Thunderstorms over Karnes and DeWitt Counties slowed as they moved southeastward, producing higher rain accumulations that led to flash flooding.
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Thunderstorms over Karnes and DeWitt Counties slowed as they moved southeastward, producing higher rain accumulations that led to flash flooding.
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 Apr 25, 2:31 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 331 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... TODAY...CLEARED COUNTIES IN THE WEST OF TOR183 AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH BUT STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BACK BUILD SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. WILL SEE LINGERING SCT CONVECTION IN THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE CWA THRU MID TO LATE MORNING. OTHERWISE CLEARING SKIES AND DRIER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LOW OVER OK CONTINUES EASTWARD AND NWLY WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. TONIGHT THRU THURSDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRIER AS A DRY NW TO WLY FLOW PREVAILS ALOFT...WITH COOLER BELOW NORMAL TEMPS TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT BACK AROUND THE THE SE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THU NIGHT AS THE SURFACE RIDGE MOVES EAST. FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY...MOISTURE RETURNS FRIDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AS AN UPPER LOW DROPS INTO AZ AND AN ACTIVE SWLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS NRN MEXICO INTO TX. WITH DEEPER MOISTURE IN PLACE ANY S/WS COMING ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE COULD GENERATE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCT CONVECTION OVER S TX AND SO HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE OR LOW CHANCE POPS THRU THE WEEKEND. MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY...NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM THE WEEKEND AS A MOIST SLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES OFF THE GULF AND A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES EJECT OUT OF MEXICO INTO TX...SO WILL KEEP LOW CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL MAX TEMPERATURES...AND ABOVE NORMAL MINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 81 55 81 59 78 / 20 0 0 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 83 51 83 56 79 / 20 0 0 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 89 58 88 65 82 / 0 0 0 10 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 83 56 82 61 79 / 20 0 0 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT... FAYETTE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE... TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...WILSON. && 01/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 450 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>208-217>219-228-251300- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- 450 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ209-220>225-251300- FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 450 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
214 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 PM HAIL NATALIA 29.19N 98.86W
04/24/2007 E1.75 INCH MEDINA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
&&
BFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
218 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM HAIL DEVINE 29.15N 98.90W
04/24/2007 E1.75 INCH MEDINA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
&&
BFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
221 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE SAN ANTONIO 29.49N 98.47W
04/25/2007 BEXAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE FELL ON HOUSE.
&&
BFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
230 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 S LOCKHART 29.86N 97.68W
04/25/2007 CALDWELL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** NUMBER OF LARGE TREES DOWN. WIND DAMAGE TO
HOMES. ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME. 2 BLOCKS N OF FM 20.
&&
BFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
234 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0138 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 SW GONZALES 29.41N 97.57W
04/25/2007 GONZALES TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIND DAMAGE TO BARN IN COST, TX.
&&
BFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
304 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 AM TSTM WND GST LA GRANGE 29.91N 96.88W
04/25/2007 E50 MPH FAYETTE TX AMATEUR RADIO
WINDS EST 50-60 MPH. TREES DOWN IN LA GRANGE AND
FLATONIA.
&&
BFThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:28 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall over Karnes and DeWitt Counties. Up to 4 inches fell near Gillett, causing flash flooding that closed FM119 and SH80.
Thunderstorms produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall over Karnes and DeWitt Counties. Yorktown received up to 4 inches and the resulting flash flooding closed FM119 and SH72.
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