Scattered thunderstorms in the eastern counties during the early morning hours produced heavy rain and flash flooding.
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Scattered thunderstorms in the eastern counties during the early morning hours produced heavy rain and 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 May 28, 4:05 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 505 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 .DISCUSSION... HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FAYETTE, LAVACA, AND LEE COUNTIES FOR THIS MORNING THROUGH NOON. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS SET UP SIMILAR TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS SHOULD SHIFT EAST OF AREA BY NOON. THIS AREA HAS SEEN UPWARDS OF 10 OR SO INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS, ESPECIALLY PARTS OF LAVACA COUNTY. FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST ALONG THE ESCARPMENT FROM NORTHEAST OF NEW BRAUNFELS TO AUSTIN TO TEMPLE, RAIN HAS ALSO DEVELOPED, HOWEVER THIS AREA HAS SEEN ONLY AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. THE UPPER TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAINS THE LAST FEW DAYS IS FINALLY MOVING EAST BEING SHOVED BY AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. MODELS SHOW OUR UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS ON TUESDAY TO NEAR THE SABINE RIVER ON WEDNESDAY. POPS WILL BE HIGHEST ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE PROXIMITY TO THE TROUGH AXIS, ALTHOUGH THE TREND WILL BE FOR A DECREASE IN POPS AS PWS SLOWLY DECREASE AND SUBSIDENCE INCREASES. HOWEVER CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM OUT WEST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE HEATING AND FLOW OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN TEXAS. CURRENT PACIFIC NORTHWEST TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY POSSIBLY DRAGGING A BOUNDARY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ALSO, SEABREEZE MAY MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. HAVE GONE WITH SLIGHT POPS FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. BY NEXT WEEKEND, A HIGH AMPLITUDE TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE EASTERN STATES AS AN UPPER RIDGE MOVES INTO TEXAS. WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT SHOULD CAP THE AIRMASS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, ALTHOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS ALONG THE SEABREEZE OR OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN TEXAS DRIFTING INTO THE AREA. HAVE GENERALLY GONE NEAR MEX TEMPERATURES, ALTHOUGH A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER OUT WEST AND FAR EAST DUE SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 80 68 87 69 88 / 70 20 20 10 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 82 67 88 67 87 / 70 20 20 10 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 89 71 92 71 92 / 10 10 10 10 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 83 69 87 70 89 / 40 - 10 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: FAYETTE...LAVACA...LEE. && 04/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 956 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281100- 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- 956 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE HILL COUNTRY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY...AND THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:28 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 3 inch rain amounts over Lavaca County, with up to 4 inches near Moulton. Flash flooding closed many roads in the county, including CR14 and FM532.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced from 2 to 4 inch rain totals around McMahan. Flash flooding closed FM713 and FM304.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 3 inch rain amounts in western Fayette County with up to 4 inches near Flatonia. FM609 and FM154 were closed due to flash flooding.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 2 to 4 inch rain amounts east of Lexington, which closed FM696 closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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