Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moist and unstable atmosphere. A storm collapsed and produced isolated wind damage.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moist and unstable atmosphere. A storm collapsed and produced isolated wind damage.
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 Jun 29, 5:47 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 647 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .AVIATION... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS SURFACE BOUNDARIES SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WILL ONLY MENTION CB AND VCSH IN TAFS. A WEAK LOW LEVEL JET FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND A WEAK UPPER SHEAR AXIS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WILL INTERACT WITH THESE BOUNDARIES AND MAY KEEP SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WILL LEAVE MENTION OUT OF TAFS. WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE MORNING ON MONDAY AND WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF CB IN TAFS. VFR SKIES WILL PREVAIL, HOWEVER SOME MVFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS WELL AS IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KTS, HOWEVER WIND GUSTS TO 45 KTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008/ DISCUSSION... LOW AMPLITUDE AND FAST MOVING S/W TROFS THAT HAVE MOVED AROUND THE LARGE SCALE H7 TO H3 TROF OVER THE EASTERN U.S. ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE THAT WAS OVER THE AREA...HAS CONTINUED TO CAUSE A WEAKENING HEIGHT FIELD ALOFT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AS A RESULT...A WEAK LOW AT H7 TO H5 WAS NORTHWEST OF DRT SETTING UP A SUBTLE H7 TO H5 TROF JUST NW OF THE AREA. AT THE SFC OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHT CONTINUE JUST NORTH OF THE CWA. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THESE TYPE OF PATTERNS HAVE RESULTED IN CONTINUED SOUTHEAST WINDS AT A SLIGHTLY SLOWER PACE THAN YESTERDAY. THE ENVIRONMENT ALOFT HAS MODIFIED TOWARD SLIGHTLY MORE MARGINALLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...THE CONTINUED GRADUAL TREND TOWARD A WEAKNESS IN THE HEIGHT FIELD LOOKS REASONABLE...GIVEN THE WEAK LOW NORTHWEST OF DRT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE WEST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... SOUTH OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH...CENTERED NEAR THE 4 CORNERS. FOR TONIGHT...ANY CONVECTION THAT FORMS NEAR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO THE NORTH COULD POTENTIALLY DRIFT SOUTH OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WHERE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS REMAINS. AS THE LOW DRIFTS WEST MONDAY...EXPECT CONTINUED WEAKNESS IN HEIGHT FIELD ACROSS THE AREA...AND WARM/HUMID ENVIRONMENT OVER THE AREA TO CREATE MARGINALLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. THIS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MONDAY. THE LARGE AMPLITUDE H7 TO H3 TROF WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN U.S...FROM NCEP FCST SOLUTIONS...MONDAY AND THEN DRIFT EAST ON TUESDAY. THESE TYPE OF TRENDS WILL ALLOW THE LOW OVER WEST TEXAS TO CONTINUE DRIFTING OFF TO THE WEST AND A WEAK HIGH DEVELOP ALOFT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AGAIN...IN A TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. THIS WILL ALLOW MORE STABLE CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY FORM AGAIN...SO WILL SHOW THE CONTINUE TREND OF DECREASING POPS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH WARMER AFTERNOON HIGHS. A WEAK RIDGE CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA IN THE MID TO LATE PART OF THIS WEEK...KEEPING MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS AND HOT AFTERNOONS. MEDIUM RANGE TOOLS CONTINUE TO SHOW A GRADUAL CHANGE TO LOWER HEIGHTS AGAIN...FROM H7 TO H3...DEVELOPING THE WEEKEND OF JULY 5 AND 6... AND CONTINUING TO THE EARLY PART OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THIS COULD CAUSE WIDELY SCATTERED DAYTIME TO EARLY EVENING SHOWERS TO FORM OVER THE EAST PART OF THE AREA AGAIN BEGINNING THIS COMING WEEKEND TO THE EARLY PART OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 74 94 72 97 72 / 40 30 30 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 70 94 66 97 69 / 40 30 30 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 75 94 74 96 74 / 50 30 30 10 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 73 94 72 96 72 / 40 30 30 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 25/04
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 630 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 TXZ209-300030- FAYETTE- 630 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF SMITHVILLE TO MULDOON TO FLATONIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF SMITHVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA GRANGE TO FLATONIA...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... LA GRANGE BY 710 PM CDT. SCHULENBURG BY 725 PM CDT. WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were broken along with several fences blown over.
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