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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 8, 2024Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2024, 3:49 AM CST for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 8, 2024, 3:49 AM CST (09:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2024, 4:15 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Kerr County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 342 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 Mar 8, 2:01 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:01 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 3:39 AM CST, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:13 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1213 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

TXZ183-080630-
Val Verde TX-
1213 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Val
Verde County through 1230 AM CST
...

At 1213 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Juno, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Val
Verde County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10115 3029 10081 3016 10114 3025 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 239DEG 31KT 3023 10110

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:41 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1241 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

TXZ183-080715-
Val Verde TX-
1241 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Val
Verde County through 115 AM CST
...

At 1241 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles northwest of Juno, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Val
Verde County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10137 3029 10105 3012 10148 3019 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 239DEG 26KT 3026 10132

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:05 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
105 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

TXZ183-080730-
Val Verde TX-
105 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Val
Verde County through 130 AM CST
...

At 105 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Pandale, or 27 miles north of Langtry, moving northeast
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
Pandale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10176 3029 10124 3007 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 230DEG 18KT 3019 10168

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

OB

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:29 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
129 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

TXZ183-080800-
Val Verde TX-
129 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Val
Verde County through 200 AM CST
...

At 129 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pandale, or 25 miles west of Juno, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
Pandale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3029 10176 3028 10118 3005 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 230DEG 18KT 3022 10154

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

OB

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 3:17 AM CST, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 3:49 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 12:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	17 min
Mar 8, 12:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	34 min
Mar 8, 1:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	25 min
Mar 8, 1:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	31 min
Mar 8, 1:54 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde, Zavala	14 hr
Mar 8, 2:03 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Mar 8, 3:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	28 min
Mar 8, 4:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gillespie	29 min
Mar 8, 4:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gillespie	31 min
Mar 8, 4:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Llano	27 min
Mar 8, 5:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Blanco	35 min
Mar 8, 5:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	23 min
Mar 8, 5:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Blanco, Gillespie, Hays	22 min
Mar 8, 5:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	42 min
Mar 8, 5:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Hays	39 min
Mar 8, 6:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bexar, Comal, Hays	49 min
Mar 8, 6:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	39 min
Mar 8, 7:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	49 min
Mar 8, 8:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales	59 min
Mar 8, 2:22 PM CST	Wind Advisory	EWX	Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 19 more	11 hr

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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.