San Antonio Weather Thread (Anthony, West: insurance, garage, vehicles)

[firstclassflyer]

Originally Posted by AnthonySA

I'm looking at the soundings, and the radars too. I don't think anything will develop over San Antonio -- our best chance of rain will come from that line to our north. The instability is there, but we have the cap still in place.. and I dont see it bursting until the line gets here.

Alright!! I'm sitting at DFW right now...mostly sunny. No rain in sight. 7 PM.

[AnthonySA]

We'll get our rain tonight at about 11... Dallas looks calm tonight

[AnthonySA]

Good line heading our way within the next few hours!

http://icons.wunderground.com/data/6...dard3_anim.gif

The storm in Kerr County heading our way is definitely producing hail... so now is the time to start prepping in case the hail makes it down here.

[AnthonySA]

Radar is indicating 2.75" diameter hail in the storms now.

[AnthonySA]

Oh my god.... sheriff reports 4.5" diameter hail in Kerr County!

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
805 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008

..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0750 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN HOME 30.17N 99.37W
04/25/2008 E4.50 INCH KERR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

DPS TROOPER REPORT RELAYED BY THE GILLESPIE COUNTY
SHERIFF


&&

EVENT NUMBER 00005

$$

[jules07]

Originally Posted by AnthonySA

Oh my god.... sheriff reports 4.5" diameter hail in Kerr County!

Dang!!! Is it coming our way???

Thanx,
The Weatherologically Challenged One

[rd2007]

ok, reverse the rain dance please. I have no desire at all for 4.5" hail... just some rain, nice boring rain

[jules07]

Originally Posted by rd2007

ok, reverse the rain dance please. I have no desire at all for 4.5" hail... just some rain, nice boring rain

LOL!! I was just thinking...... hmmmmmm..... 4.5 inches, that could do some MAJOR damage to roof, windows, etc. ONE claim ~ metal roof, energy efficient windows...... not too bad a hit to the CLUE report.......

KEEP DANCIN' ANTHONY!!!!! <evil giggle!!!!>

[AnthonySA]

I normally don't like hyping up weather events to be dangerous... but this one truly is dangerous.

I can't guarantee that San Antonio will miss out on this line, it will be a very close call. But anywhere from I-35 on west is in serious trouble right now. There's a powerful line of storms with widespread damaging hail ranging anywhere from golf to grapefruit size.

I have been talking with storm spotters who are out in the action and reading reports coming in from the NWS. They have been consistent with radar projections. The strongest cell is in Bandera COunty heading very slowly to the SE. That means that we need to keep a very close eye on it's progress here in town.

Immediate threats are extraordinarly heavy rainfall rates and very large hail in excess of 2-3" in diameter. I recommend that you alert anyone who is going out tonight of the weather and that you secure your outdoor valuables just in case we do end up getting hit.

This kind of hail is what causes serious damage.

[jules07]

Sobering. Thanx Anthony! (Heading away from the windows now.)