A weak cold front produced isolated thunderstorms one of which produced strong wind gusts.
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A weak cold front produced isolated thunderstorms one of which produced strong 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 Aug 10, 5:23 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 623 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013 .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE TERMINALS AT THIS TIME. NOT HAVING MUCH EFFECT ON CIGS AND VIS BUT WINDS ARE GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 KTS. STORMS SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THEN EXPECTING VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED PROB30 GROUPS AT ALL TERMINALS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK AND THE SEABREEZE ARE INTERACTING WITH PWS NEAR 2 INCHES TO FORCE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST FROM THE TEXAS COAST. A SURFACE BOUNDARY IS INTERACTING WITH PWS NEAR 1.6 INCHES OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TO DEVELOP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THERE. THESE TWO AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND THEN DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WITH ITS SUBSIDENCE AND WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES MAINTAINS ITS GRIP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THE RIDGE WEAKENS A LITTLE ON SUNDAY AS A TUTT LOW OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO MOVES INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DUE PWS OF 1.7 TO 2 INCHES ON SUNDAY DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TODAY DUE INCREASED MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE TUTT LOW MOVES INTO MEXICO ON MONDAY WITH ONE MORE DAY OF DAYTIME HEATING AND SEABREEZE INDUCED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY RESULTING IN NO RAIN. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE 100 MOST AREAS... EXCEPT UPPER 90S IN THE HILL COUNTRY AS BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESSES INCREASE. LATE ON WEDNESDAY INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...THE RIDGE SHIFTS WEST. A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS FORCING A WEAK COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH TEXAS. THIS FRONT GENERATES ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT DRIFTS SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR NORTHEASTERN AREAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPREADING TO MOST AREAS BY FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL "COOL" DUE TO WEAK COLD ADVECTION AND LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESSES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 78 100 77 100 77 / 10 10 10 10 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 99 74 99 74 / 10 10 10 10 - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 74 99 73 98 74 / 10 10 10 10 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 76 97 74 95 75 / 10 10 10 10 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 78 100 78 99 79 / 10 10 10 - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 76 97 75 96 76 / 10 10 10 10 - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 75 100 75 99 75 / 10 10 10 10 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 74 99 74 98 74 / 10 10 10 10 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 78 98 78 98 78 / 10 10 10 20 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 77 99 77 98 78 / 10 10 10 10 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 76 100 76 98 76 / 10 10 10 10 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...05 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...24 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 413 AM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-111100- 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- 413 AM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013 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
424 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013
TXZ223>225-102215-
DE WITT-GONZALES-LAVACA-
424 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LAVACA...EASTERN GONZALES
AND NORTHERN DEWITT COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF SHINER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SHINER...
HOCHHEIM...
MOUNT OLIVE...
DILWORTH...
GLAZE CITY...
DREYER...
HAMON...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2913 9730 2943 9749 2954 9730 2956 9705
2941 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 058DEG 23KT 2943 9709PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
639 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HEAVY RAIN 12 WSW ROSANKY 29.86N 97.47W
08/10/2013 M1.90 INCH CALDWELL TX COCORAHS
RAINFALL AMOUNT IN 90 MINUTES
&&
EVENT NUMBER EWX1300548
CVPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 709 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013 TXZ204-205-110045- BEXAR-MEDINA- 709 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BEXAR AND EASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIO MEDINA...OR NEAR CASTROVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CASTROVILLE... LACOSTE... PEARSON... BADER... NOONAN... DUNLAY... QUIHI... NEW FOUNTAIN... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 2918 9893 2940 9911 2953 9885 2938 9873 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 055DEG 16KT 2940 9887
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that knocked down some five to six inch diameter tree limbs near Georgetown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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