A late afternoon thunderstorm tracked over Cibolo. Lightning struck a house and caused a fire, causing significant damage to the residence.
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A late afternoon thunderstorm tracked over Cibolo. Lightning struck a house and caused a fire, causing significant damage to the residence. Another storm in Val Verde County produced damaging winds.
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 Jul 18, 11:46 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1246 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 .AVIATION... CONVECTION OVER THE FAR WESTERN HILL COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH SOUTHWEST INTO VAL VERDE COUNTY...POSSIBLY AFFECTING DRT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF IMMEDIATE TS THAT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BLOWOFF CIRRUS IS HAMPERING CU DEVELOPMENT OVER AUS..BUT LARGE CU IS FORMING WEST OF SAT WHERE AMPLE SUNSHINE IS AVAILABLE. LOOK FOR CONVECTION TO FIRE AND CONTINUE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...DISSIPATING PAST SUNDOWN. HAVE INCLUDED A CIRRUS OVERNIGHT AND A TOUCH OF LOW CLOUD BY EARLY PREDAWN HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 920 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009/ UPDATE... ADJUSTED POPS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARD EDWARDS AND KERR COUNTIES AREA. THIS AREA SHOULD ARRIVE AROUND NOON WITH SOME LIGHTER RAIN TO THE EAST. HAVE DECREASED POPS IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. WE LEAVE AFTERNOON ALONE FOR NOW. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 652 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009/ AVIATION...I-35 CORRIDOR TERMINALS VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON LOCALLY LOWERING CIGS AND VSBYS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KDRT TERMINAL VFR CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON LOCALLY LOWERING CIGS AND VSBYS. WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 421 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009/ DISCUSSION... NW FLOW PATTERN ALOFT SHOULD BRING INCREASED RAIN CHANCES AND A HALT TO TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT TO MOST AREAS THIS WEEKEND. AFTER BUMPING HIGH TEMP FORECASTS OVER MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, THE EXTRA CLOUDS GENERATED FROM NW AND N CNTRL TX CONVECTION OVERNIGHT SHOULD MEAN MAX TEMPS FALLING SHORT OF 00Z GUIDANCE HIGHS FOR TODAY, BUT PERHAPS ONLY BY A DEGREE OR TWO. GUIDANCES CATCH UP ON TEMPS BY SUNDAY, WHEN A MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING TREND KICKS IN. THESE NW FLOW PATTERNS ARE OFTEN POORLY HANDLED BY MODELS WHERE PROJECTED CONVECTION TIMING GETS OUT OF SYNC. CONVECTION UPSTREAM FROM S CNTRL TX EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD BE ABLE TO SNEAK INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES, BUT SHOULD GENERALLY DECREASE LATE IN THE MORNING BEFORE RE-FIRING WITH DAYTIME HEATING LATE IN THE DAY. SOME OF THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION COULD PROMOTE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS WHERE TEMPS REACH THE UPPER 90S. TIMING OF CONVECTION GETS MORE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT BEYOND TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES EXPECTED TO MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS OR SO. WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO BE MORE FAVORABLE FOR BETTER NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY THAN WAS SEEN IN THE WEAKER NW FLOW PATTERN FROM ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. EACH WAVE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE MOSTLY BRIEF AND SPOTTY RAINS, WITH POPS MAINLY IN THE 15-30 PERCENT RANGE. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THIS PATTERN SHOULD SHOULD MEAN A BENEFICIAL RAIN FOR MOST AREAS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS PATTERN BEING BETTER ESTABLISHED, COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY LAST INTO NEXT WEEKEND. SINCE MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS A SLIGHT SHIFT OF THE WRN US RIDGE EASTWARD BY THURSDAY, AND SINCE WE REMAIN IN A EXTRAORDINARY DROUGHT, WILL PLAY IT CONSERVATIVE ON THE EXTENDED WITH SILENT 10 POPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 99 74 93 74 93 / 20 30 30 20 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 98 71 93 71 94 / 20 30 30 20 20 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 99 72 94 72 94 / 20 30 30 20 20 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 93 71 90 71 93 / 20 30 30 20 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 101 78 100 75 97 / 20 20 20 10 10 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 97 72 91 72 91 / 20 30 30 20 20 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 98 74 96 72 94 / 20 30 30 10 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 98 73 94 73 93 / 20 30 30 20 20 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 95 73 91 73 92 / 30 30 30 20 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 99 75 95 73 93 / 20 30 30 20 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 99 73 95 72 95 / 20 30 30 20 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 09/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 511 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-191015- 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- 511 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1203 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 TXZ183-184-181800- EDWARDS-VAL VERDE- 1203 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES... AT 1158 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLOUR MILLS...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SONORA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT PERSONS MAINLY IN WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY AND EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1254 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 TXZ183-184-181845- EDWARDS-VAL VERDE- 1254 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES... AT 1252 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLOUR MILLS...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LOMA ALTA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT FAR NORTHEAST VAL VERDE COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL FORM AND AFFECT EAST CENTRAL VAL VERDE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST EDWARDS COUNTY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS LIKELY...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 205 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 TXZ184-202-182000- EDWARDS-KINNEY- 205 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING EDWARDS AND KINNEY COUNTIES... AT 202 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF ALAMO VILLAGE...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS OVER NORTHCENTRAL KINNEY COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL TRACK JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 674 NEAR AND ALONG THE NUECES RIVER. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:35 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced winds estimated at 50 mph which broke off tree limbs and damaged the roof of a trailer. This storm also produced pea size hail.
Lightning struck a house and caused significant damage due to a resulting fire.
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