2021Blanco County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 3:24 AM CDT for Blanco County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 25, 2021, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

County Blanco County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.

401 
WWUS84 KEWX 250824
SPSEWX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
324 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
 
TXZ190-191-250900-
Blanco TX-Hays TX-
324 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HAYS AND CENTRAL
BLANCO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

At 323 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Blanco, moving northeast at 45 mph.

Penny size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dripping Springs, Blanco, Bear Creek, Flugrath, Twin Sisters, Henly,
Payton, Pedernales Falls State Park, Driftwood and Mount Gainor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for south central
Texas.

LAT...LON 3014 9788 3000 9825 3004 9830 2994 9842
      3006 9852 3013 9856 3038 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 241DEG 41KT 3006 9841 

$$

RUNYEN

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, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards41 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, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis41 min
Mar 25, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson32 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.