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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

August 27, 20264 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2026, 6:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2026, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Hays County, TX, Travis County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 315 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 27, 1:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:10 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:14 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
514 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

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

0507 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 SSW Lost Creek        30.24N 97.88W
08/27/2026  E60 MPH          Travis             TX   Broadcast Media

            Media reports estimated 60 mph wind gusts
            off Old Bee Caves Road in south Austin.

&&

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:15 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
515 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

TXZ202-272245-
Kinney TX-
515 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Kinney
County through 545 PM CDT...

At 514 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Alamo Village, or near Brackettville, moving south at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Brackettville, Spofford, Anacacho, Alamo Village, and Fort Clark
Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2920 10053 2952 10040 2945 10023 2909 10023
      2908 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 008DEG 24KT 2938 10037

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:28 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
528 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

TXZ191-192-272315-
Hays TX-Travis TX-
528 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Hays
and south central Travis Counties through 615 PM CDT...

At 527 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bear Creek, or near Tanglewood Forest, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Austin, Kyle, Buda, Dripping Springs, Tanglewood Forest, Niederwald,
Bear Creek, Onion Creek, Driftwood, Shady Hollow, Manchaca, Mountain
City, San Leanna, Hays, and Creedmoor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3013 9808 3026 9794 3013 9768 2995 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 300DEG 8KT 3017 9792

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:48 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
548 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

TXZ193-208-272330-
Caldwell TX-Bastrop TX-
548 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Caldwell and
southwestern Bastrop Counties through 630 PM CDT...

At 548 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Lockhart, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
San Marcos, Lockhart, Luling, Martindale, Uhland, Mustang Ridge,
Niederwald, Brownsboro, Delhi, Joliet, Tilmon, San Marcos Regional
Airport, Maxwell, Reedville, McNeil, McMahan, Lytton Springs, Dale,
Bateman, and St John Colony.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2969 9749 2965 9756 2989 9788 2993 9783
      2994 9780 2998 9777 3008 9764 2984 9730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 301DEG 8KT 2985 9762

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Uvalde	46 min
Aug 27, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Comal	25 min
Aug 27, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar, Comal	19 min
Aug 27, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	37 min
Aug 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	38 min
Aug 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Travis	35 min
Aug 27, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	45 min
Aug 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	30 min
Aug 27, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Hays	47 min
Aug 27, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Hays, Travis	29 min
Aug 27, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Caldwell	42 min
Aug 27, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe	50 min
Aug 27, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe	36 min
Aug 27, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson	52 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.