Hurricane Dolly made landfall on South Padre Island on the afternoon of July 23. On the morning of the 24th, the center of Dolly was located near Laredo and had weakened to tropical storm strength.
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Hurricane Dolly made landfall on South Padre Island on the afternoon of July 23. On the morning of the 24th, the center of Dolly was located near Laredo and had weakened to tropical storm strength. An outer rain band from the storm moved through South Central Texas and caused damage in Bexar County.
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 24, 6:27 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 727 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 .UPDATE... UPDATED THE HAZARDS GRID AND THE APPROPRIATE TEXT PRODUCTS FOR THE NEW TORNADO WATCH 744 VALID UNTIL 23Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 642 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008/ AVIATION... TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. CIGS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN MVFR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH PERIODIC SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOWERING CONDITIONS TO IFR. EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 25 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KTS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008/ DISCUSSION... WEAKENING TS DOLLY STILL HAS A WELL DEFINED CIRCULATION IN THE LOWER VALLEY. MAVERICK, DIMMIT AND ZAVALA COUNTIES WILL BE WELL WITHIN THE CONTINUOUS RAIN BANDS TODAY. EVENTHO THERE HAS NOT BEEN APPRECIABLE RAINFALL YET, THE PROJECTED TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES COULD CREATE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE BROADER RAIN BANDS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AS NOTED BY THE SWATH OF 2.5+ INCHES PRECIPITABLE WATER ROTATING AROUND DOLLY. TEMPS WILL BE CLOUD AND RAIN DEPENDENT, BASICALLY AT OR BELOW NORMAL. BY 06Z THIS EVENING, DOLLY IS PROJECTED TO BE A DEPRESSION WITH 2.5+ PRECIPITABLE WATER STRETCHED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. THE TROPICAL TAP REMAINS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE THROUGH FRIDAY THEN SHIFTS ACROSS MEXICO INTO THE PACIFIC SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AND REMAIN FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY REBOUND TO SUMMER TIME VALUES. A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE IS STILL PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SLICE OF TEXAS. THIS COULD RESULT IN AFTERNOON SHOWERS ON THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 89 76 95 74 98 / 90 30 10 - 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 90 74 96 71 97 / 90 30 10 - 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 90 77 90 74 94 / 80 70 40 10 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 88 75 93 74 95 / 90 40 10 - 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: DIMMIT...MAVERICK...ZAVALA. && 06/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 712 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-219>225-251215- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 712 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR TORNADOES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO PLEASANTON. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS URBAN AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ217-218-228-251215- MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 712 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR TORNADOES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO PLEASANTON. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MAVERICK...ZAVALA...AND DIMMIT COUNTIES FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MAVERICK...ZAVALA...AND DIMMIT COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:57 UTC.
2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Wilson County sheriff reported a tornado along CR202W which twisted an oak tree, lifted a car port, and damaged some gutters outside of Poth.
A tornado touched down on the south side of San Antonio. There was considerable damage to a boat shop and boat storage facility. A boat storage rack had its roof and top level twisted back on itself and the roof of an adjacent building was damaged in a similar manor. Tornadic Winds damaged roofs and uprooted trees along Steves and McKinley Avenues. The most extensive damage was along Steves Avenue where many of the homes along the street suffered roof damage and many large trees were uprooted or snapped off. One home had its metal roof peeled back by the wind. Another home had a carport and patio roof torn off the house and thrown over the roof to the other side of the house. A fast food restaurant on the northeast corner of Steves and Roosevelt Aves. had a portion of its roof blown off. It looked like the wind entered through a gable vent and pushed the roof out from the inside. Winds were estimated near 80 mph. Sixty homes were damaged along with 10 commercial buildings.
A survey found wind damage in the Live Oak and Windcrest areas just to the northeast of San Antonio. Most of the damage was to fences and trees.
Law enforcement and the City of San Antonio officials reported numerous roads across the city closed due to high water and flooding.
A trained storm spotter reported a funnel cloud which lasted 20 to 30 seconds before becoming rain wrapped.
A citizen observed a funnel cloud just north of San Antonio College.
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