A cold front moved into South Central Texas and produced isolated thunderstorms. Some of these became severe in the eastern parts of the region.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A cold front moved into South Central Texas and produced isolated thunderstorms. Some of these became severe in the eastern parts of the region.
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 Aug 27, 2:28 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 328 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY IN ADVANCE OF THE WEAK COLD FRONT. ADDITIONALLY...EXPECTING TO SEE DIURNAL HEATING-DRIVEN ACTIVITY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. DESPITE HIGH CONFIDENCE OF DEVELOPMENT...AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE LIMITED. THUS...HAVE KEPT CONSERVATIVE POPS OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF PULSE STRONG TO BORDERLINE SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. THE WEAK FRONT WILL PRIMARILY BRING A NORTHERLY WIND SHIFT TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON FRIDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL STILL CLIMB TO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WHICH WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES FOR RAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY PRIMARILY ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. THE AFTERNOON SEA-BREEZE WILL LIKELY ENHANCE THE CHANCES FOR RAIN BUT OVERALL STILL EXPECTING ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY AT BEST. MID AND LONG-RANGE MODELS HAVE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP HOPE ON A GOOD TAP OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FOR NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH AFTERNOON SEA- BREEZE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS. GFS(X) LOW TEMPERATURES ARE REASONABLE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD BUT MAX TEMPS NEXT WEEK CONTINUE TO BE AS MUCH AS 5 DEGREES TOO COOL. NEVERTHELESS...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES DURING THE WORKWEEK WILL BE MUCH CLOSER TO EARLY SEPTEMBER NORMALS OF LOWER TO MID 90S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 74 99 72 100 70 / 20 20 10 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 71 98 67 100 68 / 20 20 10 10 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 71 98 68 100 67 / 20 10 10 10 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 72 96 69 97 68 / 30 20 10 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 73 101 72 101 71 / 10 10 - 10 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 73 95 70 98 68 / 30 20 10 10 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 70 98 69 97 69 / 10 10 10 10 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 72 97 69 98 68 / 20 20 10 10 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 73 96 71 96 70 / 30 20 20 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 75 99 72 100 72 / 20 10 10 10 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 74 99 71 99 71 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 25/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 534 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281100- 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- 534 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
237 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL 8 NNW YORKTOWN 29.08N 97.56W
08/26/2009 E0.75 INCH DEWITT TX PUBLIC
HAIL REPORTED AT GRUENAU AND TRAVEL TRAILER PUSHED OFF
BLOCKS BY WIND.
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EVENT NUMBER EWX0900042
CJMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 451 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 TXZ172-173-192-272245- BURNET-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON- 451 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BURNET...TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 450 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LEANDER...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN TRAVIS...SOUTHERN BURNET AND SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEANDER... CEDAR PARK AND ANDERSON MILL...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 50 knots, knocked down a 30 feet tall Maple tree with a 12 inch diameter trunk. The tree damaged a vehicle that it fell on.
Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 50 knots, knocked down a tree across the road leading into the Palmetto State Park.
Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 50 knots, knocked down numerous trees near the intersection of Highways 285 and 1869.
Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 mph, knocked down trees. One tree landed on a car and others tore down power lines.
Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 50 knots, knocked some large trees onto roads near Paige.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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