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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
- Oct 13, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 2273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS84 KEWX 132100
SPSEWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
400 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
TXZ202-203-217-218-132145-
Maverick TX-Uvalde TX-Kinney TX-Zavala TX-
400 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Kinney,
northeastern Maverick, western Uvalde and northwestern Zavala
Counties through 445 PM CDT...
At 359 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Anacacho, or 11 miles southeast of Brackettville, moving northeast at
30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Laguna, Dabney, Montell, Blewett, Cline, Garner State Park, Anacacho,
Reagan Wells and Turkey Mountain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent 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.
&&
LAT...LON 2904 10036 2928 10034 2961 10023 2962 9968
2891 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 213DEG 26KT 2925 10024
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde | 57 min |
| Oct 13, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano and 1 more | 45 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.