Hot, dry, and breezy weather made favorable conditions for wildfire spread.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Hot, dry, and breezy weather made favorable conditions for wildfire spread.
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 Aug 11, 1:13 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 213 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 212 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022 The subtropical ridge remains centered over the Central Rockies/High Plains this afternoon. A mid-level shortwave trough and a surge of deeper moisture is rotating around the south side of the ridge into Texas. Scattered showers and thunderstorms have developed over the southern Edwards Plateau. Convection will continue to develop this afternoon and last into the evening. The vertical profile has little wind shear and storms will pulse up and down making strong gusty winds possible. Damaging winds are not likely, but loose objects could get blown around. PWs on the morning soundings were 1.5 to 2.0 inches which is above normal, but not excessive. Stronger storms could produce a quick inch of rain as we saw yesterday afternoon. Convection will decrease through the evening with the loss of daytime heating. The pattern will remain essentially unchanged Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop again late morning or early afternoon. Stronger storms could produce strong winds and brief heavy rainfall. Temperatures through the short term will be near to slightly above normal which of course is cooler than it has been. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 212 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022 Enjoy the seasonally cooler temperatures this weekend while you can, folks! Highs Saturday and Sunday will remain below 100 areawide, with some lingering shower and storm chances as well. With the upper ridge centered well to our north over the central Plains, the inverted trough that will be just offshore on Saturday morning will gradually propagate inland across deep south TX and into MX on Sunday. The best rain chances of the long term period should come over the southern half of the region on Saturday afternoon, but max out along our southern border around 50%. North, chances appear much lower. While the WPC Day 3 ERO includes our southeastern counties in a Marginal risk of Excessive rain for Saturday and Saturday night, we aren't terribly concerned at the moment given antecedent dryness and a 90th percentile QPF of only about an inch. By the overnight, any lingering rains will be mainly located across the Rio Grande Plains as the forcing shifts west. There should be a secondary push of lift on Sunday, but the best shower/storm chances will be over our southwestern areas while little to no rain is forecast north/east of Austin. Some isolated activity may linger or return near the Rio Grande on Monday as the trough gets hung up over the mountains in Mexico. An upper low over the lower Great Lakes/Northeast US will gradually deepen and expand through the middle of the week. The subtropical ridge will re-center over TX/OK and as a result the mid-week period should be mostly dry with increasing temperatures, likely topping 100 once again in many spots on Tuesday and Wednesday. While not guaranteed to arrive, there could be a weak cold front pushing in from the northeast by next Thursday due to the strong low over the northeast. Even if it doesnt make it this far, height falls appear a good bet and some rain chances and slightly cooler temperatures may return to round out the work week. Stay tuned. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1222 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022 Showers and thunderstorms have started to develop over South Central Texas. Convection will become more widespread during the afternoon. All of the terminals will have a chance for thunderstorms later this afternoon. Rainfall may reduce visibility to MVFR. Storms could produce wind gusts up to around 35 kts. Convection will decrease this evening with the loss of heating. Then all airports will be VFR for the rest of the period. Showers and thunderstorms will develop again Friday starting in the late morning and becoming more likely during the afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 76 96 78 96 / 20 50 20 30 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 76 95 75 95 / 20 50 20 40 New Braunfels Muni Airport 75 98 75 96 / 20 50 30 40 Burnet Muni Airport 75 95 75 96 / 10 40 20 30 Del Rio Intl Airport 76 100 79 97 / 30 30 10 30 Georgetown Muni Airport 75 96 76 97 / 20 40 20 30 Hondo Muni Airport 75 99 75 97 / 30 40 30 40 San Marcos Muni Airport 75 97 75 96 / 20 50 30 40 La Grange - Fayette Regional 75 95 75 95 / 30 50 20 50 San Antonio Intl Airport 76 97 77 95 / 30 50 30 40 Stinson Muni Airport 76 98 76 96 / 30 50 30 40 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Short-Term...05 Long-Term...KCW Aviation...05
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 307 AM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-120815- 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- 307 AM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today And Tonight. A few strong storms with gusty winds and locally heavy downpours are possible over parts of South Central Texas this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. A few strong storms with gusty winds and locally heavy downpours are possible over parts of South Central Texas Friday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
225 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022
TXZ183>185-187-202>204-217-218-112015-
Maverick TX-Uvalde TX-Kinney TX-Medina TX-Val Verde TX-Edwards TX-
Real TX-Bandera TX-Zavala TX-
225 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Medina,
southwestern Bandera, Kinney, northeastern Maverick, Uvalde,
northwestern Zavala, southwestern Edwards, southeastern Val Verde and
southern Real Counties through 315 PM CDT...
At 225 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles east of Long Point to 6 miles west of
Cline to near D'Hanis. Movement was south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Del Rio, Uvalde, Hondo, Brackettville, Leakey, Spofford, Tarpley,
Sabinal, Camp Wood, Lake View, Laguna, D'Hanis, Barksdale, Concan,
Laughlin AFB, Uvalde Estates, Dabney, Cline, Anacacho and Reagan
Wells.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2961 10086 2975 9996 2969 9927 2946 9912
2916 9918 2901 10029 2922 10078 2926 10081
2928 10087 2931 10089 2933 10094 2935 10095
2936 10100 2940 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 021DEG 10KT 2952 10082 2926 10019 2939 9924
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KCWSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
232 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022
TXZ184-112000-
Edwards TX-
232 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Edwards
County through 300 PM CDT...
At 232 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles west of Rocksprings, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Rocksprings.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3004 10022 2982 10019 2983 10039 2988 10063
3014 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 015DEG 8KT 2996 10040
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KCWSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
326 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022
TXZ202-203-217-218-228-112115-
Maverick TX-Uvalde TX-Kinney TX-Dimmit TX-Zavala TX-
326 PM CDT Thu Aug 11 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Kinney,
Maverick, northern Dimmit, southwestern Uvalde and Zavala Counties
through 415 PM CDT...
At 325 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Quemado to 8 miles southeast of La Pryor.
Movement was south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Eagle Pass, Crystal City, Big Wells, Spofford, Quemado, La Pryor,
Batesville, Chula Vista, Chula Vista-River Spur, Darling, Las
Colonias, Uvalde Estates, Brundage, Dabney, Anacacho, Loma Vista, Las
Vegas, Rosita, Blewett and Paloma.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 2860 10043 2861 10045 2864 10045 2866 10050
2874 10051 2876 10053 2880 10053 2883 10055
2883 10058 2885 10057 2888 10060 2889 10059
2890 10063 2894 10065 2900 10065 2911 10068
2921 10066 2918 9963 2853 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 002DEG 21KT 2897 10060 2886 9974
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
GALEThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Pine Pond wildfire was discovered on the 11th at 14:31 CST at 580 Old Antioch Rd. in Bastrop. Six homes were evacuated as a precaution. The fire was brought under control on the 20th after burning 700 acres.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1050756.