Texas, 2005

Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 29 to 30, 2005

May 29 to 30, 2005 · NWS EWX · 7 events in 2 counties and zones

4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 4:32 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:32 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
532 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

.UPDATE...AMENDED GRIDS AND HEADLINES TO ACCOUNT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 351.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005/

DISCUSSION...
BUSY NIGHT AHEAD AS THE UPR TROF OVR WEST CENTRAL TX SINKS SLOWLY SEWD
OVERNIGHT WHILE A S/W OVR NE MEX PUSHES EASTWARD INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
UNDERNEATH THE TROF.  AMS OVR S TX HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTN WITH
70+ DEW POINTS INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA...OR SOUTH A SFC TROF WHICH
LIES E-W ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY.  ALSO SEEING A PUNCH OF AIR AT THE MID-LEVELS
IN THE WESTERN CWA THIS AFTN WHICH IN ADDITION TO STRONG HEATING WILL AID IN
INCREASING THE LAPSE RATES THIS EVENING.  IN ADDITION TO THE SVR WX THREAT THERE
IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AS THE SFC TROF IN THE HILL COUNTRY SINKS SLOWLY
SWD THIS EVENING AND PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR TRAINING CELLS AHEAD OF THE S/W LIFTING
OUT OF MEXICO.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
CWA THRU 7 AM.  APPEARS LESSENING CHANCES FOR CONVECTION MON-TUE...ESPECIALLY
WEST AS THE UPR TROF MOVES OFF TO OUR EAST AND A NWLY FLO PREVAILS...WITH NWLY
FLOW MCSS SKIRT OUR EASTERN COUNTIES OR STORMS DRIFT INTO THE FAR WESTERN CWA
OFF THE MEXICAN MOUNTAINS.  NO BIG CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS EXTENDED WITH LOW OR NO
POPS AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO TX AHEAD OF AN UPR LOW THAT WILL TRACK ENEWD
ACROSS NRN MEXICO AND INTO WEST TX LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY UNTIL 7 AM CDT
      MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ATASCOSA...BASTROP...
      BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT...FAYETTE...FRIO...
      GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...
      MEDINA...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...AND WILSON.

&&

02/18

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 6:18 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
718 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     HAIL             INGRAM                  30.08N 99.24W
05/29/2005  0.88 INCH        KERR               TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JPB
Local storm report, May 29, 6:47 PM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
747 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HAIL             8 N HALLETTSVILLE       29.56N 96.94W
05/29/2005  0.75 INCH        LAVACA             TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JPB
Local storm report, May 29, 7:00 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
800 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     YORKTOWN                28.98N 97.50W
05/29/2005                   DEWITT             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE BLOWN DOWN AND ACROSS ROAD IN YORKTOWN

0752 PM     HAIL             RUNGE                   28.89N 97.71W
05/29/2005  0.75 INCH        KARNES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0754 PM     HAIL             KARNES CITY             28.89N 97.90W
05/29/2005  0.75 INCH        KARNES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JPB

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:40 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Travis

When
May 29, 7:40 PM CST to 7:50 PM CST
Where
Travis County, 5 mi SSW of Austin
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.217, -97.783

Hail was reported at Slaughter Lane and Manchaca Road.

Hail, Travis

When
May 29, 8:02 PM CST to 8:10 PM CST
Where
Travis County, 5 mi S of Austin
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
30.217, -97.750

Hail was reported at Brodie Lane and William Cannon.

Hail, Travis

When
May 29, 8:09 PM CST to 8:20 PM CST
Where
Travis County, 8 mi SSW of Austin
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
30.183, -97.800

Hail was reported at FM1626 and Manchaca Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Travis

When
May 29, 8:25 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
Where
Travis County, 8 mi SSW of Austin
Measured
70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
30.183, -97.800

High winds blew down trees near FM1626 and Manchaca Road

Hail, Hays

When
May 29, 8:26 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
Where
Hays County, 7 mi NNE of Wimberley
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
30.100, -98.000

Flash Flood, Hays

When
May 29, 10:00 PM CST to May 30, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Hays County, Buda
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.083, -97.850

Thunderstorms produced a general 1 to 2 inch rain between Buda, in Hays County, and Creedmoor, in southeast Travis County. Highest rainfall amounts were near 4 inches. Flash flooding closed FM2001 near Buda and FM 1327 between Creedmoor and IH-35.

Flash Flood, Travis

When
May 29, 10:00 PM CST to May 30, 12:30 AM CST
Where
Travis County, 5 mi W of Creedmoor
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.083, -97.817

Thunderstorms produced a general 1 to 2 inch rain between Buda, in Hays County, and Creedmoor, in southeast Travis County. Highest rainfall amounts were near 4 inches. Flash flooding closed FM2001 near Buda and FM 1327 between Creedmoor and IH-35.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

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: 5454521, 5454522, 5454523, 5454524, 5454525, 5454526, 5454527.