A lightning strike caused extensive damage to a residence in Austin.
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A lightning strike caused extensive damage to a residence in Austin.
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 Oct 6, 11:07 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1207 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 .AVIATION... BOTTOM EDGE OF A SQUALL LINE IS BEING INTERFERED WITH BY A SEA BREEZE SO IS TEMPERORARILY BREAKING UP INTO SCATTERED CELLS OVER A BROADER AREA OVER THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY. THIS COULD RESULT IN A LONGER IMPACT ON THE AUS TERMINAL AND COULD RESULT IN LESS FOCUSING AND COVERAGE FOR THE SAT METRO AREA TERMINALS. COLD FRONT IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS TOWARD THE DRT AREA, AND LOOKS TO PASS THROUGH DRT BETWEEN 9 AND 10Z AND INTO AUS BY 11Z AND SAT BY 12Z. BY 14Z, NEARLY ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE VFR CONDITIONS TO CARRY THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. SOME EXTRA WINDS WERE ADDED FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY DUE TO INCREASING MOS WIND TRENDS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 848 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2008/ UPDATE...PROBABILITIES WERE RECONFIGURED FROM NOW TIL MIDNIGHT AS A SUBSIDENT SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WAS LIMITING DEVELOPMENTS. NEW RAOB DATA FROM KDRT AND KCRP REINFORCE IDEA AND POINT TO SEVERAL INVERSIONS IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS AS TEMPERATURES HAD INCREASED AND MOISTURE DECREASED IN THE ZONE OF SOUTH-WESTERLIES ALOFT. AFTER MIDNIGHT..PROBABILITIES STILL ON TRACK AS LATEST RUC SHOWS LAST DISTURBANCE PUSHING TROUGH THROUGH EASTERN CWA INTO RICHER MOISTURE FIELD. THIS WILL DESTABILIZE UPPER LEVELS AT THE SAME TIME LOWERING SUBSIDENT SOUTHWEST WIND INFLUENCE. THUS..ACTIVITY SHOULD FORM AGAIN..MAINLY EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2008/ DISCUSSION... THIS AFTERNOON ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST COUNTIES IN THE WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...IN ADVANCE OF THE DRY LINE AND COLD FRONT. THE PRE-FRONTAL TROF/DRY LINE IS EAST OF K6R6 AND KSJT WITH THE COLD FRONT HAVING PASSED THROUGH KINK AND KLBB. THE BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 WHERE THE BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AXIS IS LOCATED. THUS THE BEST CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE FROPA WILL BE MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR CWFA OVERNIGHT AND WILL CLEAR OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE SOME POST- FRONTAL SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT CLEARS THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN COOL MORNINGS AND WARM AFTERNOONS. GULF MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE CWFA ON FRIDAY. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE LEVELS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY THRU MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THUS A WET WEEKEND IS EXPECTED. ATTM THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT OF NEXT WEEK. THE GFS HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH THE TIMING OF THIS FRONT SO WENT WITH THE HPC DAY 7 GRAPHIC FOR FRONTAL TIMING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 67 86 59 88 57 / 60 10 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 66 86 54 86 52 / 60 10 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 68 88 59 87 58 / 10 - 0 0 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 68 86 58 88 54 / 30 10 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 02/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 953 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2008 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071500- 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- 953 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1242 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 TXZ188>190-070645- BLANCO-GILLESPIE-KENDALL- 1242 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BLANCO...GILLESPIE AND KENDALL COUNTIES... AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LBJ STATE PARK TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDERICKSBURG...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF FREDERICKSBURG TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROCKY HILL BY 1250 AM CDT. BLUMENTHAL BY 100 AM CDT. STONEWALL BY 105 AM CDT. LBJ STATE PARK BY 110 AM CDT. LUCKENBACH BY 115 AM CDT. HYE BY 120 AM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 134 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 TXZ186-188-189-070730- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-KERR- 134 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING GILLESPIE...KENDALL AND KERR COUNTIES... AT 132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BANKERSMITH TO KERRVILLE STATE PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF FREDERICKSBURG TO KERRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... CENTER POINT BY 140 AM CDT. COMFORT BY 155 AM CDT. WARING BY 205 AM CDT. WELFARE BY 210 AM CDT. NELSON CITY BY 215 AM CDT. WALNUT GROVE BY 220 AM CDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:15 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused house fire on Northgrove Road in the Cat Mountain area of northwest Austin.
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