Thunderstorm Wind, Comal
- When
- September 9, 4:00 PM CST to 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County, New Braunfels
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -98.130
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 9, 1997
Severe thunderstorm winds damaged trees in the River Oaks subdivison in New Braunfels. These storms moved into Bexar County and damaged buildings and sheds at the San Antonio International airport.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorm winds damaged trees in the River Oaks subdivison in New Braunfels. These storms moved into Bexar County and damaged buildings and sheds at the San Antonio International airport. Also, trees and power lines were blown down in the Alamo Heights section of San Antonio.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bexar
- When
- September 9, 4:33 PM CST to 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, San Antonio
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- September 9, 5:15 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, San Antonio
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -98.500
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5619993, 5619994, 5619995.