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 3, 11:05 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1205 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 .UPDATE... HIGH ALOFT CONTINUES NORTH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND TO PART OF NEXT WEEK...IN RESPONSE TO THE NORTHERLY MIGRATION OF WESTERLIES IN THE PAST 1 TO 2 WEEKS. SERIES OF WEAK TROFS, OF VARYING INTENSITY, IN LIGHT WIND FIELD ALOFT STILL EXPECTED TO DRIFT OVER THE AREA FROM THE EAST OR EVOLVE OVER THE AREA...IN RESPONSE TO VARYING PATTERNS IN THE WEAK WESTERLIES TO THE NORTH AND TRADE WIND EASTERLIES TO THE SOUTH. FOR TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...LOW ALOFT FROM 500 TO 200 HPA... AND DAYTIME HEATING EXPECTED TO CAUSE WDLY SCT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN. BY THIS WEEKEND THE LIGHT WIND FIELD ALOFT CONTINUES WITH FORECAST SHOWING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WEAK LOW ALOFT AND DAYTIME HEATING WORKING TO MAKE FOR WDLY SCT DAYTIME TO EVENING SHOWERS. THIS PATTERN COULD CONTINUE TO NEXT WEEK. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 352 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2005) DISCUSSION... WEAK TUTT LOW HUNG OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ONSHORE FLOW AND MAINLY DIURNAL RAIN CHANCES TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL FOCUS MAINLY OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH A MILD INFLUENCE EXTENDING INTO TX. THE RESULT SHOULD BE SEVERAL DAYS OF AIRMASS THUNDERSTORMS AND NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS. MODEL CONSENSUS HAS BEST MOISTURE POOLING OVER THE AREA FRIDAY BUT THE PATTERN IS TOO VAGUE TO WARRANT MORE THAN A 30 PERCENT CHANCE. MOISTURE COULD REINFORCE FROM THE EAST WHERE ANOTHER UPPER LOW LOOKS TO MEANDER OVER MS/AL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE UPPER PATTERN SHOWS MORE RIDGING OVER TX, WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS AND CONVECTION LIKELY TO RETREAT CLOSER TO THE COAST. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 527 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-041030- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 527 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
With soils soaked from heavy rainfall on the previous day, thunderstorms produced an additional 2 to 3 inches of rain in the Loma Alta area during the early afternoon. Flash flooding developed in the mid afternoon and ended in the early evening.
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