July brought beneficial rain to Bandera, Kendall, Comal, and Frio Counties ending Severe (D2) drought. These counties received near normal to 200% of normal rainfall for the month.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
July brought beneficial rain to Bandera, Kendall, Comal, and Frio Counties ending Severe (D2) drought. These counties received near normal to 200% of normal rainfall for the month.
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 Jun 30, 11:51 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1251 AM CDT Sun Jul 1 2018 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ MVFR cigs are expected to continue across the San Antonio metro area sites through at least 14Z. KAUS should see MVFR within the next hour or around 07Z and continuing through 14Z. There is a slight chance for cigs to lower to IFR around 13Z for the San Antonio sites. Since confidence is low at this time, have opted to keep it out from their TAFs. VFR conditions are expected for KDRT for this forecast package. VFR conditions are expected after 14Z Sunday along the I-35 corridor sites. Southeast winds of 8 to 12 knots are expected across area terminals overnight with lighter winds around dawn for few hours. Winds pick up again mid-morning on Sunday with prevailing winds ranging from 10 to 15 knots with gusts of 20 to 25 knots for much of the day and evening periods. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 644 PM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018/ AVIATION... VFR conditions continue across South Central Texas this afternoon with the exception of a few rural airports (3T5 - La Grange, CVB - Castroville, and HYI - San Marcos) that are MVFR due to the haze created by the Saharan dust in the air. For the TAF sites windy and VFR flying conditions will continue for the next few hours with the wind finally decreasing around 03z at the terminals. MVFR cigs should develop once more around 05z across the I-35 terminals and last through about 16z Sunday morning. Winds will once again increase on Sunday and be gusty out of the southeast. For DRT VFR conditions should continue through the period. Mesoscale models (supported by the latest radar trends) keep any shower and thunderstorm activity to the west of the city over Mexico, so have gone with a dry TAF. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018/ SHORT TERM (Tonight through Sunday Night)... A fetch of monsoonal moisture continues to move over Val Verde county but without as much mcv activity as was seen last night. Coverage tonight should be more isolated. Hot and dry anticyclonic flow over east TX continues to keep above normal temps over the rest of South Central TX, and some modest record max temps for 6/30 of 100/101 at AUS/ATT respectively could be reached or broken later this afternoon. Temps could be a degree or two warmer July 1st and could approach the record values in the Austin area again. Meanwhile records at SAT/DRT are more out of reach. The H7-H5 ridge axis will have shifted west to cover Central TX Sunday and could yield the hottest days of ambient temps in the 7 day forecast Sunday into Monday. However, moisture levels and winds are expected to trend downward as upper troughing over the Central Plains dampens and lifts northeast. LONG TERM (Monday through Saturday)... As noted in the short term, lighter winds and drier afternoon air could lead to more triple digit heat for most areas with lighter morning winds leading to less humidity and lower min temps. This pattern begins to change on Tuesday from the east as the elevated ridge axis pivots to more E-W and allows for a more unstable pattern for easterly flow aloft bringing a couple disturbances west along the Nrn Gulf coast into TX. Persistent hot temps should continue west of Hwy 281, but a change in the 700 mb winds could add moisture to the mixed layer and moderate highs over eastern counties Tuesday afternoon. Increased mid level moisture is expected to advect westward overnight with a few showers expected over eastern counties Tuesday night. Rain chances continue to increase from the east Wednesday morning with ample moisture for a few storms. Coverage should still be light through the daytime hours over most areas as the deeper moist layer remains rooted over East TX/LA. Thus expect most of the 4th of July activities along and W of I-35 to see minimal interruptions in the late afternoon/evening, although afternoon gusts near storms could become a concern. Rain chances continue to spread west through the night with most of the activity expected to stay diurnal. The highest storm coverage of the week is expected Thursday as the deterministic GFS/ECM solutions are converging to better agreement that the best vorticity in the mid levels moves right over South Central TX. The better rain chances shift west Thursday night, but another weaker disturbance follows a similar path through next Saturday. PoPs show lighter chances with the second system due to the weaker dynamics. Rainfall projections look promising for many areas getting a chance to see around 1/2 inch or more next week, but model qpfs in the medium range tend to overdo areal coverage and amounts due to their inability to resolve finer scale convective elements. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 99 75 101 75 101 / 0 0 0 0 0 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 99 74 100 75 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 New Braunfels Muni Airport 99 74 100 74 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 Burnet Muni Airport 98 72 99 73 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 Del Rio Intl Airport 102 77 103 77 103 / 0 0 0 0 0 Georgetown Muni Airport 99 74 100 75 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 Hondo Muni Airport 101 75 102 74 101 / 0 0 0 0 0 San Marcos Muni Airport 99 74 100 74 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 La Grange - Fayette Regional 97 75 99 75 98 / 0 0 0 0 10 San Antonio Intl Airport 99 75 100 75 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 Stinson Muni Airport 100 75 101 75 100 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Mesoscale/Aviation...17 Synoptic/Grids...Platt
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 312 AM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-010815- 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- 312 AM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018 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...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1036 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
TXZ183-202-010415-
Kinney TX-Val Verde TX-
1036 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN KINNEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...
At 1035 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles south of Laughlin AFB, or 16 miles northwest of Quemado, moving
north at 25 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Del Rio, Standart, Amanda, Laughlin AFB and Val Verde Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 2945 10084 2937 10056 2911 10068 2912 10071
2917 10078 2920 10077 2923 10080 2924 10079
2929 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 195DEG 23KT 2912 10081
AATSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1116 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
TXZ202-010500-
Kinney TX-
1116 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KINNEY COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT...
At 1115 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southeast of Laughlin AFB, or 12 miles southeast of Del Rio,
moving northeast at 15 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Standart and Amanda.
LAT...LON 2933 10074 2934 10071 2938 10071 2943 10070
2954 10066 2942 10043 2923 10070 2926 10075
2929 10074 2930 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 216DEG 13KT 2927 10071The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
July brought beneficial rain to Bandera, Kendall, Comal, and Frio Counties ending Severe (D2) drought. These counties received near normal to 200% of normal rainfall for the month.
July brought beneficial rain to Bandera, Kendall, Comal, and Frio Counties ending Severe (D2) drought. These counties received near normal to 200% of normal rainfall for the month.
July brought beneficial rain to Bandera, Kendall, Comal, and Frio Counties ending Severe (D2) drought. These counties received near normal to 200% of normal rainfall for the month.
July brought beneficial rain to Bandera, Kendall, Comal, and Frio Counties ending Severe (D2) drought. These counties received near normal to 200% of normal rainfall for the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2018
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: 773719, 773720, 773721, 773722.