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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 13, 2021Uvalde County, Texas

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.

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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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2273 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

247 
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

$$

CP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXVal Verde3 hr
Oct 13, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney41 min
Oct 13, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal, Uvalde42 min
Oct 13, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Real, Uvalde57 min
Oct 13, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kerr53 min
Oct 13, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano and 1 more45 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.