An upper level trough and deep low level moisture caused thunderstorms that produced heavy rain.
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An upper level trough and deep low level moisture caused thunderstorms that produced heavy rain.
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 Jun 25, 5:47 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 647 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014 .AVIATION... /ISSUED FOR 12Z TAFS/ SCATTERED CONVECTION IS TAKING AIM ON THE I-35 CORRIDOR TERMINAL SITES THIS MORNING. WITH GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT COVERAGE EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF THE MORNING...EXPECT TO SEE SOME THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS BEGIN TO STABILIZE THE AIR IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND LEAVE CONVECTION TO BE MORE ISOLATED. IFR CIGS WHERE SHOWERS ARE NOT PRESENT SHOULD OTHERWISE SLOWLY LIFT TO MVFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 13Z AND 15Z WITH MOST AREAS SEEING VFR SKIES BY 18Z. WITH MOISTURE ABUNDANT IN THE LOW LEVELS AND FAIRLY LIGHT LOW LEVEL WINDS TONIGHT...ANOTHER NIGHT OF IFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED. MORE STREAMER SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIGHTER. OUT WEST AT DRT...CONVECTION SHOULD STAY TO THE EAST...WITH ONLY BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR/MVFR CIGS ABOUT 4-5 HOURS AROUND DAYBREAK TODAY AND THURSDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING FROM VICTORIA UP THROUGH LAVACA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...IN AREA JUST EAST OF A WEAK MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS AND IN AN AREA OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND THETA-E ADVECTION. ISOLATED STREAMER SHOWERS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE NEAR AND EAST OF THE TROUGH AXIS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH HEATING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES WHERE PWATS OF 1.8-2.0 INCHES ARE CURRENTLY POOLED. HI RES MODELS ALSO BACKING THIS UP. ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY END AFTER SUNSET. THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS MOVES SLIGHTLY EAST ON THURSDAY...BUT REMAINS IN CLOSE ENOUGH PROXIMITY TO EASTERN ZONES...WHERE HIGHER PWATS WILL STILL EXIST...TO WARRANT CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS. DRIER AIR WORKS INTO AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35 ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH WEAK RIDGING NUDGING IN FROM MEXICO. LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...CHANCES FOR RAINFALL DECREASE FURTHER FRIDAY WITH THE TROUGH AXIS LIFTING NORTHEAST. STILL A SLIGHTLY BETTER POOL OF MOISTURE ACROSS COASTAL PLAINS TO WARRANT LOW CHANCES FOR DIURNAL/SEA-BREEZE DRIVEN CONVECTION. NOTE...AM DISCOUNTING THE 00Z CMC SOLUTION AND QPF BULLSEYE WITH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT MOVING UP FROM THE COASTAL BEND INTO EASTERN AREAS OF THE CWA...WHICH IS AN OUTLIER. WEAKNESS DOES RE- DEVELOP IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT MOISTURE AVAILABILITY UNCERTAIN...AND FOR NOW WILL JUST KEEP ISOLATED TO LOW END SCATTERED POPS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN AREAS WHERE MOISTURE WOULD BE BEST. EARLY NEXT WEEK FURTHER DRYING AND WARMING IS INDICATED BY MODELS AS RIDGE BUILD JUST TO THE NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 89 73 91 74 92 / 50 20 30 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 90 72 91 73 92 / 50 20 40 10 20 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 91 72 92 73 93 / 40 20 30 10 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 89 71 88 72 90 / 40 20 20 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 93 75 94 76 94 / 10 10 - - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 89 72 89 73 91 / 40 20 40 10 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 92 73 92 73 93 / 30 20 20 - - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 91 72 91 73 92 / 40 20 40 10 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 89 75 90 75 91 / 70 20 60 10 30 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 91 75 91 75 92 / 40 20 30 10 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 92 75 92 75 93 / 40 20 30 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...18 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...76
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 414 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-260915- 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- 414 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS AND PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:02 UTC.
8 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Old O'Connor Rd at Lookout Rd.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing the lower level of I-35 at San Pedro Ave.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing I-35 at Toepperwein Rd. and the ramp from eastbound I-410 to southbound I-35.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Verbena Rd. at Southwell Rd.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Leslie Rd. at Braun Rd.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Lockhill Rd. at White Bonnet St.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. In Pleasanton there were six to eight vehicles stranded with water up to the headlights and several roads, including Highway 281, closed with water two and a half feet deep in some places.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding filling Dry Short Prong Creek with several inches of fast flowing water. There was also one foot of water covering the main entrance to Prade Ranch and two to four feet of water flowing over two other low water crossings nearby.
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, June 2014
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