Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1109 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

.UPDATE...
The forecast has been updated for the early cancellation of WW
#217 where thunderstorm activity has diminished over the last
couple hours. Farther east across the Hill Country, I-35 corridor
and into the Hwy. 77 corridor a new severe thunderstorms watch
(#221) is now in effect until 3 AM CDT. Rain chances have also
been raised significantly for areas generally along and north of
I-10. Complicated surface pattern in place with an outflow
boundary roughly along a Llano to LaGrange line, with stout
southerly flow in the low-levels to the south and southwest of
this boundary. In addition, lone cell over the western Hill
continues to remain severe while moving eastward. This will lead
to additional showers and storms for most areas north of I-10.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 743 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016/

UPDATE...
Please see the 00Z aviation forecast discussion below.

AVIATION...
Convection chances will be the main concern across the region
through the remainder of this evening. Based on radar trends, we
have gone with TEMPO groups for TSRA at KAUS and KDRT for the next
couple of hours. We will also include TEMPO groups for SAT/SSF
between 06Z-10Z as activity is expected to move in from the west.
Additional rainfall chances appear in the offing for our I-35
sites late tomorrow afternoon and we'll mention PROB30 groups to
cover.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 318 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016/

UPDATE...
In coordination with SPC, we have issued a Severe Thunderstorm
Watch along and northwest of a Junction to Uvalde to Del Rio line.
Showers and thunderstorms continued to develop over the Serranias
del Burro mountains to southwestern Texas. Strong instability and
shear are noted across our area.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 232 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016/

SHORT TERM (Tonight through Friday Night)...
Have issued a Flash Flood Watch for areas along and east of a
Burnet to Boerne to San Antonio to Karnes City line for this
afternoon through late tonight. A surface boundary from morning
rains over Central Texas is slowly drifting south along the I-35
corridor and provided lift to generate showers and thunderstorms.
PWS have risen to near 2 inches across the Hill Country and South
Central Texas tapering to near 1.5 inches along the Rio Grande.
Due to earlier clearing skies allowing convective temperatures to
be reached, showers and thunderstorms have developed out west from
the Serranias del Burro of Mexico across the Big Bend into
southwestern Texas. Expect showers and thunderstorms to continue
across the eastern areas with locally heavy rains causing some
flooding this afternoon into evening. Showers and thunderstorms
out west will organize and move east across our area this evening
into the overnight hours. This will cause another round of locally
heavy rains. With the rains ongoing in the east adding to the
saturated soils...the threat for flooding will continue into the
overnight hours especially across eastern areas. An upper level
trough will move northeast across the plains states on Wednesday
forcing a dryline into the Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande Plains
on Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and east
of the dryline. More locally heavy rains are possible with PWS
near 1.8 inches east of I-35. CAPEs of 2000 to 4000 j/kg and 0-6
km shear will allow for strong to severe storms this afternoon
through Friday evening.

LONG TERM (Saturday through Thursday)...
A series of upper level impulses will move across the southern
tier of states. A moist and unstable airmass lingers over our area
due to a persistent southeasterly lower flow off the Gulf of
Mexico. As a result, periods of showers and thunderstorms are
expected Saturday through Thursday. Similar to the short term, a
few strong to severe storms and locally heavy rains with flooding
are possible.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              73  85  73  90  73 /  90  60  40  30  20
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  73  85  72  89  72 / 100  60  40  30  20
New Braunfels Muni Airport     73  87  72  88  73 /  70  60  30  30  20
Burnet Muni Airport            71  85  71  88  71 /  70  60  30  30  20
Del Rio Intl Airport           72  95  71  90  73 /  50  10  10  40  30
Georgetown Muni Airport        72  84  72  89  71 /  70  60  40  30  20
Hondo Muni Airport             73  91  73  90  73 /  60  30  20  30  30
San Marcos Muni Airport        73  86  72  88  72 /  90  60  30  30  20
La Grange - Fayette Regional   75  85  75  88  73 /  90  70  40  30  10
San Antonio Intl Airport       74  87  74  88  73 /  60  40  20  30  20
Stinson Muni Airport           75  90  75  90  75 /  60  40  20  30  20

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flash Flood Watch until 6 AM CDT Friday for the following counties:
Bastrop...Bexar...Blanco...Burnet...Caldwell...Comal...De Witt...
Fayette...Gonzales...Guadalupe...Hays...Karnes...Kendall...Lavaca...
Lee...Travis...Williamson...Wilson.

&&

Mesoscale/Aviation...LH
Synoptic/Grids...24
Public Service/Data Collection...Treadway

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
540 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-272245-
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-
540 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WHILE ALL AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE SEVERE
WEATHER...THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
GIDDINGS TO SEGUIN TO DILLEY LINE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
RISK...BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND A BRIEF TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR COUNTIES ALONG
AND EAST OF A BURNET TO BOERNE TO SAN ANTONIO TO KARNES CITY LINE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN ALONG AND
EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
THAT HAVE RECEIVED RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.

STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN ACTIVE
PERIOD WEATHER PATTERN REMAINS INTACT ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1107 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

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

1100 PM     HAIL             1 NNE KERRVILLE         30.05N  99.13W
05/26/2016  E1.75 INCH       KERR               TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEDIA REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT SCHREINER GOLF
            COURSE IN KERRVILLE

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600444

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1109 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

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

1100 PM     HAIL             1 SW AUSTIN BERGSTROM I 30.19N  97.68W
05/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       TRAVIS             TX   ASOS

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM
            KAUS ASOS OBSERVATION

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600445

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1115 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

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

1105 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 S HILLS               30.15N  97.07W
05/26/2016                   BASTROP            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            200 BLOCK OF FM 2239 AND FM 2104 NEAR GRASSYVILLE ROAD
            IN PAIGE TEXAS FLOODED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER EWX1600446

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