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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2023, 8:45 PM CDT for Val Verde 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
- Aug 21, 2023, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2023, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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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 Aug 21, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 1:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Medina | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays, Kendall, Travis | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina, Uvalde | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.