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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 6, 2023Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2023, 12:13 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
Apr 6, 2023, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Fayette County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 5, 11:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 11:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
628 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-062330-
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-
Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Kinney-Uvalde-
Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-Fayette-Maverick-Zavala-
Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca-Dimmit-
628 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas..

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Isolated strong to severe storms are possible tonight across the
coastal plains region.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thursday through Friday night, multiple rounds of showers and
thunderstorms are expected. Isolated strong storms are possible
across most of south central Texas on Friday. Heavy rains are
possible mainly along and east of the I-35 corridor. Minor
flooding may become possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:38 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 12:10 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca38 min
Apr 5, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee66 min
Apr 5, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson40 min
Apr 5, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa39 min
Apr 5, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales52 min
Apr 5, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca23 min
Apr 5, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee43 min
Apr 5, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Karnes, Wilson42 min
Apr 5, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe, Wilson15 min
Apr 5, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe39 min
Apr 5, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, DeWitt, Karnes, Wilson28 min
Apr 5, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca31 min
Apr 5, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette43 min
Apr 5, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson40 min
Apr 5, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe39 min
Apr 5, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes44 min
Apr 5, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales49 min
Apr 5, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop45 min
Apr 5, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe43 min
Apr 5, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe, Wilson35 min
Apr 5, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Gonzales20 min
Apr 6, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXCaldwell50 min
Apr 6, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca48 min
Apr 6, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa, Frio49 min
Apr 6, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa45 min
Apr 6, 5:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Karnes, Wilson4 hr
Apr 6, 6:42 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXAtascosa, Karnes4 hr
Apr 6, 6:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca4 hr
Apr 6, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal44 min
Apr 6, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar46 min
Apr 6, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall45 min
Apr 6, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales43 min
Apr 6, 9:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco40 min
Apr 6, 9:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson3 hr
Apr 6, 12:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Lee3 hr
Apr 6, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes45 min
Apr 6, 2:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Travis, Williamson3 hr
Apr 6, 2:28 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXAtascosa, Karnes3 hr
Apr 6, 3:57 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEWXGonzales, Karnes, Wilson4 hr

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