3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 Oct 13, 3:05 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 405 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2004 .UPDATE... HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO GET BETTER ORGANIZED AND RAINFALL IS ACCUMULATING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SPEED MAX APPROACHING THE BIG BEND, SHORT-WAVE MOVING EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO, WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH PWS IN THE 1.5 TO 1.8 INCH RANGE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS BANDS OF CONVECTION INTO THIS EVENING. LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY, A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO MAINTAIN CONVECTIVE BANDS. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH TRAINING OF STORMS EXPECTED DUE STEERING FLOW MOSTLY PARALLEL TO FRONTAL SURFACES. ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL NOT BE ISSUED AS WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME FLOOD ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. IN ADDITION, SOME STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE DUE CAPES OF 1K TO 2K J/KG. THESE HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WHICH WAS UPDATED AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING. RIDGES AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT BUILD INTO TEXAS IN THE WAKE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED FEATURES WITH SUBSIDENCE AND COLD ADVECTION. SKIES WILL CLEAR RAPIDLY LEADING TO THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON BY FRIDAY MORNING. ON FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND, BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER GREATLY ON SOUTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, UPPER LOW CURRENTLY CUTOFF SOUTHWEST OF CALIFORNIA WILL OPEN UP AND BE EJECTED EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES ZONAL. MOISTURE WILL RETURN BY MONDAY AND HAVE ADDED 5 TO 10 FOR POPS AS LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, MADE NO MENTION IN ZONES AS FLOW ALOFT WILL BE CONFLUENT AND SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. THIS COULD LEAD TO A WET PATTERN LATER NEXT WEEK INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 4 AM CDT THURSDAY... && 04/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1001 AM CDT WED OCT 13 2004 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-141100- 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- 1001 AM CDT WED OCT 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INCREASING THE CHANCE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
TXZ191-208-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 308 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... HAYS CALDWELL AT 259 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIMBERLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 347 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2004 TXZ191-206>208-132135- CALDWELL-COMAL-GUADALUPE-HAYS- 347 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CALDWELL COUNTY... AT 345 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH AS IT PASSED OVER THE SAN MARCOS AIRPORT. PERSONS IS CALDWELL COUNTY CAN ALSO EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Caldwell County Sheriff's Department reported trees blown down in the city of Lockhart.
The Hays County Sheriff's Department reported that severe thunderstorm winds had knocked down power lines near Dripping Springs.
The Caldwell County Emergency Manager reported that severe thunderstorm winds estimated near 80 knots blew over large trees and knocked down power lines just south of Lockhart. The winds also destroyed a metal barn in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5424713, 5424714, 5424715, 5424716, 5424717.