1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 15, 1:53 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 253 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002 A WARBLE IN THE MOVEMENT OF A SMALL MID-LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHEAST TX AND RAIN COOLED OUTFLOW FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TX THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER FAYETTE AND LAVACA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING, BUT THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE ONLY IN THE 10-30 PERCENT RANGE WESTWARD TO THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS. UPPER SHEAR AXIS ABOVE THE MID-LEVEL LOW SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN SO CONVECTION WILL RETURN TO A SEABREEZE VARIETY OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT WEATHER FEATURE TO WATCH IS AN UPPER LOW FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON MONDAY BY THE AVN/MRF. IF THIS FEATURE HOLDS THERE COULD BE A CHANCE FOR MORE HEAVY RAINS. THE ETA MODEL HAS THE SAME FEATURE AT 60 HOURS IN THE FORM OF A SHEAR AXIS OVER NW/WRN TX MATCHING UP WITH THE AVN/MRF NICELY. FOR NOW, WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FORECAST POPS OVER SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AND SOME ISOLATED POPS AT AUS/SAT THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THE LATEST MRF HAS THE STRONGEST PART OF THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTING EAST INTO THE SERN US BY TUESDAY OTHER MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE. THUS EXPECT ENOUGH WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER RIDGE TO ALLOW FOR FARTHER PENETRATION OF SEABREEZE CONVECTION NEXT WEEK. WILL ALSO KEEP HIGH TEMPS IN THE MID 90S FOR THESE AREAS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WILL BE MORE MOISTURE. EXPECT HOT AND DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYS FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 076/095/076/096/076 2---- DRT 078/099/078/101/078 000-- SAT 077/096/077/096/077 1---- .EWX...NONE. 18/1
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall, with isolated totals to near 4 inches in the eastern part of the county, caused brief flash flooding in the early evening period. No damage was reported.
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