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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 3:16 PM CDT for Kinney County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Kinney County, TX, Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS84 KEWX 012016
SPSEWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
316 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
TXZ183>185-187-202-203-012100-
Uvalde TX-Kinney TX-Val Verde TX-Edwards TX-Real TX-Bandera TX-
316 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BANDERA...NORTHERN
KINNEY...NORTHERN UVALDE...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS...EASTERN VAL VERDE
AND REAL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
At 316 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lost Maples State Natural Area to near
Camp Wood to near Loma Alta. Movement was southwest at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Del Rio, Brackettville, Leakey, Vanderpool, Loma Alta, Camp Wood,
Lake View, Laguna, Barksdale, Tuff, Concan, Amistad Acres, Vance,
Cline, Reagan Wells, Utopia, Alamo Village, Carta Valley, Amistad
Village and Black Brush Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3007 10109 2987 10028 2989 9935 2947 9949
2923 10013 2944 10106 2946 10106 2947 10109
2947 10111 2948 10113 2947 10115 2952 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 053DEG 25KT 2981 9956 2969 9997 2990 10083
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Medina | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Kendall | 3 hr |
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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.