A late season cold front and outflow boundary allowed a large cluster of storms to develop during the predawn hours.
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A late season cold front and outflow boundary allowed a large cluster of storms to develop during the predawn hours.
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 Jun 2, 10:24 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1124 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 .DISCUSSION... SEE THE AVIATION SECTION FOR THE 06Z TAF DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... A WEAKENING MCS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ATTM. THE CONVECTION WILL IMPACT THE I-35 TERMINALS FROM 05Z THRU 08Z. WINDS WILL TEMPORARILY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 KTS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN- COOLED BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCS WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SFC FEATURE WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON SO HAVE INCLUDED A PROB30 GROUP FOR THE TAF SITES. IF THE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS INTACT OVERNIGHT THEN MVFR STRATUS WILL FORM AT THE I-35 TERMINALS BY 10Z IMPROVING TO VFR BY 18Z. PREVAILING SFC WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 KTS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST ON WEDNESDAY AS THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTHWARD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1113 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE NORTH AND WEST TONIGHT. INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ARE GOOD WITH THIS TYPE OF EARLY JUNE WEATHER PATTERN TONIGHT. MESO HIGH OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...WHILE WAVE OF SHOWERS WEST OF SAN ANTONIO MOVE EAST AND MERGE WITH THE SHOWERS FROM THE NORTH. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN FROM THE NORTH AND WEST TONIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY ANOTHER WAVE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH A COOL FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FORECAST SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW DRIER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY...IN A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK...WITH WARM TO HOT AFTERNOONS AND MILD AT NIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 957 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND WEST WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH TONIGHT. SHOWED INCREASING RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS WEATHER PATTERN. MESO HIGH OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY ANOTHER WAVE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH A COOL FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FORECAST SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW DRIER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY...IN A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK... WITH WARM TO HOT AFTERNOONS AND MILD AT NIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME... INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 931 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND WEST WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH TONIGHT. SHOWED INCREASING RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS WEATHER PATTERN. MESO HIGH OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY ANOTHER WAVE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH A COOL FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FORECAST SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW DRIER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY...IN A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK... WITH WARM TO HOT AFTERNOONS AND MILD AT NIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME... INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 906 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND WEST WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH TONIGHT. SHOWED INCREASING RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS WEATHER PATTERN. MESO HIGH OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY ANOTHER WAVE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH A COOL FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FORECAST SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW DRIER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY...IN A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK... WITH WARM TO HOT AFTERNOONS AND MILD AT NIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME... INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 243 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ DISCUSSION... AIRMASS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH HEATING ACROSS CENTRAL TX THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SWD INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS. CONVECTION BUILDING IN WEST TX THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRIFT INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS/EDWARDS PLATEAU AND WESTERN HILL COUNTRY THIS EVENING...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE. WILL UPDATE THE HWO TO MENTION THE ISOLATED SEVERE THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE THE STORMS WILL TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR STRONG CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY WHEN THE COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. POSSIBLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM DEVELOPING STORMS IN NORTHWEST TX COULD REACH THE NRN CWA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH AN INITIAL ROUND OF STORMS IN THE MORNING THEN BRIEFLY STABILIZING AND THEN RE-FIRING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT. THIS SCENARIO MORE IN LINE WITH THE NAM SOLUTION. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO NE MEXICO/WEST TX BY THURSDAY WITH CONVECTION HAVING MOVED INTO THE COASTAL PLAINS/DEEP SOUTH TX. FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND UNSEASONABLY HOT AND DRY AS THE RIDGE EDGES FURTHER EAST AND EXTENDS INTO S CENTRAL. FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK THE RIDGE FLATTENS A BIT AND S CENTRAL TX WILL LIE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN MCS ACTIVITY DEVELOPING IN W TX AND ROLLING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL TX AS LOOSELY DEPICTED BY THE ECMWF...BUT HAVE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW WITH SILENT 10S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 68 90 68 93 65 / 60 40 30 10 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 68 90 66 91 63 / 50 40 30 10 - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 69 93 66 92 64 / 50 40 30 10 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 65 85 65 89 64 / 60 40 20 10 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 69 93 73 96 73 / 40 40 30 10 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 65 86 66 90 64 / 60 40 20 10 - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 68 94 69 91 67 / 50 40 30 10 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 68 91 67 91 64 / 50 40 30 10 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 71 90 67 89 63 / 40 40 30 10 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 70 92 70 92 69 / 50 40 30 10 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 70 94 70 93 67 / 50 40 30 10 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-032015- 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- 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 833 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 TXZ202-030230- KINNEY- 833 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS KINNEY COUNTY... AT 832 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF AMANDA TO SPOFFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO TO SPOFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN KINNEY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... STANDART...SPOFFORD...BRACKETTVILLE...ALAMO VILLAGE AND ANACACHO... 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 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 905 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 TXZ193-030230- BASTROP- 905 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BASTROP COUNTY... AT 904 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CEDAR CREEK...OR 14 MILES WEST OF BASTROP...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN BASTROP COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CEDAR CREEK...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1032 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 TXZ187-203-204-030400- BANDERA-MEDINA-UVALDE- 1032 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NORTHEAST UVALDE COUNTY... AT 1032 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF UTOPIA...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF VANDERPOOL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN UVALDE...NORTHWESTERN MEDINA AND SOUTHERN BANDERA COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1244 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 TXZ173-191>194-204>209-221-223-030645- BASTROP-BEXAR-CALDWELL-COMAL-FAYETTE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-LEE- MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 1244 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL... COMAL...FAYETTE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...LEE...MEDINA... TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1242 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MANOR TO SHAVANO PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF ELGIN TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
There was a lightning strike that caused a fire in a home at the 1700 block of Trail of the Woods near the shore of Lake Travis. No injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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