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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2022, 8:21 PM CDT for Comal County, Hays County, Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 21, 2022, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2022, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Comal County, TX, Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 1720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
545
WWUS84 KEWX 220121
SPSEWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
821 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
TXZ191-192-206-220145-
Comal TX-Hays TX-Travis TX-
821 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Hays, central Travis
and Comal Counties through 845 PM CDT...
At 821 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Mansfield Dam to near Bulverde. Movement was
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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...
Austin, New Braunfels, Kyle, Buda, Dripping Springs, Wimberley,
Tanglewood Forest, Canyon Lake Dam, Canyon Lake, Lakeway, Manor, Bee
Cave, Bulverde, West Lake Hills, The Hills, Woodcreek, Rollingwood,
Bear Creek, Smithson Valley and Barton Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 9752 2974 9816 2970 9830 2971 9834
2973 9835 2973 9837 2974 9840 2975 9841
2974 9842 2979 9854 2996 9839 3004 9830
3008 9828 3034 9805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 286DEG 9KT 3040 9788 2982 9844
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
BRADYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 51 min |
| Mar 21, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 38 min |
| Mar 21, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lee | 15 min |
| Mar 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lee | 25 min |
| Mar 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 45 min |
| Mar 21, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 23 min |
| Mar 21, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 21 min |
| Mar 21, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Hays | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 28 min |
| Mar 21, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Travis | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson | 66 min |
| Mar 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 60 min |
| Mar 21, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 12:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Frio and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Williamson | 64 min |
| Mar 22, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Lee, Travis and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 54 min |
| Mar 22, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 50 min |
| Mar 22, 2:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Real and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 42 min |
| Mar 22, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 27 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.