Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding in the afternoon and evening of July 25.
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Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding in the afternoon and evening of July 25.
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 25, 5:29 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 629 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007 .AVIATION... A WEAK UPPER LOW SOUTHWEST OF KSAT AND A MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL KEEP SCT-NMRS SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH AREAS OF IFR CIGS AND VSBYS BEFORE 14Z. VFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE BETWEEN SHRA/TSRA...HOWEVER LOCAL IFR-LIFR CONDITIONS AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS POSSIBLE WITH THE CONVECTIVE STORMS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007/ DISCUSSION... THE 500MB LOW WILL CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC ON SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE 00Z ANALYSIS SHOWS THE LOW CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR CWA. FORECAST MODELS TAKE THE LOW SOUTHWESTWARD SLOWLY INTO MEXICO. THIS WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER FROM SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL MEAN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THUS...WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN AND FLOODING TODAY LOOKS TO BE IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES SINCE THEY WERE SOMEWHAT SPARED CONVECTION TUESDAY NIGHT AND SHOULD BE MOST UNSTABLE. THURSDAY THE RAIN THREAT SPREADS BACK TO THE EAST AND CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY MODELS SHOW LOW MOVING FAR ENOUGH SOUTHWEST TO GIVE US A BREAK. FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. TEMPERATURES WILL TRY TO CLIMB TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 91 72 90 72 90 / 20 30 60 50 60 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 90 71 90 72 89 / 20 30 60 50 60 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 90 72 89 72 90 / 70 50 40 60 60 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 88 71 89 71 88 / 50 50 60 50 50 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON 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. && 05/01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 517 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261030- 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- 517 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AT ALMOST ANY TIME DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT. MANY OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:01 UTC.
15 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms over Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, and Guadalupe Counties produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals with up to 5 inches near Elmendorf. Most rural roads in south Bexar County were closed due to high water, including Somerset Road, SH16, and Pleasanton Road.
Thunderstorms over Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, and Guadalupe Counties produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals with up to 5 inches near Pleasanton and just northwest of Fashing. FM537, FM1333, and FM1470 were closed due to high water.
Thunderstorms over Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, and Guadalupe Counties produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals with up to 4 inches near Floresville. SH97, FM536, and FM1304 were closed due to flash flooding.
Thunderstorms over Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, and Guadalupe Counties produced general 2 to 3 inch rains. FM78 and FM3009 were closed in Guadalupe County due to high water.
General 1 to 2 inch rainfall was produced across Bastrop County, with up to 4 inches near Red Rock and 7 inches just south of Paige. Many of the southern Bastrop Country roads were closed due to flash flooding.
Thunderstorms in Frio County produced general 2 to 3 inch rains over already saturated soils. This re-developed flash flooding very quickly between Pearsall and Derby. FM1581 and FM1582 were closed due to the flooding.
From 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in the early afternoon of July 25 causing flash flooding that closed FM150 and FM2001.
A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with up to 4 inches near Belmont. US80 and FM2091 were closed due to flash flooding.
A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with up to 5 inches near Coy City. FM99 and FM791 were closed due to flash flooding.
A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with up to 4 inches east of Gonzales. FM2091 and FM532 were closed due to flash flooding.
A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with up to 5 inches near Muldoon. FM154, FM609, and FM2237 were closed due to flash flooding.
Thunderstorms dropped general rain totals of 2 to 3 inches with up to 5 inches near Serbin and 6 inches in the western part of Giddings. US290 was closed and parts of CR205 had up to 3 feet of water over the road in places.
A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with much of the rain falling in only 2 hours. In Lee County, US87 and FM236 were closed due to flash flooding.
Thunderstorms produced from 3 to 4 inches of rain in the Granger area causing flash flooding that closed FM971 and SH95.
A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with up to 5 inches east of Moulton. FM532 was closed due to flash flooding.
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