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Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2026, 10:14 PM CDT for Dimmit County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 19, 2026, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Dimmit County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 19, 6:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:34 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
934 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026
TXZ218-219-228-200315-
Frio TX-Dimmit TX-Zavala TX-
934 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Dimmit,
southeastern Zavala and southwestern Frio Counties through 1015 PM
CDT...
At 934 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Light, or 12 miles southeast of Big Wells, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Dilley, Big Wells, Brundage, Chaparral Wildlife Management Area,
Light, Hilltop, Divot, Catarina, and Las Vegas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2820 9962 2866 9977 2879 9916 2865 9904
2864 9939 2821 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 233DEG 29KT 2841 9949
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
17Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026
TXZ218-219-228-200400-
Frio TX-Dimmit TX-Zavala TX-
1014 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Dimmit,
southeastern Zavala and southwestern Frio Counties through 1100 PM
CDT...
At 1014 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Las Vegas, or near Big Wells, moving north 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...
Big Wells, Brundage, Chaparral Wildlife Management Area, Light, Loma
Vista, Las Vegas, and Catarina.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 2833 9959 2866 9977 2883 9955 2876 9926
2864 9929 2864 9939 2827 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 196DEG 13KT 2855 9949
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | La Salle | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 11:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Frio, Medina, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 2:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 21 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.