A weak cold front moved into a very warm airmass and caused isolated thunderstorms. One of these storms produced strong wind gusts in Travis County.
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A weak cold front moved into a very warm airmass and caused isolated thunderstorms. One of these storms produced strong wind gusts in Travis 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 Jul 26, 10:33 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1133 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 .AVIATION... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH A LINE OF SHRA/TSRA ALONG IT. HAVE TEMPO MENTIONS AT THE TAF SITES FOR OVERNIGHT. EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO BE SOUTH OF ALL TAF SITES ON SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...EXCEPT LOCALLY MVFR IN SHRA/TSRA. SELY WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS WILL PREVAIL AHEAD OF FRONT SWITCHING TO NLY TO NELY BEHIND FRONT. DOWNDRAFT WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR SHRA/TSRA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1126 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013/ UPDATE... UPDATED THE POPS...WX...AND QPF TO REFLECT THE LATE EVENING RADAR TRENDS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 854 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013/ UPDATE... EVENING UPDATE IS AN ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW FINE RESOLUTION MODEL TRENDS FOR LOCALLY HIGHER CHANCES FOR RAIN. THE CONSENSUS OF THESE SOLUTIONS...ALONG WITH RADAR TRENDS...SUGGEST THAT LOW LEVEL INFLOW AND MOISTURE WILL ENHANCE CONVECTION OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS EVENING...WITH BEST CHANCES LATE TONIGHT GENERALLY N OF I-10 AND E OF I-35. A FEW MODELS DEPICTED HIGHER POTENTIAL AROUND SAN ANTONIO...BUT SURFACE WINDS AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST WEAKER AND DRIER SURFACE TO 850 HPA INFLOW. THUS CHANGES TO THE EVENING PACKAGE INCLUDE ADJUSTMENTS TO SURFACE WINDS...SKY CONDITION...POPS...AND WX THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 555 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013/ AVIATION... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING ISOLD SHRA/TSRA ALONG IT. HAVE TEMPO MENTIONS AT THE TAF SITES FOR LATER THIS EVENING INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...EXCEPT LOCALLY MVFR IN SHRA/TSRA. SELY WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS WILL PREVAIL AHEAD OF FRONT SWITCHING TO NLY TO NELY BEHIND FRONT. DOWNDRAFT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR SHRA/TSRA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... THIS AFTERNOON A SFC LOW WAS LOCATED ALONG THE RED RIVER WITH THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR A WICHITA FALLS...ABILENE...HOBBS NEW MEXICO LINE MOVING SOUTHWARD. THE COLD FRONT WILL FILTER INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL BE LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 90 SATURDAY MORNING. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR TONIGHT. THIS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY CONVECTION THAT FORMS ON THE BOUNDARY NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF OUR CWFA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MOVING SOUTHWARD. THE WEAK COLD FRONT AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONVECTION THAT FIRES ON THESE BOUNDARIES WILL MOVE AND PROPAGATE SOUTHWARD. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR CWFA SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SOUTHWARD PROPAGATION OF THE CONVECTION. LOWS WILL BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER SATURDAY NIGHT COMPARED TO TONIGHT AS SLIGHTLY LOWER SFC DEWPOINTS BEHIND THE FRONT BRIEFLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL STILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...IN SPITE OF THE WEAK FRONT AND CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... THE WEAK FRONT WILL HAVE WASHED OUT BY SUNDAY WITH SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW RETURNING TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH THE EASTWARD PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE...THE SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE ALOFT WILL ONCE AGAIN STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY. THE RIDGING PATTERN ALOFT PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN PUTS AN END TO OUR RAIN CHANCES WHILE KEEPING AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S AND AROUND 100...WITH MID 90S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 77 98 75 101 77 / 40 10 10 - - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 97 73 100 76 / 40 10 10 - - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 74 97 72 99 75 / 40 20 10 - - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 73 94 74 98 75 / 30 10 10 - - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 79 98 75 99 79 / 30 20 10 - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 74 95 74 98 75 / 40 10 10 - - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 76 98 74 100 76 / 30 20 10 - - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 75 97 74 99 76 / 40 20 10 - - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 78 99 75 100 78 / 50 20 10 - - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 77 97 76 100 79 / 20 20 10 - - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 76 98 75 100 77 / 20 20 10 - - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...04 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1056 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-271030- 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- 1056 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90. OTHERWISE...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 1101 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 TXZ184-270430- EDWARDS- 1101 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 1058 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND 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... ROCKSPRINGS... 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 3002 10012 3001 10025 3013 10023 3013 10014 TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 000DEG 8KT 3008 10018
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1117 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013
TXZ173-192>194-270515-
BASTROP-LEE-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-
1117 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BASTROP...SOUTHERN
WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM
CDT...
AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAGO VISTA TO
PFLUGERVILLE TO THORNDALE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
PFLUGERVILLE...
AUSTIN...
ELGIN...
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INT AP...
TANGLEWOOD FOREST...
LAKEWAY...
COUPLAND...
MANSFIELD DAM...
BEE CAVE...
MANOR...
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 3047 9715 3053 9703 3049 9700 3019 9737
3015 9788 3049 9809 3071 9725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 343DEG 13KT 3041 9801 3046 9757
3062 9722The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Austin news station reported a house fire was caused by lightning. The home was on Sierra Oaks in Northwest Hills.
Austin news station reported that 2 homes were damaged by a fire that was started due to a lightning strike. The homes were located on Carson Creek Road near Highway 71 in Del Valle.
A thunderstorm produced a measured wind gust of 51 kts at Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
Austin news station reported a fire at the Hare Krishna Center was caused by lightning.
A thunderstorm produced lightning that struck and disabled the 911 Center in Elgin.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2013
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: 471713, 471715, 470525, 471716, 470524.