1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Mar 31, 4:10 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 410 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002 A COMBINATION OF WRAP AROUND CLOUDINESS AND WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOW CLOUDS GRANDUALLY DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AREAWIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...FOG FORMATION SEEMS LIKELY WITH CLEAR SKIES ALOFT...LIGHT WINDS AND WET GROUNDS AS A COOL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. FOG SHOULD LIFT BY LATE MORNING MONDAY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A RETURN FOG EVENT IS IN STORE FOR THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEAK RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS AREA WITH DRY MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. TUESDAY WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AS A RETURN SOUTHERLY FLOW AND GOOD FETCH OFF THE GULF ENSUES WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES PRODUCING CLOUDS ALOFT IN THE WESTERLY FLOW. ARCTIC OR CONTINENTAL POLAR AIR UNDERCUTS FLOW INTO AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH OVERRUNNING CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION BEGINNING. THIS SHOULD LAST THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN WEAK UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS..MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVELS DESTABILIZE. GOOD DAYS TO READ A BOOK... .PRELIM NUMBERS... AUS 072/050 077/058 078 00000 DRT 080/055 082/061 082 00000 SAT 075/052 080/060 078 00000 .EWX...NONE. 02/06
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A very small and compact downburst struck northwest Bexar County, knocking over some 15 trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2002
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