Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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WWUS54 KEWX 220332
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1032 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008

TXC325-220400-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-080522T0400Z/
MEDINA TX-
1032 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY...

AT 1030 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CASTROVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CASTROVILLE AT 1045 PM

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2959 9882 2920 9881 2916 9893 2932 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 206DEG 25KT 2939 9888

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
910 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008

.UPDATE...
A QUICK UPDATE ISSUED TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN FOCUSING
FARTHER EAST INTO THE WESTERN PART OF SAN ANTONIO AND A BIT DEEPER
INTO THE HILL COUNTRY. OTHER THAN EXPANDING THE AREA OF CONVECTION
IN THE LATEST UPDATE, THE EXPECTATION IS STILL FOR A WEAKENING
TREND AFTER MIDNIGHT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 824 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008/

UPDATE...
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO GROW FROM A SMALL UPPER
LOW SW OF SAT THIS EVENING. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST OVERNIGHT
WHILE STORMS DECREASE DUE TO LOSS OF HEATING. HOWEVER, THIS CHANGE
SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR SINCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO FEED RICH SURFACE MOISTURE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S
OVER THE COASTAL BEND. INFLOW WILL HAVE LESS MOISTURE AS THE LOW
TRACKS EAST, SO ONLY SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND NO MENTION OF
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES PAST MIDNIGHT. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY AND
ACCOUNT FOR NEW MODEL DATA TO ARRIVE IN THE NEXT HOUR TO PROVIDE
UPDATES AS NEEDED.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 649 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008/

DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FORECAST TO INCREASE 1ST PERIOD POPS ACROSS OUR SW
COUNTIES AND ADD A MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALL BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. WITH LOSS OF HEATING AFTER SUNSET...CONVECTION IS
FORECAST TO DIMINISH.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008/

AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL BETWEEN 07-09Z...WHEN MVFR CIGS
WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR. A LATER ONSET OF MVFR CIGS
IS FORECAST AT KDRT. ALL TERMINALS WILL TRANSITION BACK TO VFR
BETWEEN 15-17Z THURSDAY. A MODERATE SSE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL
PERSIST...WITH SURFACE GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008/

DISCUSSION...
WEAK UPPER TROUGH IS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM MEXICO AHEAD OF UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. COULD BE SOME ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO
ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND ACROSS FAR EASTERN AREAS THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS IS DUE UPPER DIFFLUENCE, LIFT, A MOIST AIRMASS, AND
TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 100 DEGREES.

MODELS IN OVERALL AGREEMENT ON THE PATTERN FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THROUGH THIS FORECAST CYCLE. ALTHOUGH, THERE REMAINS SOME
INCONSISTENCY ON THE BEST DAYS FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. AFTER THE
WEAK UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING, AN OMEGA BLOCKING PATTERN IS MAINTAINED THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE GREAT BASIN TO WEST
COAST AREA WHILE THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS NORTH FROM THE GULF
OF MEXICO AS THE EASTERN STATES UPPER TROUGH DRIFTS INTO THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC. SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE WEAK UPPER TROUGH
WILL INHIBIT CONVECTION LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, ALTHOUGH WILL
MAINTAIN 10 POPS FOR POSSIBLE ISOLATED CONVECTION ALONG THE
SEABREEZE DURING THE AFTERNOONS. BY THIS COMING MEMORIAL WEEKEND,
INCREASING MOISTURE DEPTH LEADS TO SLIGHTLY BETTER POPS, ALTHOUGH
ONLY 20S. BEST CHANCES ARE FOR STREAMER SHOWERS IN THE MORNING
WITH SEABREEZE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE
EAST. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT STEERING FLOW MAY CAUSE
SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AND OVER THE BURRO
MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO TO CROSS THE RIO GRANDE INTO FAR WESTERN AREAS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, SUBTROPICAL
RIDGE EXPANDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WITH THE RIDGE AXIS
POSITIONED OVERHEAD OR JUST NORTH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHICH IS
WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THIS WILL DECREASE POPS AS TEMPERATURES
ALOFT WARM STRENGTHENING THE CAP. HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH MEX
GUIDANCE MAINTAINING ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS
FORECAST CYCLE. JUST BEYOND THE CYCLE BY NEXT WEEKEND, THE GFS AND
ECMWF APPEAR TO GENERATE A TROPICAL LOW IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN.

FIRE WEATHER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
THE EXCEPTION BEING, THE DRYLINE WILL MIX EAST INTO PORTIONS OF
VAL VERDE COUNTY ALONG THE LOWER PECOS VALLEY. THIS MAY CREATE
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
AND GUSTY WINDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              76  93  76  94  76 /  10  -   10  -   -
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  74  95  77  94  76 /  10  -   10  -   -
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           76  98  75 100  76 /  -   -   10  -   10
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       75  94  76  93  75 /  20  -   10  -   -

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

18/11

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
943 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221200-
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-
943 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THERE IS AN ISOLATED THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A UVALDE TO KERRVILLE TO SAN ANTONIO TO
KARNES CITY LINE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE DISTURBANCE PRODUCING THESE
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
825 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     HAIL             1 W PEARSALL            28.89N  99.11W
05/21/2008  E0.75 INCH       FRIO               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSECTION OF FM140 AND INTERSTATE 35

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00179

CA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
845 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     HAIL             HONDO                   29.36N  99.16W
05/21/2008  E0.70 INCH       MEDINA             TX   PUBLIC

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN HONDO

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00180

CA