An easterly wave moved into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico and caused isolated thunderstorms. One of these storms produced a weak tornado and another produced damaging wind.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
An easterly wave moved into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico and caused isolated thunderstorms. One of these storms produced a weak tornado and another produced damaging wind.
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 19, 11:35 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1235 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST AT AREA TERMINALS... ALTHOUGH MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LIGHT SSE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30-35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1026 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011/ UPDATE... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE FROM THE PREVIOUS SHIFT. MADE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SHORT TERM TO ADHERE TO CURRENT HOURLY TRENDS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 623 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION BELOW. AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL LOCAL TERMINALS FOR THIS FORECAST CYCLE. HOWEVER...A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD AID SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR DURING THE 18Z TO 23Z TIME FRAME. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY AT ABOUT 7 TO 12 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011/ DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS MORNING...A TROPICAL WAVE WAS CENTERED JUST OFF THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO OUR EASTERN CWA BY LATE MORNING BRINGING WITH IT LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ACROSS OUR EASTERN CWA. THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE I-35 CORRIDOR...AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 281 WITH BETTER CHANCES EAST OF I-35. THE ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN AFTER DARK...LIKELY DISSIPATING BY MIDNIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL PUSH WEST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT IN ITS WAKE...HIGHER PW'S (PRECIPITABLE WATER) VALUES WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN A LITTLE. WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY MAY STILL FORM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS NORTHWARD...GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. AS PW'S LOWER THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL CREEP UP TO NEAR 100 AGAIN ALONG MUCH OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR TO NEAR 104 EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTIONS. INCREASED LOW AND MID LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW AND A RESULTANT MOISTURE SURGE FRIDAY MAY ENHANCE CHANCES SLIGHTLY FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY FROM THE MID RIO GRANDE PLAINS EAST TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND BEYOND.THE UPPER RIDGE THEN INTENSIFIES ACROSS EAST TEXAS SATURDAY AND DESPITE CONTINUED GOOD LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST GULF FLOW... TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER THAN FRIDAY'S HIGHS...SOME 2-5 DEGREES HIGHER THAN SEASONAL NORMS. THE STRENGTHENING OF THE RIDGE ALOFT WILL ALSO SERVE TO NIX CHANCES FOR RAIN THIS WEEKEND. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL REESTABLISH ITSELF FROM WEST TEXAS TO THE FOUR-CORNERS REGION SUNDAY TO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH HOT DAYS CONTINUING AND LITTLE TO NO CHANCE OF RAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 101 78 100 77 100 / 20 10 20 10 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 100 78 98 73 99 / 20 10 20 10 - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 99 78 98 75 100 / 20 10 10 10 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 98 78 97 74 96 / 20 10 10 10 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 101 79 100 80 101 / 10 10 10 10 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 100 79 98 76 98 / 20 10 20 10 - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 100 77 98 75 101 / 10 10 10 10 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 98 77 97 76 98 / 20 10 20 10 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 97 79 95 76 95 / 40 20 20 10 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 98 78 97 77 99 / 20 10 10 10 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 101 78 99 78 102 / 20 10 10 10 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...11 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...22 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 445 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-200945- 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- 445 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 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... 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 140 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 TXZ187-204-191915- BANDERA-MEDINA- 140 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA AND NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BANDERA FALLS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BANDERA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN MEDINA AND SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:38 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced a brief, weak tornado west of Hondo. The tornado did not cause any damage and was rated EF0.
A thunderstorm produced straightline microburst wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which uprooted numerous large trees and knocked down large tree branches.
The Zavala County Emergency Manager reported wind damage to several trees and mobile homes on the east side of La Pryor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2011Warnings in Texas, July 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 322354, 319133, 334381.