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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2025, 9:49 PM CDT for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- May 1, 2025, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2025, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Frio County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
407
WWUS84 KEWX 020249
SPSEWX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
949 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025
TXZ204-218>220-020330-
Frio TX-Atascosa TX-Medina TX-Zavala TX-
949 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Medina, east
central Zavala, Frio and northwestern Atascosa Counties through 1030
PM CDT...
At 949 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles northeast of Loma Vista to Frio Town to
7 miles southeast of D'Hanis. Movement was east at 15 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...
Pearsall, Devine, Dilley, Lytle, Natalia, North Pearsall, Moore,
D'Hanis, Derby, Hilltop, Bigfoot, Biry, Yancey, Divot, Loma Vista,
Bluff, Frio Town, and Three Oaks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 2878 9968 2910 9940 2935 9935 2924 9875
2921 9868 2864 9911 2864 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 277DEG 11KT 2887 9949 2903 9932 2923 9922
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 21 min |
| May 1, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 54 min |
| May 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 53 min |
| May 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 39 min |
| May 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 53 min |
| May 1, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 66 min |
| May 1, 8:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 1, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 38 min |
| May 1, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 35 min |
| May 1, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 63 min |
| May 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 23 min |
| May 1, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 50 min |
| May 1, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 48 min |
| May 1, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 46 min |
| May 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 38 min |
| May 1, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 41 min |
| May 1, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 42 min |
| May 1, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 41 min |
| May 1, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 44 min |
| May 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 33 min |
| May 1, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 41 min |
| May 1, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 35 min |
| May 1, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 67 min |
| May 1, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 49 min |
| May 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 1, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 39 min |
| May 1, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 29 min |
| May 2, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 39 min |
| May 2, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 46 min |
| May 2, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 51 min |
| May 2, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 21 min |
| May 2, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 46 min |
| May 2, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 44 min |
| May 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 46 min |
| May 2, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 61 min |
| May 2, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 43 min |
| May 2, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 2, 4:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 110 min |
| May 2, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 44 min |
| May 2, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 59 min |
| May 2, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 57 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 46 min |
| May 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 44 min |
| May 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 4 hr |
| May 2, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 39 min |
| May 2, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 19 min |
| May 2, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales | 61 min |
| May 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Lavaca | 24 min |
| May 2, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 2, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 67 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.