An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage near Marble Falls.
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An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage near Marble Falls.
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 Aug 30, 2:44 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 344 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. AIRMASS REMAINS MOIST WITH PWS IN THE 1.9 TO 2.2 INCH RANGE AND EXPECT THIS PRECIPITATION PATTERN TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR POISED TO FILTER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO TEXAS. PWS IN THE 1.6 TO 1.9 INCH RANGE INDICATE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. THE UPPER LEVER RIDGE HOLDS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS MAJOR HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST. PWS CONTINUE A DECREASE 1.4 TO 1.6 INCHES. STRONG SUBSIDENCE SHOULD PRODUCE A HOT AND DRY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH MOVEMENT OF GUSTAV AFTER LANDFALL. EXPECT IT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN TEXAS WEDNESDAY WITH THE REMNANTS POSSIBLY STAYING THERE INTO NEXT WEEKEND. HAVE MAINTAINED MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY DAYTIME POPS FOR NORTHEASTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MAV/MEX TEMPERATURES SEEM REASONABLE WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN A FEW SPOTS AND TIME PERIODS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 74 96 75 98 75 / 10 10 10 - 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 70 98 72 99 76 / 10 10 10 - 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 72 91 74 95 76 / 30 10 10 10 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 74 95 75 97 76 / 10 10 10 - - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 TXZ183>185-202-203-217-218-228-311100- VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED DAYTIME TO EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF DAYTIME TO EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-311100- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED DAYTIME TO EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 419 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 TXZ171-172-186-188-190-302215- BLANCO-BURNET-GILLESPIE-KERR-LLANO- 419 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BLANCO...BURNET...GILLESPIE... KERR AND LLANO COUNTIES... AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOHNSON CITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Marble Falls Police reported power lines and tree limbs down.
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