Another in a series of short wave trofs moved just west and northwest of the region bringing showers and thunderstorms to Maverick, Dimmit, and Zavala Counties.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Another in a series of short wave trofs moved just west and northwest of the region bringing showers and thunderstorms to Maverick, Dimmit, and Zavala Counties.
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 15, 5:43 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 643 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008 .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THIS EVENING. LOW CLOUDS MAY DEVELOP AFT 07-08Z...BECOMING MVFR. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AND INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON FRIDAY AFT 15-16Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008/ DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MAKING SOUTHWARD PROGRESS AND ORIENTED FROM WNW TO ESE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR DEL RIO TO VICTORIA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS RELATIVELY STABLE NORTH OF THE FRONT...BUT IS CURRENTLY DESTABILIZING SOUTH OF THE FRONT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE 20Z LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS CAPES BETWEEN 2000-3000 J/KG WITH LITTLE-TO-NO CAP REMAINING. THE MOST LIKELY CONVECTIVE SCENARIO WILL BE FOR MATURE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MEXICO TO MOVE ACROSS THE RIVER AHEAD OF...OR ALONG THE FRONT THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY CONGEALING INTO AN MCS OVERNIGHT. OUR 1ST PERIOD POP FORECAST HAS THE HIGHEST POPS (70%) ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...WITH HIGH-END CHANCE POPS EXTENDING EAST INTO THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES GIVEN THE 12Z AND 18Z QPF FROM THE NAM12 AND ABOVE NORMAL PWATS OVER OUR SOUTHERN AREAS. THE 12Z GFS SOLUTION SHOWS A SIMILAR SCENARIO...BUT MUCH FURTHER SOUTH INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE BEGINNING FRIDAY AS PWATS LOWER FURTHER AND WEAK RIDGING ALOFT PREVAILS. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FRIDAY THANKS TO THE POST- FRONTAL AIRMASS AND ANTICIPATED CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE A BIT SATURDAY AND BE BACK TO NORMAL ON SUNDAY BEFORE WARMING BACK ABOVE NORMAL ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH NEXT WEEK. CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL DROP-OUT OF THE FORECAST LATE SATURDAY...WITH THE NEXT SHOT A PRECIP COMING LATE NEXT WEEK. WILL WAIT FOR MORE MODEL RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY ON THE DEVELOPING UPPER TROUGH OVER MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES LATE NEXT WEEK BEFORE ADDING PRECIP CHANCES TO OUR FORECAST. OUR NUMBERS THIS CYCLE ARE CLOSE TO THE 12Z GFSMOS FOR MAX/MIN TEMPS (WITHIN +/- 1-3 DEGREES) AND POPS (+/- 10%). && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 61 80 57 84 60 / 20 10 - - - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 60 78 52 85 54 / 20 10 - - - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 63 80 58 81 61 / 70 30 20 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 61 78 55 82 58 / 40 20 - 10 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08/03
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
448 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0642 PM HAIL EAGLE PASS 28.71N 100.49W
05/14/2008 E1.75 INCH MAVERICK TX PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00166
JPBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
453 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 11 SSW LA PRYOR 28.80N 99.92W
05/14/2008 ZAVALA TX PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00167
JPBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
519 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0746 PM TORNADO 8 NNW CRYSTAL CITY 28.81N 99.86W
05/14/2008 ZAVALA TX PUBLIC
DEBRIS ON HWY 183
0746 PM HAIL 8 NNW CRYSTAL CITY 28.81N 99.86W
05/14/2008 E0.50 INCH ZAVALA TX PUBLIC
DEBRIS ON HWY 183
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00168
EVENT NUMBER 00169
JPBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
521 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 PM HAIL 8 N CRYSTAL CITY 28.81N 99.84W
05/14/2008 M1.75 INCH ZAVALA TX PUBLIC
SEVERAL COWS HURT
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00170
JPBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
527 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1234 AM TSTM WND GST 1 ESE AUSTIN 30.26N 97.72W
05/15/2008 E59 MPH TRAVIS TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HUSTON TILLITSON UNIV
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00171
JPBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 617 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008 TXZ183-202-217-160015- KINNEY-MAVERICK-VAL VERDE- 617 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF VAL VERDE AND MAVERICK COUNTIES... AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF DEL RIO TO WEST OF QUEMADO... EAGLE PASS...AND EL INDIO...MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:28 UTC.
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Windows blown out in the Chula Vista Area 6 to 10 miles southeast of Eagle Pass.
Trees were also reported blown down.
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