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 Mar 6, 9:20 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 920 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 .UPDATE... STRONG CONVECTION MOVING THRU WEST TX THIS EVENING WEST OF FORT STOCKTON TO MIDLAND...AND NEAR THE BIG BEND AREA AS A S/W TROF LIFTS NEWD OUT OF MEXICO AHEAD OF THE BAJA LOW. SCATTERED STORMS LIKELY TO CROSS THE RIO GRANDE INTO THE WRN CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHILE THE EASTERN CWA SEES INCREASING SHOWERS OFF THE GULF WITH THE MOIST UNSTABLE AMS NOTED ON THE CRP SOUNDING IN THE LOWER LEVELS. WILL ADD SOME PATCHY FOG TO MUCH OF THE NRN CWA BUT DO NOT EXPECT FOG TO BECOME WIDESPREAD/DENSE ENOUGH FOR AN ADVISORY. REMAINDER OF FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AND NO MAJORS CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005/ DISCUSSION... AREA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. THESE WILL SLOWLY END DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS MID LEVEL SHORT-WAVE/UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAX EXITS AREA. BREAK WILL BE SHORT-LIVED THOUGH AS ANOTHER SHORT-WAVE/SPEED MAX COMBO ROTATES OUT OF CLOSED LOW DRIFTING SOUTHEAST OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA WHILE COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH OVER THE HIGH PLAINS DUE TO SHORT-WAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS DUE TO DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN STATES. THIS WILL LEAD TO A CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE PERIOD LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS THESE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH. CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG, STRONG ASCENT, UPPER DIFFLUENCE, AND LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF UPPER JET ALL SUGGEST SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. COULD SEEM SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL, ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL BE MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. SYSTEMS WILL EXIT MONDAY NIGHT ENDING RAINS, EXCEPT UPPER LOW CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA MAY GENERATE SOME RAINS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE AND FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL KEEP POPS OUT OF THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THEN, A STRONGER SHORT-WAVE AND COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES AND PHASE WITH THE UPPER LOW. BOTH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND NORTHERN MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH THROUGH TEXAS. HAVE ADDED SLIGHT POPS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALL AREAS WHEN SYSTEMS WILL EXIT TO THE EAST. THIS WILL FINALLY LEAD TO A DRY PERIOD THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND ON NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. A SERIES OF DRY COOL FRONTS WILL PASS WITH MAIN EFFECT ON NIGHTTIME LOWS. HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH A BLEND OF GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FORECAST CYCLE, EXCEPT TRENDED TOWARD THE COOLER GUIDANCE HIGHS DUE CLOUDS AND RAIN IN THE SHORT-TERM AND COOLER GUIDANCE LOWS DUE DRIER AIRMASS IN THE LONGER-TERM. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 01/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 535 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071200- 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- 535 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PUMPS PACIFIC MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...AND NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ON MONDAY TO PRODUCE A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE PRIMARY THREATS WOULD BE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY EVENING AND WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING EAST DURING THE NIGHT. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall produced accumulations of nearly 2 inches in about one hour over very saturated soils southwest of Fredericksburg. Officials reported that a car was washed off Alfred Petsch Rd. at a low water crossing where Pedernales River crosses. The driver escaped and there were no injuries.
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