Special Weather Statement, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
146 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

.UPDATE...
Please see the 18Z aviation forecast discussion below.

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.AVIATION...
The main concern for the next several hours will be the potential
for convection at area terminals. Based on radar trends and hi-res
model guidance, we have included TEMPO groups for TSRA at all TAF
sites through late afternoon. Convection chances may also need to
be pushed well into the evening and overnight hours, but much will
depend on what transpires this afternoon. Low clouds are expected
to fill in during the overnight hours, but this may be interrupted
by the amount of convection.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1100 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016/

UPDATE...
OVERALL FORECAST HAS NOT DEVIATED CONSIDERABLY...AND AS A
RESULT...CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CONVECTION CURRENTLY ACROSS PARTS OF THE PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE
PLAINS AND COVERAGE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON...THE DECISION WAS MADE TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MANY AREAS
ACROSS THE CWA...NAMELY LOCATIONS IN THE HILL COUNTRY...HAVE A
VERY LOW THRESHOLD FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SO ANY CONVECTIVE
RAINFALL THAT DEVELOPS AND MOVES OVER THESE AREAS WILL BE A
SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR RE-DEVELOPMENT OF FLASH FLOODING.

QPF VALUES WERE MASSAGED TO REFLECT THE ONGOING CONVECTION AND
WITH THE 12Z GUIDANCE FROM WPC. HOWEVER...MORE REFINEMENT OF QPF
TOTALS WILL COME WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE AS COORDINATED COLLABORATION
WITH WPC AND NEIGHBORS WILL TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...SOME OF
THESE CONVECTIVE CELLS MAY BE ABLE TO TAP INTO 2000+ J/KG OF
INSTABILITY AND A WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT AND PRODUCE SOME
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND/OR GUSTY WINDS.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 647 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016/

AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/

Rapid refresh models continue to struggle with the unstable
airmass over TX, each run attempting to break out new convection
in the first few hours. Given this poor performance, will revert
back to conventional late spring afternoon/early evening timing
with prob30s reflecting a breaking cap, as the 12z DRT sounding
suggests this could take some time today. The rest of the TAFs
continue to show routine lowering/raising of low cigs from VFR to
IFR and back in the early morning hours and mostly light winds.
Once organized convection develops over part of the area later
today...a more distinct forecast will be possible.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 357 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016/

SHORT TERM (Today through Wednesday)...
Early this morning, an upper level low centered over southwestern
Arizona is drifting south, a shortwave west of the Big Bend is
moving to the east, and a moist southeasterly lower level flow is
off the Gulf of Mexico. Radars show showers and thunderstorms west
of the Pecos River to the Big Bend and into Mexico and developing
over Rio Grande Plains. Expect these will move across Rio Grande
Plains and Edwards Plateau as other showers and thunderstorms
develop over those same areas as most hi-res models are showing.
The upper level low is forecast to move into northern Sonora state
of Mexico today and across northern Chihuahua state of Mexico on
Wednesday. Expect showers and thunderstorms to develop over
southwestern Texas and the Serranias del Burro of Mexico early
this afternoon, organize into an MCS by evening, and then move
across South Central Texas tonight. PWS rise with pockets near 2
inches with locally heavy rains possible. On Wednesday, a cold
front approaches from the north. Expect showers and thunderstorms
to develop along it and again over the Burros into southwestern
Texas around midday, then organize and move into South Central
Texas during the afternoon into evening. Locally heavy rains are
possible on Wednesday. Some models have slightly different timing
and location resulting in slight uncertainty on rainfall amounts.
Shear and instability are sufficient for isolated strong to severe
storms today through Wednesday.

LONG TERM (Wednesday Night through Monday)...
The upper level low moves into Texas on Thursday and then drifts
or meanders over mainly Central Texas Friday into Saturday. The
GFS shows it slowly pulling away Sunday into Monday, while the
ECMWF keeps it over our area Sunday into Monday. While yesterday's
model runs kept the front north of our area, the latest runs bring
it slowly through our area late Thursday into Friday. With these
latest developments, periods of showers and thunderstorms are
expected with the threat for heavy rains continuing to increase,
and possibly continue into late week or even this weekend should
the system slow as the ECMWF indicate. In addition, there is a
potential for the system to attain warm core characteristics which
along with elevated or surface boundaries could lead to copious
mainly nighttime rainfall amounts. For now, rainfall amounts of 3
to 6 inches are expected across most areas with some totals up to
10 inches possible.

HYDROLOGY...
Due to recent heavy rains making soils saturated in many places,
the potential for new or renewed flooding is high over the next
few days. Flash flood watches will likely be needed over the next
few days, possibly as early as tonight. In addition, some rivers
and streams may rise again out of banks or in flood.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              70  82  69  80  66 /  60  70  70  70  60
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  70  82  68  80  66 /  60  70  70  70  70
New Braunfels Muni Airport     70  82  68  80  66 /  60  70  70  70  70
Burnet Muni Airport            67  79  66  78  64 /  70  70  70  70  60
Del Rio Intl Airport           71  86  69  84  66 /  70  70  70  60  40
Georgetown Muni Airport        69  80  67  79  64 /  60  70  70  70  60
Hondo Muni Airport             70  84  68  82  65 /  70  70  70  70  60
San Marcos Muni Airport        70  82  68  79  65 /  60  70  70  70  70
La Grange - Fayette Regional   71  82  70  80  68 /  40  70  60  70  70
San Antonio Intl Airport       71  82  69  81  67 /  60  70  70  70  60
Stinson Muni Airport           72  83  70  82  68 /  60  70  70  70  60

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.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flash Flood Watch through Thursday morning for the following
counties: Atascosa...Bandera...Bastrop...Bexar...Blanco...Burnet...
Caldwell...Comal...De Witt...Dimmit...Edwards...Fayette...Frio...
Gillespie...Gonzales...Guadalupe...Hays...Karnes...Kendall...Kerr...
Kinney...Lavaca...Lee...Llano...Maverick...Medina...Real...Travis...
Uvalde...Val Verde...Williamson...Wilson...Zavala.

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Mesoscale/Aviation...24
Synoptic/Grids...TB3
Public Service/Data Collection...Treadway

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
343 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-010845-
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-
343 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT WILL BRING A
THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SOILS
OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS REMAIN SATURATED...AND LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

THERE IS ALSO A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. PRIMARY SEVERE
THREATS ARE FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

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

A CONTINUED ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY
WITH NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE EACH DAY. ENHANCED CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINS ARE EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH DAYTIME THURSDAY. BETWEEN
TODAY AND THURSDAY...MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 3
AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 10 INCHES
POSSIBLE. THE WET PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LOW BECOMES ALMOST STATIONARY OVER TEXAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD THREAT FOR THIS WEEK...A
FEW STORMS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE
WITH HAIL UP TO 1 INCH AND 60 MPH WINDS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY
TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS IMPACTS FROM POTENTIAL HAZARDS BECOME
MORE CLEAR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1042 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

TXZ171-311630-
LLANO TX-
1042 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LLANO COUNTY UNTIL
1130 AM CDT...

AT 1040 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CASTELL...OR 15 MILES EAST OF MASON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FIELD CREEK...VALLEY SPRING...CASTELL
AND STATE HIGHWAYS 29 AND 71 WEST OF LLANO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 3084 9861 3061 9896 3092 9896 3092 9869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 230DEG 14KT 3079 9897

PLATT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
126 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

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

0115 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E CASTELL             30.71N  98.86W
05/31/2016                   LLANO              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RANCH ROAD 152 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING WEST OF THE CITY
            OF LLANO. THE ROAD RUNS ALONG THE LLANO RIVER.

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EVENT NUMBER EWX1600507

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
155 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

TXZ190-311945-
BLANCO TX-
155 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BLANCO COUNTY UNTIL 245
PM CDT...

AT 155 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ROCKY CREEK...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLANCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROUND MOUNTAIN...JOHNSON CITY...CYPRESS MILL...SANDY...ROCKY CREEK AND
HYE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 3039 9822 3014 9847 3020 9859 3033 9859
      3050 9849 3050 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 213DEG 13KT 3026 9851

AAT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
225 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

TXZ204-312015-
MEDINA TX-
225 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM CDT...

AT 224 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HONDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HONDO...CASTROVILLE...LACOSTE...PEARSON...BADER...NOONAN AND RIO
MEDINA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 2921 9919 2933 9926 2959 9882 2926 9881
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 240DEG 20KT 2930 9914

PLATT