A late season mid to upper level low moved through the southern plains. Jet streaks around this low provided enough lift to produce thunderstorms across South Central Texas.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A late season mid to upper level low moved through the southern plains. Jet streaks around this low provided enough lift to produce thunderstorms across South Central Texas. Surface flow off the Gulf of Mexico produced a very moist environment which led to heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
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 May 25, 5:39 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 639 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ SUPERCELL STORM IS PULLING AWAY FROM DRT BUT WILL BE REPLACED BY SCATTERED STORMS REDEVELOPING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THUS WILL CONTINUE THE TEMPO TSRA GROUP FOR ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS. THE LEADING EDGE OF CONVECTION IS A BIT FARTHER EAST THAN DEPICTED BY THE EARLIER FINER RES MODELS. MORE RECENT RUNS APPEAR TO BE CATCHING UP WITH A MORE PROGRESSIVE SPREAD TOWARD I-35 LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE LOSING THE CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT. WILL THEREFORE SPEED UP THE ONSET OF TSRA FOR THE I-35 TERMINALS IN THE TEMPO GROUPS. WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO BE MORE PROLONGED THAN FORECAST BY THE FINER RES MODELS DUE TO THE HIGH PWAT ENVIRONMENT THAT IS TAKING SHAPE AS ACCORDING TO THE SPC MESOANALYSIS TOOL. AS USUAL WITH HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN PLACE...WILL KEEP WITH PREVAILING IFR CIGS WHEN CONVECTION IS NOT PRESENT AROUND DAYBREAK. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED TSRA WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR DURING THE DAY MONDAY...BUT WITH LOWER EXPECTED PWAT VALUES...WILL LEAVE OUT OF THE TAFS FOR NOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/CONVECTIVE LINE WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EXTENDS FROM THE SAN ANGELO AREA SOUTHWEST TO THE RIO GRANDE. THIS OUTFLOW WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING AND AFFECT MOST AREAS OVER THE RIO GRANDE...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A LLANO TO MEDINA TO UVALDE TO EAGLE PASS LINE THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. MAIN HAZARDS FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND THUNDERSTORM DAMAGING WINDS AND CAN'T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO. LATER THIS EVENING THE OUTFLOW LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHILE ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE IS BEING PULLED NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. WITH THIS SCENARIO... HEAVY RAINS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY FOR THE AREAS ABOVE MENTIONED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED 4 TO 5 FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. A BROAD UPPER LOW LEVEL SYSTEM DEPICTED ON THE WATER VAPOR CHANNEL THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS WEEK. THIS WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 35. LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THE UPPER LOW LEVEL SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH CHANCES OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE NEXT WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILD ACROSS THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 70 86 70 86 70 / 20 50 30 40 30 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 69 86 68 86 68 / 20 50 30 40 30 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 69 86 68 87 68 / 20 50 30 30 30 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 68 83 68 83 68 / 50 50 40 40 30 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 71 88 72 92 73 / 40 30 30 20 10 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 71 85 70 83 70 / 30 50 30 60 40 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 72 89 71 92 72 / 30 50 30 20 20 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 69 85 68 85 68 / 20 50 30 30 30 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 71 87 71 86 71 / 10 60 20 40 40 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 71 86 71 89 71 / 30 50 30 30 20 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 72 88 72 91 71 / 30 50 30 30 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE... KENDALL...KERR...LLANO...REAL...VAL VERDE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...18 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...09 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 333 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-262045- 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- 333 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND THE HILL COUNTRY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BURNET TO BOERNE TO CARRIZO SPRINGS. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING INTO LATE TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... EARLY MONDAY...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING OVER MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING...THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A LLANO TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE. ON TUESDAY...THERE IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. PRIMARY THREATS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE FOR LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 719 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 TXZ186-260045- KERR- 719 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL KERR COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF VANDERPOOL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HUNT... WALTONIA... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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. 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 3016 9937 2991 9912 2991 9958 2994 9961 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 232DEG 22KT 2992 9952
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0732 PM HEAVY RAIN 7 ENE BARKSDALE 29.75N 99.93W
05/25/2014 M2.45 INCH REAL TX COCORAHS
A COCORAHS MEMBER REPORTED 2.45 INCHES OF RAIN IN 3
HOURS.
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1400466
PAYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 807 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 TXZ185-187-203-260130- BANDERA-REAL-UVALDE- 807 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BANDERA...NORTHERN UVALDE AND SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARNER STATE PARK...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF LEAKEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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... LEAKEY... RIO FRIO... UTOPIA... TUFF... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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. 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 2983 9979 2969 9945 2947 9964 2951 9982 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 212DEG 20KT 2958 9969
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 819 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 TXZ186-187-260145- BANDERA-KERR- 819 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BANDERA AND SOUTHERN KERR COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEDINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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... MEDINA... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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. 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 2997 9922 2980 9904 2968 9929 2979 9941 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 225DEG 21KT 2978 9930
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 842 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 TXZ186-187-260215- BANDERA-KERR- 842 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BANDERA AND SOUTHEASTERN KERR COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF MEDINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY 16 TOWARD KERRVILLE. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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... KERRVILLE... CAMP VERDE... CENTER POINT... INGRAM... KERRVILLE STATE PARK... CYPRESS CREEK... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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. 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 3013 9923 3001 9894 2982 9917 2990 9935 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 216DEG 25KT 2991 9923
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
905 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0903 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE VANDERPOOL 29.74N 99.53W
05/25/2014 E3.00 INCH BANDERA TX COCORAHS
3 INCHES IN THE PAST TWO HOURS
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1400467
SBSThe Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.
8 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. FM187 was closed due to a flooded low water crossing.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Whartons Dock Rd.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Flood waters, filled with debris, closed numerous roads in Medina.
A NWS storm survey concluded that a microburst, associated with a severe thunderstorm, brought wind damage to the area just west of Jourdanton. Damage included trees down, roof damage, and several pieces of irrigation equipment flipped on their sides.
A thunderstorm produced a wind gust measured at 61 kts by the ASOS at Pleasanton Municipal Airport.
A thunderstorm produced strong wind gusts estimated to be over 60 mph that blew over three recreational vehicles. One of the RVs was destroyed at the RV park on the north side of Yorktown. Other Areas of Yorktown sustained quite a bit of tree damage.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Old Mill Creed Rd. at the Sabinal River crossing.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding along Huebner Creek in San Antonio. Several low water crossings were closed due water over the road.
A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud on Popebend Rd. in Cedar Creek.
A small, weak tornado touched down along County Road 242, McDonald Ln. E., and generally toward the east producing EF0 damage to a home at the corner of Martins Crossing Dr. and Single Oak Crossing. There was damage to several fences and the roof and chimney of one house. Winds were estimated to be 80 mph.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. The underpass at Loop 410 and Highway 151 was flooded requiring high water rescues.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 40 mph that knocked down some tree limbs.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Evers Rd. was closed near Raymond Rimkus Park due to water over the road.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Sections of Highways 72 and 81 were under water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 518317, 518318, 518319, 520010, 518320, 517504, 518321, 518322, 517505, 518324, 517506, 518331, 518325, 519659, 518326, 518327.