An upper level trough of low pressure moved across the Big Bend region and initiated thunderstorms over the mountains of northern Mexico. As these storms moved into Texas they formed a line which moved across South Central Texas and produced severe wind gusts.
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An upper level trough of low pressure moved across the Big Bend region and initiated thunderstorms over the mountains of northern Mexico. As these storms moved into Texas they formed a line which moved across South Central Texas and produced severe wind gusts.
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 Nov 15, 4:21 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 421 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 .DISCUSSION... LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU/WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RIO GRANDE. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WELL ADVERTISED UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE BIG BEND AREA. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECASTED TO MOVE EASTWARD AND ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING...CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GO UP DUE TO INCREASING INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE SINCE FORECAST SOUNDING PW'S ARE RUNNING ABOVE THE TWO STANDARD DEVIATIONS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...WHICH BASICALLY IS AN EXCELLENT MARKER FOR FORECASTING HEAVY PRECIPITATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED AND EXPANDED LATER THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED...FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS STORMS MOVE EASTWARD AND BEGIN TO IMPACT POPULATED AREAS AND METRO CITIES. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THE UPPER LOW SHOULD BE OUT FROM OUR COUNTY FORECAST WARNING AREA WHILE DRYING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER IN FROM THE WEST. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE LOCAL AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL KEEP DRY AND MILD WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MORNING TEMPS ON THE COOL SIDE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING. NEXT CHANCES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED LATE DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND INTO MONDAY AS AN UPPER LOW SYSTEM APPROACHES THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST CONUS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 75 57 77 48 67 / 80 10 - - - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 52 77 45 68 / 80 10 - - - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 77 55 78 48 69 / 80 - - - - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 75 53 73 43 65 / 80 10 - - - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 81 54 80 49 68 / 60 0 0 - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 75 54 74 44 66 / 80 10 - - - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 80 53 80 45 70 / 80 - - - - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 77 54 77 47 68 / 80 10 - - - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 76 57 77 50 68 / 80 10 - - - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 79 57 79 50 69 / 80 - - - - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 81 58 81 50 70 / 80 - - - - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...04 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 840 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151115- 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 CST MON NOV 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARDS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON TUESDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY MID-AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBAN AREAS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1153 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-150900- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO... ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG... BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS... BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS... SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY... PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES... CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS 1153 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011 ...MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A FALL RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM JUST WEST OF THE BIG BEND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST TONIGHT...AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN ADVANCE OF THIS DISTURBANCE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WHEN MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...TUESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. A FEW SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS... ALTHOUGH SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. MINOR URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBAN AREAS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE INCH OVER THE WEST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO ONE TO TWO INCHES OVER THE EAST PART OF THE AREA ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. GO TO WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 141 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 TXZ202-217-150815- KINNEY-MAVERICK- 141 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MAVERICK AND WESTERN KINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CST... AT 139 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUEMADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... STANDART... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 303 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 TXZ202-217-151000- KINNEY-MAVERICK- 303 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MAVERICK AND SOUTHWESTERN KINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CST... AT 301 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUEMADO TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUEMADO TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAGLE PASS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... QUEMADO... EAGLE PASS... SPOFFORD... NORMANDY... ROSITA SOUTH... ROSITA NORTH... PALOMA... DARLING... LAUGHLIN AFB AUX FIELD... SECO MINES... THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:33 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which damaged a livestock barn near Uvalde.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which blew down some power line poles near Uvalde.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured by the Hondo Municipal Airport ASOS at 59 kts.
A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud that was sighted along Texas HWY 97 between Nixon and Smiley.
A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud north of Cost.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which snapped numerous trees, damaged several buildings, and blew down some power line poles in Gonzales.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 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: 350672, 350673, 350674, 350677, 350678, 350679.