2 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 5, 2:17 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 317 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... SLOW MOVING CONVECTION CONTINUING NEAR THE SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE WESTERN/SOUTHERN CWA FROM THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WESTERN COUNTIES ALONG THIS NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY. COULD ALSO SEE ISOLD REDEVELOPMENT BACK TO THE NORTH AS CLOUDS DISSIPATE AND AMS RECOVERS FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS. AGAIN THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THESE STORMS DUE TO WEAK STEERING WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WILL LEAVE MENTION OF TRW+ IN FOR THE EVENING HOURS. STILL DO NOT FEEL FLASH FLOOD WATCH NEEDED AS COVERAGE WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED AND DURATION 4 HOURS OR LESS...AND AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS ARE SPOTTY ACROSS THE CWA. OTHERWISE NOT MUCH CHANGE THRU THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH S TX REMAINDER IN WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW...AND RAIN CHCS TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL GENERALLY BE OVER THE 4-CORNERS REGION WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IN PLACE TO WARRANT SLGT CHC OR LOW CHC POPS THRU THE FORECAST PERIOD. HIGHER POPS LIKELY DAY TO DAY DEPENDING ON ANY BOUNDARIES TO HELP FOCUS CONVECTION...AND FOR NOW HAVE LOWERED BY 10-20% THE HIGH 50% PLUS POPS GENERATED BY THE GFS MOS BEYOND THE 2ND PERIOD...AS MUCH WILL DEPEND ON SUBTLE FEATURES NOT LIKELY HANDLED WELL BY MODELS BEYOND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 73 95 75 92 / 30 40 30 50 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 72 95 72 89 / 30 40 30 50 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 75 94 76 96 / 50 30 30 30 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 75 93 75 91 / 40 40 30 40 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 520 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061000- ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT- 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- 520 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE SLOW MOVING. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms in northeastern Gonzales County near the Fayette County line produced general 1 to 2 inch rain totals with up to 4 inches falling near Waelder. Flash flooding developed in the late afternoon and continued into the early evening. Officials reported that SH97 and FM1115 were closed due to high water.
Thunderstorms in northeast Fayette County produced up to 3 inches of rain near Ledbetter, near the Washington County line. Flash flooding began in the early evening, ending by mid evening. FM1291 was closed near Ledbetter due to high water.
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: 5469355, 5469356.