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 May 8, 1:14 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 214 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 .UPDATE... IN COORDINATION WITH SPC, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJOINING SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM. HAVE ALSO UPDATED TO BOOST POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED MOST AREAS AND MODELS SUGGEST HIGHER POPS AND QPF. REMAINDER OF FORECAST GENERALLY ON TRACK WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 815 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005/ UPDATED DISCUSSION... THE ONGOING WEATHER TREND FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEK HAS BEEN A DRY FORECAST. THIS TREND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CHANGING WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE (THE GFS)...CONTINUES TO KEEP THE REGION SOMEWHAT DRY WITH ONLY MINIMAL CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH THE 192 HOUR FORECAST CYCLE. FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND WILL MOVE EAST ARRIVING TONIGHT AND TRANSVERSING THE COUNTY FORECAST WARNING AREA DURING THE DAY. CHANCES OF RAIN INCREASE FROM THE 20S-30S TO 40S-60S BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS ALSO COINCIDES WITH THE LATEST DAY TWO SEVERE STORMS OUTLOOK FROM SPC INDICATING THE REGION IS IN A SLIGHT RISK CATEGORY. THE MAIN THREAT BEING FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SURFACE DEW-POINTS HAVE INCREASED NOTICEABLE...FROM THE 40S-50S INTO THE 60S WITH THE HIGHER READING OVER THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF TEXAS. THE WEST TEXAS DRYLINE HAS MOVED EAST OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS AND IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS REGION. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DRYLINE HAS RESULTED IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS UNTIL 2AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED LATER TONIGHT DUE TO THE INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. HAVE UPDATED THE CURRENT FORECAST TO BRING IT MORE INLINE WITH CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL AND SATELLITE DATA TRENDS. WILL ISSUE UPDATED FORECAST SHORTLY PREV DISCUSSION... POTENT MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NW MEXICO AND THE DESERT SW WILL CONTINUE EAST OVERNIGHT AND DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. AT THE SURFACE...DEWPOINT TEMPS ARE ALREADY IN THE MID 60S AND WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT INTO THE UPPER 60S...WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO FUEL CONVECTION. THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY FIRING ALONG THE DRYLINE WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WITH THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRIGGERING ANOTHER ROUND BETWEEN 6-9Z ACROSS WFO MAF. THE 12Z GFS MOS POPS LOOK GOOD FOR SUNDAY...RANGING FROM NEAR 70 AT KBMQ TO NEAR 40 PERCENT AT KSAT. THE UPDATED SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK SHOWS ALL OF CWFA EWX UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MATCHES WELL WITH THE LATEST MODEL CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS AND LOCAL SEVERE WEATHER CLIMATOLOGY...SO WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF SEVERE IN OUR FORECAST PRODUCTS. ASSUMING THIS EVENT PANS-OUT...WELL RECEIVE MUCH-NEEDED RAIN IN WHAT SHOULD BE THE WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL EXIT TO THE EAST SUNDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH CHANCES FOR RAIN. WILL RETAIN SILENT 10S FOR LATER ON IN THE WEEK WHEN THE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO SHIFT EAST. HOWEVER...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST BY BOTH THE LATEST ECMWF AND GFS BE TOO CLOSE TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO WARRANT A MENTION OF WX AT THIS POINT...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING RECENT DRY TREND. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 04/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1145 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071010- 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- 1145 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT FROM COLORADO TO THE BIG BEND OF WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN...SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT OR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON ROADS THAT GET WET AND SLIPPERY FROM SCATTERED RAINS. THE CHANCES FOR RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FROM THE WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS MORE STABLE CONDITIONS DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED MONDAY OR TUESDAY WITH WARM EARLY TO MID MAY AFTERNOONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL GENERATE AREAS OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ON SUNDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON ROADS THAT GET SLIPPERY FROM RAINS. A RIDGE ALOFT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON SUNDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1134 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-080800- 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- 1134 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 ...CHANCE OF RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT FROM COLORADO TO THE BIG BEND OF WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH SUNDAY. AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT GETS CLOSER TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND MOVES OVER THE AREA...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR RAIN... SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND DURING PART OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON ROADS THAT GET WET AND SLIPPERY FROM SCATTERED RAINS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POTENTIALLY GET STRONG AND CAUSE SOME HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. THE CHANCES FOR RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FROM THE WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS MORE STABLE CONDITIONS DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED MONDAY OR TUESDAY WITH WARM EARLY TO MID MAY AFTERNOONS.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms developing just before midnight produced widespread 1 inch rain totals between Langtry and Juno in the north central part of Val Verde County. Highest totals were between 2 and 3 inches between the two towns. FM1024 was closed due to flash flooding approximately 25 miles southeast of Pandale. SH163 was closed near Juno
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