A brush fire in the 3100 block of Owenwood Dr. burned 40 acres and destroyed two structures.
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A brush fire in the 3100 block of Owenwood Dr. burned 40 acres and destroyed two structures.
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 Apr 28, 2:32 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 332 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)... WITH THE LARGE UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES... OUR WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE DOMINATED BY WESTERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND MID LEVELS. THIS WILL KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE TOO DRY FOR ANY PRECIP AND CONTINUE OUR FIRE WX CONCERNS. A COOL FRONT IS SCHEDULED TO CROSS THE AREA EARLY TUE MORNING BRINGING IN MORE DRY AIR. NORTHERN AREAS ON TUE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPS AS THEY WILL SEE THE BENEFITS OF THE HIGHER SURFACE PRESSURES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL STILL SEE READINGS SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AS THE DOWNSLOPING AFFECT OF THE NW WINDS HELP TO LIMIT ANY COOLING EFFECTS FROM THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING HOURS WHEN THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. COOLER READINGS ARE EXPECTED TUE NIGHT AS THE SURFACE PRESSURES INCREASE AND THE EFFECTS OF THE COOL FRONT CAN TRULY START TO IMPACT THE AREA. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... VERY NICE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH A STRETCH OF VERY COOL MORNINGS...SOME 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. EVEN THE HIGH TEMPS LOOK TO MAKE IT INTO THE BELOW AVERAGE RANGE WITH 70S EXPECTED MOST AREAS MID WEEK UNDER THE SURFACE HIGH. MODELS ARE STILL BRINGING A WAVE ACROSS THE STATE IN THE THU-FRI TIME FRAME. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOISTURE WILL BE TOO LIMITED TO CAUSE ANYTHING MORE THAN SOME INCREASES IN CLOUDS. SOME UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE RIO GRANDE MAY HELP TO INDUCE SOME MEXICAN MOUNTAIN STORMS THAT COULD GIVE US SOME LOW POP ALONG THE RIO GRANDE AND A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. NEXT WEEKEND WILL SEE A RETURN OF MORE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS THE BIG UPPER LOW FINALLY SHOVES TO THE NE. LEE SIDE TROFFING WILL HELP TO BRING BACK THE SOUTH WINDS...WARMER TEMPS...AND SLOW REBOUND OF DEWPOINTS AND HUMIDITIES. && FIRE WEATHER... MANY SITES ACROSS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAVE BEEN HITTING CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE NOT EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THE REALLY GUSTY WINDS...ITS WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE RED FLAG WARNING TO CONTINUE UNTIL 8 PM. WILL UPGRADE THE WATCH TOMORROW TO ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING AS GUIDANCE IS ONCE AGAIN PUTTING STRONG ENOUGH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. AREAS TO THE SE OF I-35 WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE WATCH WITH NO UPGRADE TO A WARNING BASED ON GREENUP IN THAT AREA AND COORDINATION WITH THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE. LATER IN THE WEEK THE GRADIENT WILL DROP OFF ENOUGH TO JUST ALLOW FOR MENTION OF NEAR CRITICAL AS THE RH VALUES STAY WELL BELOW 20 PERCENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 59 83 52 78 47 / 0 0 0 0 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 53 84 46 76 40 / 0 0 0 0 - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 55 87 49 79 45 / 0 0 0 0 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 54 79 47 72 43 / 0 0 0 0 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 58 87 53 82 53 / 0 0 0 0 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 54 82 47 73 42 / 0 0 0 0 - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 54 93 49 83 45 / 0 0 0 0 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 55 84 49 78 44 / 0 0 0 0 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 59 83 50 76 46 / 0 0 0 0 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 58 89 50 79 48 / 0 0 0 0 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 58 89 51 83 49 / 0 0 0 0 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...COMAL... DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR... KINNEY...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...ZAVALA. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...COMAL... DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR... KINNEY...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...ZAVALA. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...12 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...09 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 411 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-292115- 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- 411 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY FOR THE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. DRY AIR HAS FILTERED IN BEHIND YESTERDAYS DRYLINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED. THE LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS COUPLED WITH THE LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM ON TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING TURNING WINDS NORTHERLY. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS...GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS AT TIMES. DRY AIR IS ALREADY IN PLACE BEHIND THE DRYLINE RESULTING IN VERY LOW HUMIDITY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTH WINDS...AND LACK OF RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ANY FIRES THAT DO START WILL LIKELY SPREAD QUICKLY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
347 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
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0813 PM HAIL 3 N GIDDINGS 30.23N 96.93W
04/27/2014 M3.00 INCH LEE TX PUBLIC
LARGE HAIL MEASURED WITH A RULER. TIME ESTIMATED VIA
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1400374
AATThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A brush fire in the 3100 block of Owenwood Dr. burned 40 acres and destroyed two structures.
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