A weak frontal boundary drifted northward into South Central Texas producing thunderstorms which caused large hail, strong winds and flash flooding in Atascosa County.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A weak frontal boundary drifted northward into South Central Texas producing thunderstorms which caused large hail, strong winds and flash flooding in Atascosa 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 Mar 29, 5:35 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 635 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 .AVIATION...COMPLICATED TAF FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING NORTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. WILL NOT MENTION PCPN IN THE TAFS ATTM DUE TO ISOLATED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND WITH EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS TO BE SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT THE I-35 TAF SITES...WITH MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT KDRT. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR AFT 02Z...IFR AFTER 04Z WITH LIFR POSSIBLE BY 11Z. PATCHY DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008/ DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT IS ERODING RAPIDLY AND WILL BE REPLACED WITH A GULF AIRMASS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES CLIMBING UP INTO THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70. A FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR SE COUNTIES AND ARE MOVING NORTH TOWARD INTERSTATE 10. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO NEAR OUR TRIGGER TEMP (80)...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALOFT CURRENTLY MOVING ENE OUT OF MEXICO INTO OUR AREA. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. DRIZZLE AND PATCHY FOG ARE LIKELY TONIGHT NEAR THE ESCARPMENT AND ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION CONTINUES AND INTERACTION WITH THE TERRAIN (UPSLOPE) PRODUCES JUST ENOUGH LIFT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO PUSH OUT OF THE ROCKIES ON MONDAY...WITH THE WESTERLIES PUSHING A DRY LINE EAST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. CONVECTION IS LIKELY ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENCOUNTERS A MOISTURE-RICH GULF AIRMASS AND DAYTIME HEATING MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST SHOT AT PRECIP WILL BE ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY NORTH OF OUR AREA. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO OUR CWFA ON TUESDAY... WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SCENARIO WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAYS...WHEN THE CAPPING INVERSION WAS NOT BUSTED WITH THE FROPA. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO PUSH OUT OF THE ROCKIES ON THURSDAY...PUSHING YET ANOTHER DRYLINE ACROSS TX AND INTO OUR AREA...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. ANOTHER...STRONGER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST BY THE 12Z GFS TO PUSH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND CLEAR-OUT CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A LOW-CONFIDENCE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND NEXT SATURDAY GIVEN THAT THE 12Z ECMWF AND NOGAPS DO NOT SHOW A CLEAN...OR STRONG FROPA. TEMPS THIS CYCLE WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE NORMAL...ESPECIALLY ON THE MINS (+7 TO +15). OUR NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE 12Z GFSMOS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 65 80 69 77 67 / 20 20 10 60 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 64 80 69 78 62 / 20 20 10 50 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 66 84 70 87 64 / - - 10 20 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 67 79 68 79 66 / 10 10 10 40 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 543 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-301045- 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- 543 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:21 UTC.
4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported minor flooding on Highways 97 and 16 and Spur 162 in Jourdanton. The co-op observer in Jourdanton reported 3.38 inches of rain during the event.
The COOP observer in Christine reported nickel size hail.
The COOP observer in Jourdanton reported nickel size hail.
A National Weather Service storm survey concluded that a microburst caused numerous trees down near downtown Jourdanton. Trees were down along Maple, Cedar, Main streets, along with other side roads near the courthouse. A lawn furniture manufacturing plant near the corner of Zanderson and maple was demolished with roof pieces being thrown several blocks away. There was other minor roof damage observed to a bail bonds business across the street from the Sheriff's office near the intersection of Oak Street and Campbell Avenue.
The Atascosa County Sheriff's office dispatch reported ping-pong ball and quarter size hail from Jourdanton to 3 miles north of Jourdanton.
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