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 Jul 27, 9:08 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1008 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005 .UPDATE... TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORM CELLS PICKED UP THIS EVENING AS MOST OF THE HEATING BASED CELLS DIED OUT. FRONTAL ZONE HAS BECOME MORE ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREAS WHERE TRAINING HAS OCCURED AND IS GENERALLY ALONG A DRT TO GTU LINE. EVENING MODEL DATA SUGGESTS RAIN AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS FARTHER WEST WITH TIME...SO FEEL A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS UNWARRANTED FOR NOW. HOWEVER...THROUGH THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY WHERE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT. HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS ARE COLLECTING OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...SOME OF WHICH IS HITTING THE PREVIOUSLY HARD HIT AREAS IN THE PATH OF EMILY. EXPECT SOME RISES IN THE RIO GRANDE IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MODELS SHOW ADDTIONAL FOCUS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION TOMORROW...SO THE EARLY MORNING SHIFT MAY NEED TO REVIEW THE THREAT BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. POPS WERE ADJUSTED TO COVER A MORE BROAD AREA OF 40-60 PERCENT CHANCES. HIGHEST CHANCES WERE PLACED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...AND WILL WATCH CLOSELY IN CASE A FFA IS NEEDED FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GENERAL RADAR TRENDS ARE ON THE DECREASE...SO WILL LET SHORT FUSE PRODUCTS HANDLE THE SITUATION. TEMPS AND WINDS CONTINUE TO LOOK REASONABLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005/ DISCUSSION... BRING OUT YOUR UMBRELLAS. POPS ARE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO OUR CWFA AND STALLS-OUT. THE COLD FRONT IS STILL NORTH OF OUR AREA...BUT A PREFRONTAL WIND SHIFT HAS WINDS OUT OF THE NE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF CWFA EWX. AT THE SAME TIME...A SEABREEZE IS PUSHING INLAND AND IS FORECAST TO INTERACT WITH THE PREFRONTAL WIND SHIFT (TROUGH) LATER THIS EVENING. DEEP CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE AS THESE TWO LOW LEVEL FEATURES INTERACT. THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE SOUTH AND WEST OF SAN ANTONIO TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...WHERE A SURFACE LOW IS DEEPENING AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE STRONGEST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS WILL AVERAGE ONE HALF INCH...WITH SPOTTY AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IS FORECAST ON THURSDAY ALONG THE STALLED-OUT FRONT. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW...BUT SHOULD BE TOWARD THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST TOMORROW AS A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHED. A TREND TOWARD CLIMO POPS AND TEMPS WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AS THE UPPER HIGH BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE TX/OK PANHANDLES AND DOMINATES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE GFS(X) MOS FORECAST LOOKS GOOD THIS CYCLE...WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS NECESSARY. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 25/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 130 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281100- 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- 130 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THREAT AREA IS MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 16 FROM SAN ANTONIO TO TILDEN. A MOIST AIRMASS WITH INTERACT WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. STEERING WINDS WILL BE WEAK RESULTING IN SLOW MOVING AND MERGING STORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1020 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0808 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
07/27/2005 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
CALLAGHAN RD FROM TIMCOWEST TO WOODSIDE CLOSED.
0941 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
07/27/2005 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAVEN DR AT CULEBRA CLOSED.
0940 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
07/27/2005 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
OVERBROOK DR AT MCNEEL CLOSED.
0941 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
07/27/2005 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRUE RD AT WOODBRIDGE CLOSED.
0940 PM FLASH FLOOD SAN ANTONIO 29.46N 98.51W
07/27/2005 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WURZBACH RD AT TIMBER HILL CLOSED.
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DCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 3 inches of rain fell in south Austin in less than one hour, causing flash flooding at the intersection of Ben White and IH-35.
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