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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 27, 2021, 6:02 AM CDT for Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 27, 2021, 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted.
289
WWUS84 KEWX 271102
SPSEWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
602 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
TXZ193-207>209-223-271200-
Guadalupe TX-Caldwell TX-Bastrop TX-Fayette TX-Gonzales TX-
602 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Caldwell,
northeastern Guadalupe, southern Bastrop, northeastern Gonzales and
northwestern Fayette Counties through 700 AM CDT...
At 602 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Smithville to near Kingsbury. Movement was
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Seguin, Lockhart, Bastrop, Gonzales, Luling, La Grange, Smithville,
Martindale, Waelder, Kingsbury, Staples, Fentress, Cedar Creek,
Palmeto State Park, Rosanky, Muldoon, Cistern, Geronimo, Wyldwood and
Upton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
south central Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 2950 9743 2965 9802 3015 9748 3009 9704
3003 9702 3008 9692 3005 9672
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 276DEG 32KT 3007 9721 2965 9776
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
MOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 64 min |
| Oct 27, 4:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde | 40 min |
| Oct 27, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays, Travis | 53 min |
| Oct 27, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 55 min |
| Oct 27, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Travis | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 59 min |
| Oct 27, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe | 41 min |
| Oct 27, 6:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 62 min |
| Oct 27, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca | 30 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.