Thunderstorms on April 30 produced widespread flash flooding along with spotty severe weather in the central and east counties.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms on April 30 produced widespread flash flooding along with spotty severe weather in the central and east counties.
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 30, 6:36 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 736 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007 .UPDATE... ANALYSIS OF RADAR...SURFACE OBS...AND LAPS DATA SUGGESTS THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED. HAVE CANCELED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES AS STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. UPDATED THE ZONES TO REMOVE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 650 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007/ AVIATION... UPPER LOW WILL OFFER PLENTY OF CONVECTION CHALLENGES FOR THE PERIOD. A WEAKENING COMPLEX OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SRN EDWARDS PLATEAU WILL LIKELY STABILIZE THE MIDDAY WEATHER ACROSS MOST AREAS BY AROUND 16Z, WITH A LONGER PERIOD OF STABLE WEATHER OVER WESTERN COUNTIES. INTERMITTENT SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 15Z ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR AREAS AND COULD TRANSITION INTO THUNDERSTORMS WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS OF STABLE WEATHER AT AROUND NOON. THE MORNING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX LOOKS WEAK ENOUGH TO AFTERNOON DESTABILIZATION. HOWEVER IF CONDITIONS BECOME MORE STABLE AT MIDDAY, THE FOCUS FOR NEW CONVECTION COULD SHIFT INTO NIGHTTIME, WITH ANOTHER MCS POSSIBLE FOR LATE TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS, PARTICULARLY THOSE BETWEEN 22-06Z. DURING PERIODS OF BENIGN WEATHER, MVFR CIGS SHOULD BE MOST COMMON THROUGH THE PERIOD. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 440 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007/ DISCUSSION... WV SATELLITE IMAGERY AND UA ANALYSIS SHOWS UPPER LOW ENTERING WEST TEXAS. THIS HAS BEEN PRODUCING SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EARLY MORNING. THIS UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND THIS WILL CONTINUE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND INTO TUESDAY. SPC HAS INCLUDED OUR CWA IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HPC HAS INCLUDED A PORTION OF OUR CWA IN A MODERATE RISK FOR RAINFALL EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. THUS...HAVE INCLUDED MENTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. HAVE ALSO EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE THE HILL COUNTRY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT THE REGION AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. A SECOND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PASS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY AND THIS WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUR CWA. THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK WILL BE DRY AND WARM AS RIDGING BUILDS IN. MODELS ARE SHOWING A DEEP TROUGH DROPPING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN US ON SUNDAY. A LITTLE EARLY TO GET VERY EXCITED AND HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 79 65 80 67 85 / 60 50 50 40 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 79 65 80 66 85 / 60 50 50 40 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 83 68 89 69 91 / 40 10 10 10 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 79 67 83 67 85 / 60 40 40 30 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE... KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL... UVALDE...VAL VERDE...ZAVALA. && 05/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 558 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-011100- 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- 558 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A BURNET TO HONDO TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SLOW-MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS A BROAD AREA OF TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FROM CONTINUED TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO KERRVILLE TO BURNET LINE THIS MORNING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL LIKELY TRIGGER NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THE GREATER THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED 2 TO 5 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING...AND ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
722 AM CDT MON APR 30 2007
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0721 AM FLASH FLOOD 25 NNE BRACKETTVILLE 29.65N 100.25W
04/30/2007 EDWARDS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER IS OVER FM674 AND PARTS OF FM334.
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PMThe Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:02 UTC.
9 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms in Real County caused general rainfall over the western half of the county of between 2 and 3 inches, with up to 4 inches in isolated locations. SH55 and FM337 were closed due to flash flooding during the early morning.
Slow-moving thunderstorms between Tarpley and Bandera in Bandera County and D'Hanis in Medina County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals. Highest amounts in Bandera County were near 4 inches near Tarpley. FM470 and FM462 were closed due to high water.
Slow-moving thunderstorms between Tarpley and Bandera in Bandera County and D'Hanis in Medina County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals. Highest amounts in Medina County were 4 inches north of D'Hanis near the Bandera County line. FM462 was closed north of D'Hanis due to flash flooding.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged roofs in the area of Lakehills on the north side of Medina Lake.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew over trees at San Antonio College near downtown San Antonio.
Thunderstorms over Guadalupe County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals with amounts of up to 3 inches near Seguin. Flash flooding closed FM78 and FM467 through the early afternoon.
Thunderstorms over Guadalupe County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals with amounts of up to 3 inches near Seguin. Flash flooding closed FM78 and FM467 through the early afternoon.
Thunderstorms over Atascosa County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals with amounts of up to 4 inches near Fashing and along the Karnes County line. Flash flooding closed FM98, FM2994 and FM791 through the early afternoon.
Thunderstorms over Karnes County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals with amounts of up to 4 inches southwest of Coy City near the Atascosa County line. Flash flooding closed FM99 and FM791 through the early afternoon.
Thunderstorms moved slowly over southern Lavaca County in the mid and late afternoon, producing between 1 and 2 inch rainfall. Highest totals were 5 inches west of Speaks. Numerous county roads, including CR420, SH111 and FM531, were closed due to flash flooding. Several high water rescues were reported off CR420.
Rainfall of between 1 and 2 inches, with spotty amounts of up to 4 inches near Cuero caused flash flooding in the city that closed streets during the late afternoon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 27732, 27734, 27735, 27736, 27737, 27738, 27739, 27740, 27741, 27743, 27744, 27747, 27750, 27751, 27752.