An easterly wave moved across South Central Texas causing isolated thunderstorms. One of these storms produced wind gusts that caused some damage in Lee County.
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An easterly wave moved across South Central Texas causing isolated thunderstorms. One of these storms produced wind gusts that caused some damage in Lee County.
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 5, 2:29 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 329 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .DISCUSSION... A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE AND A NEARLY MOIST ADIABATIC PROFILE HAVE SET UP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF US 183. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO BUILD A BIT WEST-NORTHWEST AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUES ARE POPS AGAIN LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AND TEMPS THROUGH ALL 7 DAYS. THE 12Z NCEP MODELS ARE IN FAIR TO GOOD AGREEMENT AND BLEND WELL WITH PREVIOUS RUNS. WILL STICK NEAR GFSMOS MINS...BUT GO 2-4F ABOVE FOR MAXS THROUGH MID-WEEK. WILL ALSO TRIM BACK WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 STARTING WED. THE BASIC FORECAST IS A REPEAT TOMORROW OF TODAYS WEATHER...HOT WITH LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF US 183 FROM CUERO TO LULING TO AUSTIN TO LAMPASAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SPOTTY BUT A FEW SPOTS COULD GET 1/10 INCH TODAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. OTHERWISE...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL WEAKEN AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST AND DEEPS OVER THE ROCKIES BY MID-WEEK. THIS WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHT COOLING TREND FOR TEMPS BACK TO THE LOWER TO MID 90S STARTING THURSDAY. THERE ARE ONLY MINOR CHANCES FOR SEA-BREEZE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS LATER IN THE WEEK...HAVE GONE ZERO SINCE NEARLY EVERYWHERE SHOULD REMAIN DRY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BECOME ELEVATED IN THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND EDWARDS PLATEAU BY MID-WEEK...AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT BOOSTS SOUTHERLY WINDS INTO THE 15-25 MPH RANGE WITH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 30 PERCENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 99 72 99 72 98 / 10 10 10 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 99 68 98 68 97 / 10 10 10 10 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 98 70 99 70 97 / - - - 10 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 97 70 95 70 95 / 10 10 10 10 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 98 73 97 72 99 / - - - - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 98 71 97 70 97 / 10 10 10 10 - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 98 72 97 70 96 / - - - - - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 97 71 98 70 97 / - - - 10 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 98 70 96 71 96 / 10 10 10 10 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 97 73 97 71 97 / - - - - - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 99 74 98 72 97 / - - - - - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...13 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...26 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 456 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061000- 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- 456 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A KENEDY TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO BURNET LINE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A KENEDY TO SEGUIN TO TAYLOR LINE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 434 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 TXZ193-194-209-052215- BASTROP-FAYETTE-LEE- 434 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE...EXTREME EASTERN BASTROP AND EXTREME SOUTHERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA GRANGE...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LA GRANGE... MULDOON... RABBS PRAIRIE... WARDA... NORTHRUP... SWISS ALP... PLUM... WICCHESTER... O QUINN... WEST POINT... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 512 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 TXZ193-194-209-052300- BASTROP-FAYETTE-LEE- 512 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN FAYETTE...EASTERN BASTROP AND CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIME BOX TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF GIDDINGS TO LA GRANGE...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... LA GRANGE... GIDDINGS... FEDOR... PAIGE... RABBS PRAIRIE... WARDA... NORTHRUP... LINCOLN... SERBIN... PLUM... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. A dead tree was knocked down and the winds lifted a trampoline onto the roof of a house. The trampoline had been staked to the ground with two feet of rebar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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