An easterly wave moved into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico and triggered thunderstorms across the eastern half of South Central Texas. Some of these storms produced strong wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
An easterly wave moved into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico and triggered thunderstorms across the eastern half of South Central Texas. Some of these storms 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 26, 2:41 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 341 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE TUTT LOW/EASTERLY WAVE NOW OVER THE TEXAS COAST. WE EXPECT THESE STORMS TO GROW A BIT IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AND END BEFORE 10 PM. MODEL SOUNDING PROFILES INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW END DOWNBURST/OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. WE EXPECT A SIMILAR EVOLUTION OF EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SCATTERED STORMS... MAINLY AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS. THERE SHOULD NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. RAINFALL WILL BE SPOTTY AND GENERALLY LIGHT...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OUTFLOW WINDS TO REACH 40 MPH. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... THE MAIN ACTION WILL BE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE EASTERLY WAVE WILL MOVE INLAND AND SPREAD MOIST AIR ACROSS THE AREA. SOUNDING PROFILES REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF DOWNBURST WINDS...POTENTIALLY UP TO 50 MPH. STORMS WILL STILL BE SCATTERED AND RAINFALL SPOTTY...BUT A FEW SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. AN UNSEASONALLY STRONG AND FAR SOUTH SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS ON FRIDAY...ADDING GENERAL UPWARD MOTION AND INDUCING STRONGER GULF FLOW AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ACROSS OUR AREA. THE RESULT WILL STILL BE SCATTERED STORMS...BUT WITH A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN DUE TO PW NEAR TWO STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL...WARM CLOUD DEPTH (FROM CLOUD BASE TO THE FREEZING LEVEL) APPROACHING 4 KM...AND WIND PROFILES SUPPORTING VERY SLOW STORM MOTIONS OF 5 KTS OR LESS. AFTER FRIDAY...THE REMNANT OF THE TROUGH (MORE OF A WEAKNESS) WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY....SO WE MAINTAINED POPS THROUGH THEN. FROM SUNDAY ONWARD THE AREA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN SUBTROPICAL RIDGES...LEAVING A SHEAR AXIS ACROSS TEXAS. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED STORMS...BUT WE EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE VERY SMALL AND THUS LEFT MENTION OUT OF THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 100 76 100 76 96 / 20 20 20 10 30 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 100 73 100 73 96 / 20 20 20 10 30 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 101 72 100 74 97 / 20 20 30 20 30 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 98 73 96 73 94 / 20 20 10 10 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 101 76 99 78 99 / - 10 10 10 20 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 100 76 97 75 94 / 20 20 20 10 30 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 99 71 98 73 96 / - 10 10 10 20 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 100 73 99 74 96 / 20 20 20 20 30 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 96 74 98 76 95 / 30 20 30 20 40 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 100 76 99 77 97 / 20 20 20 10 20 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 101 75 100 76 98 / 20 20 20 10 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...29 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...26 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 343 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-272045- 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- 343 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
158 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014
TXZ225-261945-
LAVACA-
158 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LAVACA COUNTY UNTIL 245
PM CDT...
AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF EZZELL...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF YOAKUM...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN LAVACA COUNTY.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 2919 9675 2906 9693 2907 9696 2910 9698
2912 9698 2914 9700 2928 9694 2922 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 049DEG 6KT 2917 9687SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
331 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014
TXZ173-262115-
WILLIAMSON-
331 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM
CDT...
AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANGER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
SERENADA...
TAYLOR...
GEORGETOWN...
ROUND ROCK...
FLORENCE...
THRALL...
WEIR...
ANDICE...
SUN CITY...
GEORGETOWN DAM...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3089 9766 3075 9728 3063 9721 3046 9715
3041 9734 3049 9751 3048 9755 3050 9758
3048 9764 3063 9791 3091 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 027DEG 13KT 3069 9740SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 427 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014 TXZ192-262200- TRAVIS- 427 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANOR...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PFLUGERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... NORTH AUSTIN... CAMP MABRY... LAT...LON 3035 9743 3017 9770 3034 9784 3050 9756 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 054DEG 24KT 3037 9759
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced a strong outflow boundary that caused a wind gust measured at 62 mph at the Austin Executive Airport.
Three children, two boys and a girl, were struck by lightning during a soccer practice at the Field of Dreams near Highway 71 and Hamilton Pool Rd. They were all taken to a hospital and all survived. One of the boys was nine years old and had serious injuries. The ages of the other two were not reported.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that damaged the roofs of several buildings at a chicken farm.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down several trees near Holbrook Rd. and Loop 410 in San Antonio.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2014
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: 538878, 538882, 538879, 538880.