A weak frontal boundary moved into central Texas. Thunderstorms developed ahead of the front and some of these produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
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A weak frontal boundary moved into central Texas. Thunderstorms developed ahead of the front and some of these produced heavy rain that led to 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 Jul 7, 11:52 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1252 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2015 .UPDATE...06Z AVIATION BELOW. && .AVIATION...MVFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL AT SAT/AUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...SCATTERING OUT TO VFR AROUND 16Z. MVFR CEILINGS COULD DEVELOP AT DRT 12Z-17Z. BAND OF SHRAS AND TSTMS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN DRT AND SAT OVERNIGHT...AND NO MENTION AT THIS TIME IN TAFS. WILL CLOSELY MONITOR RADAR TRENDS. OTHERWISE...S WINDS WILL BECOMING GUSTY AGAIN WED AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 25 KTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 92 75 93 73 91 / - - 0 0 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 92 75 92 73 91 / - - 0 0 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 92 74 91 73 91 / - 10 0 - 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 90 73 91 71 91 / 10 0 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 94 76 94 75 94 / 30 - - 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 92 75 91 72 91 / - 0 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 92 74 92 73 93 / - 0 0 - 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 92 75 91 72 91 / - 10 0 - 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 92 75 91 74 91 / - 0 - 0 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 92 75 92 73 91 / - 0 0 0 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 93 75 91 74 92 / - 0 - 0 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...RUNYEN SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...OAKS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1051 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-081100- 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- 1051 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS INTO THE HILL COUNTRY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES AND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:38 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing a low water crossing on FM336 at Kent Creek.
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