An easterly wave moved across Texas and caused scattered thunderstorms one of which produced damaging wind gusts.
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An easterly wave moved across Texas and caused scattered thunderstorms one of which produced damaging 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 Jul 15, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 245 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)... THE ANOMALOUS UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING WEST OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE A SHEAR AXIS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING EAST AROUND THE CENTER OF THE LOW COUPLED WITH RICH LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE INFLOW MOVING NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR WHERE UPPER DYNAMICS WILL BE THE GREATEST. PROGNOSTIC SOUNDINGS INDICATE CONTINUED TROPIC-LIKE PWATS WITH AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES. THIS ENHANCED BUOYANCY IN A MARGINAL/MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION (SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS) ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN CLUSTERS. THUS...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE REGION UNTIL 7 AM TOMORROW MORNING. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCH RAINS ARE A CONTINUED POSSIBILITY WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH TOTALS. MITIGATING FACTORS INCLUDE THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING WITH A LULL IN SOME OF THE ACTIVITY POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS EVENING. WITH THE LOSS/WEAKENING OF SHEARS ALOFT TOMORROW...WILL LET THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXPIRE AT 12Z TOMORROW MORNING (7 AM). LOWS TONIGHT GENERALLY IN THE 70S WITH UPPER 60S HILL COUNTRY. TOMORROW...SHEARS WILL WEAKEN ALOFT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO NEW MEXICO AND DEEP EASTERLIES BEGIN TO INVADE THE REGION. COASTAL CONVERGENCE WILL LIKELY TRIGGER INITIAL CONVECTION WITH THE DEEP (SOUTH) EASTERLIES TRACKING THE STORMS TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST IN A BUOYANT ATMOSPHERE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...HIGHS TOMORROW WILL CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 80S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TO NEAR 90 ALONG AND SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT. RIDGING ALOFT WILL BUILD IN FROM THE EAST TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A GRADUAL LESSENING OF ACTIVITY FROM EAST TO WEST. HOWEVER...COASTAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE PUSHING NORTHWEST INTO THE CWA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LOWS TOMORROW NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 70 HILLS TO THE 70S ELSEWHERE. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... CONTINUED DEEP EASTERLIES WITH HIGH PWATS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BUT DEEP TROPICAL EASTERLIES WILL CONTINUE OVER OUR REGION AND ENOUGH BUOYANCY FOR MOSTLY DAYTIME AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE SOME 5 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL NORMS AREA-WIDE OWING TO THE TROPIC-LIKE ATMOSPHERE. MILD READINGS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS. BY FRIDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ALOFT...WEAKENING THE EASTERLY FLOW ENVIRONMENT AND BEGINNING A TREND TOWARD HIGHER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES OVER EASTERN PORTIONS FRIDAY AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ELEVATED SEA BREEZE CONVECTION OVER MAINLY EASTERN SECTIONS WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW CONTINUES. RIDGING BUILDING TO THE EAST OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL CONTINUE GUIDING RICH MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE SOUTHWEST GULF MAKING FOR A HOT AND HUMID AIR- MASS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 74 90 74 93 75 / 50 60 40 40 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 70 90 71 93 72 / 50 60 40 40 20 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 70 88 71 90 72 / 50 60 40 40 30 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 71 85 72 88 73 / 60 60 40 40 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 75 87 74 87 74 / 70 70 60 50 50 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 71 87 72 89 73 / 50 60 40 40 20 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 74 89 73 92 72 / 60 60 50 40 40 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 71 89 72 92 73 / 50 60 40 40 30 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 75 92 75 95 75 / 30 60 40 40 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 75 88 74 90 75 / 50 60 40 40 30 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 74 89 73 91 73 / 50 60 40 40 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL... COMAL...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE... HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...REAL... TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...07 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...02 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 536 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161045- 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- 536 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WEST ACROSS TEXAS TODAY. THIS LOW AND MOIST GULF AIR WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WHILE A FEW SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MAIN FLOOD RISK WILL BE FOR LOW WATER CROSSINGS...UNDERPASSES... AND OTHER LOW-LYING SPOTS PRONE TO FLOODING AFTER HEAVY RAIN. ALSO... SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES TOWARD WEST TEXAS ON TUESDAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS EXIST ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS AREAS ON TUESDAY. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LOW PUSHES ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
133 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013
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..REMARKS..
0108 PM FLASH FLOOD 8 SSE BURNET 30.65N 98.18W
07/15/2013 BURNET TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
CR341 CLOSED AT HAMILTON CREEK. FLOODED LOW WAER
CROSSING.
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1300536
JPBThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down and damaged numerous trees in Landa Park.
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