Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

710 
WWUS54 KEWX 180445
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

TXC031-259-180455-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-160518T0500Z/
BLANCO TX-KENDALL TX-
1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLANCO AND
EASTERN KENDALL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3000 9824 2985 9803 2977 9800 2953 9815
      2964 9853 2986 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 282DEG 28KT 2988 9813 2960 9831 

$$

TXC029-091-187-180500-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-160518T0500Z/
BEXAR TX-COMAL TX-GUADALUPE TX-
1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BEXAR...COMAL AND WEST CENTRAL GUADALUPE
COUNTIES...

AT 1145 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CANYON LAKE DAM TO SELMA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW BRAUNFELS...CANYON LAKE DAM...SCHERTZ...CIBOLO...SELMA...CANYON LAKE...
BULVERDE...GARDEN RIDGE...MARION...SANTA CLARA...TIMBERWOOD PARK...
FISCHER...SPRING BRANCH...NORTHCLIFF...ANHALT...HUNTER...BRACKEN...SOLMS...
GRUENE AND SATTLER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3000 9824 2985 9803 2977 9800 2953 9815
      2964 9853 2986 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 282DEG 28KT 2988 9813 2960 9831 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MO

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
655 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

.AVIATION...
SAT is the last airport at MVFR. Still think they will lift
shortly as SSF is VFR. A line of thunderstorms is moving down from
the north. Think this convection will move into DRT by around 03z
and the I-35 airports by around 06z. Convection will drop category
to MVFR. CIGs will drop to IFR by around 10z or 12z. Improvement
to MVFR by around noon Wednesday.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 616 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016/

MESOSCALE UPDATE...
Severe weather prospects continue to evolve through the late
afternoon and evening hours. Firstly, an outflow boundary has
progressed into the southern border of the CWA, which is farther
than originally anticipated. As a result...surface winds have been
light and out of the northeast generally with a turning to a more
easterly or slightly southeasterly as you approach the western
zones/areas. While instability is more than sufficient in the
Maverick/Zavala/Dimmit county area, the outflow boundary is south
of there and providing the focused surface based lifting in the
south.

Farther north, the Mexican supercell that has been going strong
for the last few hours has produced a vast anvil overhang over
the Rio Grande Plains which has limited surface temps even further
from warming to the 89-90 degree convective temperatures in that
area. Think window of opportunity for convection along the Rio
Grande Plains is waning quickly as a result. Primary area of new
development this evening should stay south of the CWA with the
boundary.

Farther north, convection firing near a triple point in the
northwest corner of Val Verde should temporarily delay the
progression of the severe cluster around the Ozona area. Then the
most likely scenario is a southeast push as the storms
conglomerate and develop outflow. The main threats will continue
to be very large hail and will evolve into a wind threat as the
line evolves and begins pushing southeast. Also...lapse rates and
instability in the -10 to -20 degree range will be conducive for
very dangerous lightning activity this evening as well.

Timing for storms to enter the Plateau counties will be in the
next 1-2 hours, for the Hill Country, 2-4 hours, and the I-35
corridor, 4-7 hours.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 339 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016/

SHORT TERM (Tonight through Wednesday Night)...
Concerns in the short term will be monitoring the potential for
strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of south central
Texas this afternoon and evening. The latest model data has
trended farther westward with the higher severe chances as this
area has been able to heat up quicker than points eastward. This
along with upper lift coming in from the southwest should keep the
higher threat for severe weather generally west of a Llano to
Hallettsville line this afternoon and evening. The main severe
weather concerns will be large hail along with damaging winds.
Some locally heavy rainfall is also possible and this may result
in localized flooding, especially in areas with saturated soils.
Severe weather concerns will decrease by very early Wednesday
morning as a cold front slips south into the coastal plains and
westward into the Rio Grande. Winds should quickly shift back to a
more southeasterly direction by Wednesday afternoon along the Rio
Grande and this should aid in developing showers and
thunderstorms across the higher terrain west of the Rio Grande.
Steering flow should send some of this activity into the Rio
Grande plains and southern Edwards Plateau during the afternoon
and evening hours. We expect some of this activity to be severe,
especially during the late afternoon and evening hours. Large hail
and damaging winds will be the main concern, although locally
backed winds in the low-levels could increase the tornado threat
along the Rio Grande plains. By late Wednesday night, MCS
development is expected to take place over west Texas into the
Edwards Plateau.

LONG TERM (Thursday through Tuesday)...
The above mentioned MCS is expected to move eastward across west
central Texas into portions of the Hill Country on Thursday. For
now, it appears the models have shifted the better chance for
rainfall into areas along and east of the I-10 corridor. If the
MCS gets organized as expected, we could see a damaging wind
and hail concern. Locally heavy rainfall will definitely be a
concern with this system late Wednesday into Thursday. Rainfall
totals in some areas (mainly along and east of I-10) could reach
4 to 5 inches through Thursday. The MCS is then expected to move
east of the region by late Thursday evening.

Rain chances drop significantly on Friday as an upper level
trough axis translates east into the lower Mississippi river
valley. High pressure in the mid and upper levels will build
across Texas behind the departing trough. This should bring mostly
dry conditions Friday and Saturday, but we could still see some
isolated showers and thunderstorms develop in response to peak
heating and subtle upper disturbances in the southwesterly flow
aloft. On Sunday, the medium range models agree in showing the mid
and upper level ridge moving east of Texas as an upper trough
slowly deepens over the western U.S. Again, we can't completely
rule out some additional rainfall chances into early next week,
but we'll keep rain chances low at this time.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              65  78  65  78  67 /  60  40  50  80  50
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  66  79  65  78  66 /  60  40  50  80  60
New Braunfels Muni Airport     67  79  66  79  66 /  60  40  50  80  50
Burnet Muni Airport            62  74  63  75  63 /  70  40  60  80  50
Del Rio Intl Airport           67  81  67  82  66 /  80  60  70  60  30
Georgetown Muni Airport        63  76  63  76  64 /  60  40  60  80  60
Hondo Muni Airport             68  81  67  80  66 /  80  40  60  70  40
San Marcos Muni Airport        66  79  65  78  66 /  60  40  50  80  50
La Grange - Fayette Regional   67  81  68  78  69 /  50  40  40  80  60
San Antonio Intl Airport       68  79  67  78  68 /  70  40  50  80  40
Stinson Muni Airport           69  82  68  81  68 /  70  40  50  80  40

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

Mesoscale/Aviation...05
Synoptic/Grids...TB3
Public Service/Data Collection...33

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
916 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-190230-
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-
916 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 1 AM TONIGHT. A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU
AND WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
THE PRIMARY THREATS BUT CANNOT RULE OUT A POSSIBLE TORNADO AS
WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WEDNESDAY ACROSS ALL
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PERIODS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT
FOR ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS. ANY OF THESE ISOLATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD
PRODUCE A QUICK 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH
THURSDAY COULD EXCEED 4 TO 5 INCHES IN SOME LOCAL AREAS. WITH THE
SOILS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BECOMING SATURATED...FLASH
FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BECOME A THREAT WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING
REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TB3

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1010 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

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

0957 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 S MEDINA              29.79N  99.25W
05/17/2016  M2.08 INCH       BANDERA            TX   COCORAHS

            2.08 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 35 MINUTES

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600386

CVP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1025 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

TXZ171-186-188>190-180415-
GILLESPIE TX-BLANCO TX-KENDALL TX-KERR TX-LLANO TX-
1025 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GILLESPIE...BLANCO...
SOUTHEASTERN KERR...KENDALL AND SOUTHEASTERN LLANO COUNTIES UNTIL
1115 PM CDT...

AT 1025 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WILLOW CITY TO NEAR CAMP VERDE. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...COMFORT...ROUND MOUNTAIN...JOHNSON CITY...
STONEWALL...SANDY...FLUGRATH...BLOWOUT...WARING...ECKERT...CYPRESS MILL...
WALNUT GROVE...CAIN CITY...WELFARE...LBJ STATE PARK...ROCKY HILL...WILLOW
CITY...SISTERDALE AND CAMP VERDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 100 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3049 9835 3044 9820 2975 9869 2988 9914
      3055 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 295DEG 16KT 3046 9865 2989 9906

MO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1026 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

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

1011 PM     HAIL             6 N HONDO               29.44N  99.16W
05/17/2016  M2.75 INCH       MEDINA             TX   PUBLIC

            BASEBALL SIZED HAIL 6 MILES NORTH OF HONDO

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600387

CVP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1028 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

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

1011 PM     HAIL             6 N HONDO               29.44N  99.16W
05/17/2016  M3.00 INCH       MEDINA             TX   PUBLIC

            CORRECTED HAIL SIZE AFTER RECEIVING PICTURE WITH
            HAILSTONE AGAINST A RULER. TEACUP SIZED HAIL 6 MILES
            NORTH OF HONDO.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600387

CVP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1053 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

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

1048 PM     HAIL             7 W CASTROVILLE         29.35N  98.99W
05/17/2016  M2.00 INCH       MEDINA             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600388

CVP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1100 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

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

1058 PM     HAIL             CASTROVILLE             29.35N  98.87W
05/17/2016  M1.75 INCH       MEDINA             TX   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN CASTROVILLE

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600389

CVP