The remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly pumped deep moisture into South Central Texas which produced pulse thunderstorms one of which produced severe wind gusts.
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly pumped deep moisture into South Central Texas which produced pulse thunderstorms one of which produced severe 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 Sep 4, 10:53 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1153 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014 .AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/ SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR SITES THROUGH THIS EVENING. MVFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE SHOWERS/STORMS MOVE OVER TERMINALS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY MVFR EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE MAY BE FEW HOURS OF IFR CIGS MAINLY AT KSAT AND KSSF AROUND DAWN TO ABOUT 13Z FRIDAY. WINDS WILL PERSIST FROM THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 10 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1050 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014/ UPDATE... BROUGHT POPS IN THE 30-40% RANGE MAINLY EAST OF I-35 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. SWATH OF MOISTURE COMING IN FROM THE GULF IS ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED COVERAGE OF SH/TS AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE AT LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 627 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014/ AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY PREVAILING AT ALL OF THE AERODROMES...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DRT...WHICH IS REPORTING FEW060. LOW CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE AIRPORTS UNTIL MVFR AND THEN VFR DEVELOPS DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...RESPECTIVELY... DUE TO INCREASING WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. THESE FAVORABLE AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL LAST UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY...WHEN MVFR RE-DEVELOPS ONCE AGAIN AS FORECAST....WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IFR NEEDING TO BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE TAF ISSUANCES. CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRIDAY MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...GOES SOUNDER OF PW CONTINUES TO INDICATE PWS POOLED NEAR 2 INCHES ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU SOUTHEAST INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND COASTAL PLAINS. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT ACROSS THIS AREA. HI RES MODELS INDICATE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS...POSSIBLY FARTHER EAST AND NORTH THAN YESTERDAY. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...ACTIVITY SHOULD END AROUND SUNSET...WITH RE-DEVELOPMENT OF STRAY TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND EDWARDS PLATEAU. MOISTURE LINGERS INTO FRIDAY...WITH AGAIN POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-10. LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...DRYING AND SLIGHT WARMING TREND SATURDAY. DETERMINISTIC RUNS OF ECMWF AND GFS AND ENSEMBLE MEANS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH INDICATING A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ECMWF HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY MORE BULLISH IN QPF OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CWA SUNDAY WHERE MOISTURE IS POOLED...HOWEVER 00Z GFS IS TRENDING THAT WAY AS WELL. WILL CONTINUE WITH BROAD BRUSH OF 20 POPS FOR MOST OF THE AREA (EXCEPT SOUTHWEST ZONES) FOR SUNDAY. THE FRONT WASHES OUT BY MONDAY. MODELS ARE INDICATING CONSIDERABLE MID LEVEL DRYING OCCURRING MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FLATTENING ACROSS THE AREA. LOOK FOR A WARMING TREND AS WELL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MAX TEMPS AROUND 100 AGAIN IN SOME AREAS. A QUICK PEAK BEYOND THE 7 DAY...POTENTIALLY BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIP LATE NEXT WEEK AS DEEPER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...SENDING POTENTIALLY STRONGER FRONT TOWARDS THE AREA. TROPICAL TAP OUT OF THE SOUTHERN GULF COULD BE IN PLAY AS WELL. BUT CONSIDERABLE SPREAD IN ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLES AT THIS TIME SO STAY TUNED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 76 98 76 98 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 74 98 73 98 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 75 98 74 98 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 74 96 74 95 74 / 10 - 10 10 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 75 95 77 98 77 / 10 20 20 10 10 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 75 97 75 98 75 / 10 10 10 10 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 74 95 73 96 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 75 97 74 97 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 76 98 75 98 74 / 10 20 10 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 78 98 77 98 77 / 10 10 10 10 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 77 99 76 99 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...17 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...09 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051100- 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- 400 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TOMASELLI
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew part of the roof off of a restaurant along with downing numerous trees in Fredericksburg.
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