Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding on the afternoon of July 2 in the Hill Country.
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Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding on the afternoon of July 2 in the Hill Country.
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 Jul 2, 4:13 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 513 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 .UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO TWEAK 1ST PERIOD POPS AND QPF BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AND 18Z MODEL GUIDANCE. OTHERWISE...FORECAST FOR HEAVY RAIN THROUGH JULY 4TH IS ON TRACK. NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 257 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2007/ DISCUSSION... IN THE SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WEDNESDAY NIGHT) COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL REMAIN WHILE A LOW PRESSURE CENTER SLIDES SOUTHWEST BACK INTO THE HILL COUNTRY EARLY TUESDAY, THEN DOWN THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY, THEN SIT JUST WEST OF WEBB COUNTY ALL DAY WEDNESDAY. UNTIL NOW WE HAVE HAD LIMITED HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER SMALL AREAS. BUT ONCE THE LOW CENTER MOVES IN, THIS WILL KEEP RAINS GOING IN ITS VICINITY CONTINUOUSLY. ALSO A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL APPEAR IN THE AREA, THUS HIGH RAINFALL COVERAGE WILL INCREASE. WILL REISSUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO COVER ALL COUNTIES AND RUN THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO RUN 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH HIGHER TOTALS APPROACHING 15 INCHES. THE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXPANDED IN TIME AS THIS EVENT EVOLVES. IN THE LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY) THE UPPER LOW CONTINUE TO DRIFT WEST AWAY FROM THE COUNTY WARNING AREA AS THE UPPER HIGH NOSES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S., THEN POKES SOUTH INTO TEXAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE EAST FOR THE WEEKEND. ONCE THE UPPER HIGH SITS OVER US FOR A FEW DAYS, THE RAINS WILL BE LIMITED TO HEAT INDUCED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 73 85 73 84 74 / 50 90 80 90 60 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 72 86 73 86 73 / 50 90 80 90 60 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 74 92 74 85 72 / 50 40 90 80 60 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 73 86 74 84 74 / 50 80 90 90 60 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. && 11/13/WR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 502 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031015- 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- 502 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND ALL SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TRAIN ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced between 3 and 4 inches of rain in the Kendalia area, closing FM473 and FM3351 due to flash flooding.
Rainfall averaged from 2 to 3 inches between Marble Falls and Spicewood with isolated areas receiving up to 4 inches. Flash flooding developed quickly and continued into the evening. A volunteer firefighter was returning to Marble Falls from Austin when his car was washed off SH71 into Double Horn Creek. He was unable to summon help and had to save himself, which he did with great difficulty.
Rainfall in Hays County averaged from 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals were 5 inches near Henly. Flash flooding closed FM165, FM112, and FM150.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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