Thunderstorms developed along a cold front in northern Mexico and moved across the Rio Grande into Maverick County. Some of these storms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
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Thunderstorms developed along a cold front in northern Mexico and moved across the Rio Grande into Maverick County. Some of these storms 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 Nov 4, 5:20 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 620 AM CDT Fri Nov 4 2016 .AVIATION... SCT SHRA/TSRA are expected mainly across the Rio Grande Plains today and tonight where the best upward forcing is forecast. At KDRT, have mentioned -RA this morning and VCSH this afternoon. Elsewhere across South Central Texas, mainly ISOLD SHRA/TSRA are expected and have left mention out of KAUS/KSAT/KSSF TAFs due to low PROBs from weak ridging. A mix of LIFR/IFR/MVFR CIGs this morning will rise to VFR this afternoon. Patchy IFR/MVFR VSBYs will linger into mid morning in those that recently received heavier rains. CIGs will fall to a mix of IFR/MVFR late this evening into tonight and linger into Saturday morning. N to NE winds 3 to 9 KTS will prevail. Some wind gusts to 25 KTS are possible in/near SHRA/TSRA mainly along the Rio Grande. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 AM CDT Fri Nov 4 2016/ SHORT TERM (Today through Saturday)... Upper air analysis last evening showed a ridge extending from Texas to the northern plains and a cutoff low centered over northwestern Mexico. The flow over Texas was turning anticyclonically from the southwest to the northwest. Mid-level moisture was streaming into Texas from the Pacific. At the surface, a cold front extended from Houston to Floresville to Quemado. The upper level low will begin to move to the northeast today and ride up the western side of the ridge. The front will stall near our southern border. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will continue today with the best chances over the Rio Grande Plains. Rain chances will decrease to slight tonight as the frontal boundary dissipates and this will continue Saturday. LONG TERM (Saturday Night through Thursday)... The upper level trough will continue into the middle of the country over the weekend. Sunday it will start to erode the ridge and dig down over Texas. This will continue into the middle of the week when another low will close off over the central high plains. This will mean an extended period of unsettled weather for our CWA. Sunday and Monday we will see an increase of mid-level moisture and this time period will have the best chance for precipitation. Rain chances will continue through the end of the period, but will be lower with less available moisture. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 78 65 77 60 75 / 20 10 20 20 40 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 78 65 77 60 76 / 20 10 20 10 40 New Braunfels Muni Airport 79 65 78 61 76 / 20 20 20 20 40 Burnet Muni Airport 74 62 73 58 72 / 20 10 20 20 40 Del Rio Intl Airport 76 65 76 65 74 / 50 30 20 50 50 Georgetown Muni Airport 76 63 74 58 73 / 20 10 20 20 30 Hondo Muni Airport 79 65 79 64 76 / 30 20 20 20 50 San Marcos Muni Airport 78 65 78 61 75 / 20 20 20 20 40 La Grange - Fayette Regional 82 65 78 60 78 / 20 10 20 10 30 San Antonio Intl Airport 78 65 78 63 75 / 30 20 20 20 50 Stinson Muni Airport 80 67 80 64 76 / 30 20 20 20 50 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Mesoscale/Aviation...04 Synoptic/Grids...05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 313 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2016 TXZ183>185-202-203-217-218-228-050900- VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 313 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-050900- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 313 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2016 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:10 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing El Indio Highway between Memo Robinson Dr. and Las Quintas Blvd.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM2030 between El Indio Hwy and Pioneer Rd. along Rosita Creek.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending significant water from Seco Creek over the road near the Ford dealership on Hwy 57 northeast of Eagle Pass.
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