A cold front moved into South Central Texas on September 9 producing scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Although conditions were not favorable for severe weather, one thunderstorm produced a water spout over Lake Buchanan early in the evening.
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A cold front moved into South Central Texas on September 9 producing scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Although conditions were not favorable for severe weather, one thunderstorm produced a water spout over Lake Buchanan early in the evening.
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 Sep 9, 3:23 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 423 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008 .DISCUSSION... WEAKNESS IN HEIGHT FIELD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER TODAY...AS THE RIDGE FROM 700 TO 300 HPA THAT WAS OVER THE AREA MONDAY WEAKENED. SHOWED A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TOWARD THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE WEST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY FORECAST SOLUTIONS TRY TO SHOW SOME RIDGING ALOFT...HOWEVER THIS WILL BE COMPENSATED SOME BY LOWER HEIGHTS TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST...IN ADVANCE OF A LARGE SCALE 700 TO 300 HPA TROF FORMING OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE CENTRAL U.S. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SETTING UP A PATTERN TO MOVE WEATHER SYSTEMS ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST...AND TAKE A COOL FRONT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MENTIONED INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN FOR LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ASSOCIATED WITH IKE. FOR DETAILS ON THE TRACK AND EVOLUTION OF IKE...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORY FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER IN MIAMI. WITH THE MID SEP 2008 PATTERN EVOLVING...FOR SUNDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...EXPECT COOLER OVERNIGHT LOWS AND MODERATED DAYTIME HIGHS IN WAKE OF THE WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT AFFECT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. FOR DETAILS ON THE TRACK AND EVOLUTION OF IKE...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORY FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER IN MIAMI. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 74 92 75 97 75 / 20 20 20 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 72 92 73 97 75 / 20 20 10 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 73 89 76 94 75 / 60 40 30 20 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 75 91 76 95 76 / 30 20 10 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 514 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-101100- 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- 514 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS HURRICANE IKE MAKES LANDFALL AND MOVES INLAND. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HURRICANE IKE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:35 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The Llano County sheriff's office and the Lower Colorado River Authority police department reported a water spout over Lake Buchanan in the vicinity of Buchanan Dam. The water spout was short lived and dissipated before reaching land.
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