1 thunderstorm wind, 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 6, 1:31 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 231 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .DISCUSSION... THIS AFTERNOON THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SEEMS TO BE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TRACKING WNW...BASED ON THE COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY RADAR LOOP. THE FIRST SPOKE OF INSTABILITY AND HIGHER PWATS WAS MOVING WESTWARD INTO OUR EASTERN COUNTIES TRIGGERING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO PWATS AOA 2 INCHES...AS DEPICTED BY THE GOES SOUNDER...HAVE INCLUDED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THIS EVENING GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING EXPECT THE AREAL COVERAGE TO DIMINISH AND BECOME CONCENTRATED NEAR THE UPPER LEVEL LOW/VORT MAX. THE GFS SOLUTION TRACKS THE UPPER TROF AND ASSOCIATED VORT MAX WNW ACROSS THE CWFA ON MONDAY. THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON MONDAY BEING LOCATED IN THE REGION OF BEST LIFT. WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON MONDAY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA. THE UPPER LEVEL TROF EXITS THE REGION BY MONDAY NIGHT HOWEVER RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THIS IS DUE TO A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE REACHING THE TEXAS COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WAVE IS THE REMNANTS OF CHRIS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BECOME DOMINATE BY WEDNESDAY AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING AN END TO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL FINALLY FALL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWFA DUE TO ANTICIPATED RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. THE HEAT WILL RETURN BY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND THANKS TO SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. GFS(X) MOS NUMBERS IN THE BALLPARK FOR TEMPS. POPS ARE A BLEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 76 90 73 96 / 50 50 30 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 73 90 71 96 / 50 50 30 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 76 97 75 94 / 20 30 30 30 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 74 90 74 94 / 50 50 30 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 10/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1012 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071515- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 1012 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...WILL PROVIDE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND INTERSTATE 37. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES WEST ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...THERE WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONCE AGAIN THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST ON TUESDAY ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION WITH LESS RAINFALL AND WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Roof pieces and aluminum were blown down at the Rivercenter Mall in downtown San Antonio. Damage was reported to some of the furniture in the mall, with brief flooding in the Lagoon area of the mall
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