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Excessive Heat Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 4, 202317 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 4, 2023, 12:59 PM CDT for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 5, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2023, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 5, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 5, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this excessive heat warning went out at Aug 3, 6:07 PM CDT, 18 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 6:07 PM CDT, 18 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 12:59 PM CDTRed Flag WarningEWXBastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 7 more34 hr
Aug 4, 12:59 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryEWXBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt and 18 more32 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Texas, 2023Every excessive heat warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.