The Pocket Fire burned 300 acres in Val Verde County from March 27 through March 30.
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The Pocket Fire burned 300 acres in Val Verde County from March 27 through March 30.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 27, 11:33 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1233 PM CDT Mon Mar 27 2017 .UPDATE... The forecast has been updated to add a low chance for showers and storms this afternoon and early evening across portions of Williamson, Burnet, Llano, Gillespie and Kerr counties. A cold front currently located along a Burnet to Fredericksburg to near Del Rio line is expected to slow it's southward progress this afternoon. The front should then lift back to the north during the late afternoon and evening hours. As this occurs, daytime heating could help aid in the development of isolated showers and storms. Confidence is fairly low and for now, we will keep rain chances at 20%. We also lowered high temperatures slightly behind the front. Otherwise, minor changes were made to the hourly temperatures, winds and dew points to account for the latest observations. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1220 PM CDT Mon Mar 27 2017/ AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR 18Z TAF PERIOD... MVFR cloud deck is finally mixing out over the I-35 terminals at TAF issuance. VFR expected to prevail throughout the rest of the daylight hours. After dark, IFR CIGs are expected to develop and linger through the morning hours tomorrow for all terminals. BR will be possible but more along the MVFR category. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 643 AM CDT Mon Mar 27 2017/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ Weak cold front will stall out just as surface winds are able to become shifty at DRT by midday, and the front is not expected to reach the I-35 terminals. A weak surface pressure gradient had led to plenty of breaks in the low clouds which has allowed for patchy fog to form. For the most part a few hours of ifr cigs are expected at each TAF site before mixing out to vfr. An approaching storm system will increase southeasterlies and make low cloud formation more uniform for the area tonight. Will keep lowest cigs as ifr for late tonight as the llj should be much more active. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 445 AM CDT Mon Mar 27 2017/ SHORT TERM (Today through Tuesday)... Isolated strong to severe over Central Texas have finally dissipated. This has left a weak outflow boundary and resulted in some decrease in stratus that has allowed patchy fog to form in spots in the Hill Country to along northern parts of the I-35 corridor. This fog should lift in the next few hours. A weak cold front moves into the Hill Country and Central Texas this morning, and then stalls across those same areas this afternoon. Well above normal temperatures are again expected with some compressional heating close to the front. Hi-res models show isolated storms over southeastern parts of the Hill Country late this afternoon into evening due to moisture convergence near front and some upslope flow. For now, will only go with silent 10s for POPs as deeper moisture is lacking. The front lifts back to the north later this evening as an upper level trough currently along the West Coast approaches the Four Corners region overnight. Weak upward forcing develops across the Edwards Plateau by morning and could see some patchy drizzle or light showers there. Stronger upward forcing develops on Tuesday as the upper level trough moves across the southern Rockies with an approaching left exit region of the upper level jet. Showers and possibly thunderstorms slowly develop during the day with better chances in the afternoon. Could see some strong to perhaps severe storms come off the Serranias Del Burro or along the lower Pecos Valley toward evening due to MLCAPEs of 1500 J/KG. Increased cloud cover leads to a decrease in high temperatures, though still above normal. LONG TERM (Tuesday Night through Sunday)... The upper level trough moves out into the Central/Southern Plains Tuesday night into Wednesday. Strong upward forcing in expected due to diffluence aloft from the upper level jet and convergence along the dryline. High coverage of showers and thunderstorms is expected. MLCAPEs of 1500 to 2500 J/KG and SFC-6KM shear of 35 to 50 KTs indicate strong to severe storms are possible with the full variety of severe modes of large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes expected. In addition, PWs of 1.4 to 1.7 inches indicate a potential for locally heavy rains. The showers and thunderstorms will shift and end from west to east as the dryline pushes east with dry slotting. A lull is expected late Wednesday afternoon into early evening. A shortwave rotates through the base of the trough along with a weak cold front. These may allow for showers and thunderstorms late evening into the overnight. Drier conditions filter in on Thursday with fair weather through Friday. Another upper level trough and cold front move across Texas this weekend. Chances of showers and thunderstorms return to the forecast. Models have some disagreement on track of the system. However, enough details are similar that some strong to severe storms are again possible along with some locally heavy rains. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 86 67 85 67 83 / - - 20 60 70 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 86 66 85 66 81 / - - 20 60 80 New Braunfels Muni Airport 85 67 85 67 84 / - - 20 60 60 Burnet Muni Airport 82 65 80 62 81 / 20 20 30 70 50 Del Rio Intl Airport 91 67 87 59 88 / - - 40 50 - Georgetown Muni Airport 83 65 83 63 80 / 20 20 20 60 70 Hondo Muni Airport 88 67 82 64 87 / - - 30 60 40 San Marcos Muni Airport 85 66 84 67 83 / - - 20 60 70 La Grange - Fayette Regional 85 68 85 70 79 / - - 10 30 80 San Antonio Intl Airport 85 68 82 66 85 / - - 20 60 50 Stinson Muni Airport 88 68 85 67 85 / - - 20 50 50 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Mesoscale/Aviation...24 Synoptic/Grids...TB3 Public Service/Data Collection...YB
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 446 AM CDT Mon Mar 27 2017 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281100- 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- 446 AM CDT Mon Mar 27 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today And Tonight. No hazardous weather expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms Tuesday night into Wednesday as a large upper level disturbance moves into the Central United States. The severe weather threat will be generally along and west of I-35 Tuesday night, and along and east of I-35 during the day Wednesday. Large hail and damaging winds will be primary threats. However, this slow moving storm system will also be capable of producing isolated tornadoes and locally heavy downpours of 1 to 3 inches. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter reporting may be needed Tuesday night through Wednesday.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
829 AM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
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1240 AM HAIL 5 W JARRELL 30.83N 97.68W
03/27/2017 E1.00 INCH WILLIAMSON TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF AT LEAST QUARTER SIZED HAIL WEST OF
JARRELL. VARIOUS REPORTS OF SIMILAR SIZE REPORTED AROUND
THE TOWN OF JARRELL AS WELL.
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TBOUCHERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Pocket Fire burned 300 acres in Val Verde County from March 27 through March 30.
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