Scattered thunderstorms developed across the area during the late afternoon. Some of the thunderstorms created strong outflow wind gusts.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed across the area during the late afternoon. Some of the thunderstorms created strong outflow 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 Sep 9, 2:14 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 314 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2013 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)... SOUTH CENTRAL TX WILL REMAIN ON THE SW PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SERN U.S. TONIGHT THRU TUESDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE THE ONGOING PATTERN OF ISOLATED-SCATTERED LATE MORNING SHOWERS MOVING N-NWWD FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO S CENTRAL TX AND THE HILL COUNTRY IN THE EVENING HOURS. THE THREAT OF VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS AND DOWN-BURST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE. WILL ALSO SEE TEMPERATURES TRENDING TOWARD SEASONAL NORMALS WHICH IS LOWER 90S FOR MOST OF THE AREA. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... BY WEDNESDAY THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK WESTWARD INTO TEXAS...AND THEREFORE RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SRN CWA. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL PREVAIL OVER TX INTO THE WEEKEND WITH MAX TEMPERATURES EDGING BACK A CATEGORY OR TWO ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS. MEANWHILE A POSSIBLE DEVELOPING TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MOVES N-NWWD INTO THE FAR WRN GULF. NHC CURRENTLY PLACES A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE NEXT 5 DAYS. THIS SYSTEM WOULD LIKELY SEND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO S TX LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND MOISTURE SURGES NWD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY THIS FAR OUT...BUT FOR NOW HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY AND LOWERED MAX TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE CWA BY MONDAY. IN ADDITION THE GFS IS SHOWING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPPING INTO NORTH TX LATE MONDAY WHICH COULD FURTHER ENHANCE PRECIPITATION CHANCES MONDAY OR TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 74 93 73 96 74 / 20 30 20 20 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 70 92 70 94 70 / 20 30 20 20 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 69 92 70 94 69 / 20 40 20 20 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 70 92 70 92 71 / 20 20 10 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 74 91 74 91 73 / 30 30 20 20 20 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 71 93 70 93 71 / 20 20 10 10 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 72 94 72 96 72 / 20 40 20 20 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 70 91 70 93 70 / 20 40 20 20 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 74 93 74 95 74 / 20 30 20 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 74 92 74 96 74 / 20 40 20 20 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 75 93 75 97 75 / 20 40 20 20 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...17 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...01 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 504 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2013 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-101015- 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- 504 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. 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 346 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2013 TXZ207-221>224-092130- DE WITT-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-KARNES-WILSON- 346 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KARNES... NORTHEASTERN WILSON...SOUTHERN GUADALUPE...SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES AND WESTERN DEWITT COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF YORKTOWN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... STOCKDALE... GILLETT... NIXON... PANDORA... SUTHERLAND SPRINGS... GARFIELD... 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. LAT...LON 2923 9810 2944 9795 2913 9745 2898 9756 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 122DEG 26KT 2910 9760
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm outflow winds broke tree limbs averaging 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and blew down a power pole.
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