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. Some thunderstorms produced severe size hail. 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 27, 5:20 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 620 AM CDT Tue May 27 2014 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY. MAIN SURGE ALREADY THROUGH KAUS...WITH GRADUALLY LIFTING CIGS IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. LINE JUST APPROACHING KSAT...BUT MAY ONLY GET BRIEFLY CLIPPED BY THE TAIL END OF THE LINE. RAIN OPPORTUNITIES AT KSSF LOOKING LESS LIKELY AS WESTERN EDGE OF LINE DISSIPATES AND MOVES SE. FOG THAT FORMED THIS MORNING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE HILL COUNTRY BEING DISRUPTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM LINE...AND REMNANT OUTFLOW SHOULD HELP ALLEVIATE FOG AT KSSF AND ANY REMAINING FOG AT KSAT WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS. LOW CLOUDS FURTHER WEST WILL MIX OUT AND RISE AFTER SUNRISE. ALL SITES SHOULD BE VFR WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS END. ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT MUST WAIT FOR FORMATION BEFORE TIMING CAN BE DERIVED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 538 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014/ UPDATE... WITH SOME BACKFILLING OF CELLS ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF THIS MORNING/S MCS AND SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET AND LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODING IN AUSTIN METRO...WILL CONTINUE THE FFA FOR ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 AS WELL AS THE COUNTIES SOUTH OF I-10. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UPDATE COMING SHORTLY...INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION FOR THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN PART OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SQUALL LINE IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL TX COUNTIES AND AT A FAST ENOUGH CLIP THAT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ROUND. THE UPPER END OF THE RAIN FALL TOTALS SEEN ARE AROUND 1.25 INCHES. THE LINE IS SLOWLY DECELERATING AND SHOULD ALLOW FOR POTENTIALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AS IT REACHES I-10. THUS WILL WAIT AN HOUR OR SO... AND THEN LOOK AT CLEARING SOME OF THE WATCH COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF SAN ANTONIO WHILE CONTINUING THE WATCH THROUGH NOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND S OF I-10. PWAT VALUES IN ADVANCE OF THE SQUALL AS IT MOVES INTO THIS AREA STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CLIMB INTO THE 1.8 TO 2 INCH RANGE AS DEPICTED IN THE SPC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY...BUT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE QUICK TO REFORM IN THE WAKE OF THE MORNING SQUALL LINE. SEVERE THREATS MAINLY FOR HAIL AND WINDS DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW PASSING TO THE NORTH. ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS OF MOISTURE AND THE COOL AIR ADVECTION ALOFT WILL LIKELY KEEP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE SHOULD DECREASE AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES PULLING EASTWARD TOWARD LOUISIANA. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... WHILE MODEL CONSENSUS HAS RECENTLY TRENDED WITH A SLIGHTLY MORE AGGRESSIVE EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE UPPER LOW TO THE ARK-LA-TEX BY THURSDAY AND MOSTLY DISSOLVED OVER THE NRN GULF COAST BY SATURDAY. BECAUSE THE BROADNESS OF THE LOW AND THE AMOUNT OF PACIFIC MOISTURE WRAPPED INTO IT...MAINLY DIURNAL RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY WITH UPPER STABILITY EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES LATE THIS WEEK WILL CONTINUE REMAIN SEASONAL AND MILD THROUGH SATURDAY. THEN AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING FROM THE SWRN US SHOULD BRING A RETURN TO TYPICAL HOT AND HUMID LATE MAY CONDITIONS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 84 69 87 69 89 / 50 40 30 20 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 83 68 86 67 88 / 60 40 30 20 20 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 84 69 87 67 89 / 50 30 30 20 20 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 83 67 85 66 86 / 40 30 20 20 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 92 72 93 71 94 / 20 20 10 - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 83 68 85 69 86 / 50 40 30 20 20 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 86 69 89 70 94 / 20 20 20 20 20 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 83 68 86 67 88 / 50 30 30 20 20 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 82 71 85 69 87 / 70 30 40 30 40 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 85 70 87 70 90 / 40 30 20 20 20 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 86 70 88 70 92 / 40 30 30 20 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH until Noon CDT today FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: Bastrop...Bexar...Caldwell...Comal...De Witt...Fayette...Gonzales... Guadalupe...Hays...Karnes...Lavaca...Lee...Travis...Williamson... Wilson. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...99 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 650 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-281200- 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- 650 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKSPRINGS TO UVALDE TO KARNES CITY. THIS AREA REMAINS SATURATED FROM RAINS THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ON AGGRAVATE RUNOFF AND CAUSE PROBLEMS AT AREA LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS WOULD BE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 436 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TXZ186-188-189-271015- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-KERR- 436 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN KERR...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN KENDALL AND SOUTHERN GILLESPIE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT... AT 433 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF INGRAM...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERRVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... FREDERICKSBURG... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3031 9872 2998 9901 3014 9932 3032 9919 TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 309DEG 26KT 3015 9917
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
712 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NW GUADALUPE RIVER ST 29.91N 98.55W
05/27/2014 M1.16 INCH KENDALL TX COCORAHS
1.16 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR. 4.22 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IN THE PAST TWO DAYS.
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1400497
PMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 717 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TXZ191-207-208-271300- CALDWELL-GUADALUPE-HAYS- 717 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CALDWELL...EXTREME SOUTHERN HAYS AND NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 716 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ZORN...OR 10 MILES EAST OF NEW BRAUNFELS... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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... LULING... LOCKHART... KINGSBURY... STAPLES... MARTINDALE... FENTRESS... REDWOOD... STAIRTOWN... JOLIET... MCNEIL... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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 2993 9757 2967 9752 2963 9802 2981 9797 TIME...MOT...LOC 1218Z 253DEG 24KT 2974 9794
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
755 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 N AUSTIN 30.36N 97.72W
05/27/2014 M1.72 INCH TRAVIS TX COCORAHS
1.72 INCHES IN THE PAST 4.5 HOURS WITH 3.50 IN THE PAST
24 HOURS.
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EVENT NUMBER EWX1400498
PMThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:00 UTC.
26 hail, 4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing many low water crossings in eastern Hays County.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing many low water crossings in eastern Comal County.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing many low water crossings in eastern Travis County.
A 3 year old girl downed after being swept into a small flooded creek. The girl went missing around 5 pm and her body was recovered shortly before midnight approximately 50-75 yards downstream. A 5 year old was successfully rescued and recovered from his near drowning.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Caldwell | 2014-05-27 | 3 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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, May 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: 518328, 518329, 518330, 518290, 518291, 518292, 518293, 519892, 518294, 518295, 518297, 518296, 518298, 518299, 518300, 518301, 518302, 518303, 518304, 518306, 518305, 518307, 518308, 518309, 518310, 518311, 518312, 518313, 518314, 518315.