UPDATED SATURDAY, AT 6:44 AM: NOAA, NWS Issue Hazardous Weather Outlook For Hays County & South-Central Texas

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UPDATED AT 6:44 AM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Hays County in south-central Texas and Southwestern Caldwell County south-central Texas Until 730 AM CDT.

  • Northeastern Guadalupe County in south-central Texas…
  • Eastern Comal County in south-central Texas…

* At 6:43 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Buda to near Wimberley to Fischer, moving south at 35 mph.

  • HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.
  •  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  •  IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…

Bear Creek—Buda—Canyon Lake—Canyon Lake Dam—Dripping Springs—Fentress—Geronimo—Kingsbury—Kyle—Martindale—McQueeney—New Braunfels—Niederwald—San Marcos—Seguin—Staples—Uhland—Wimberley—Woodcreek—Zorn

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging winds, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms.

Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.


Published at 6:07 AM

According to NOAA and the National Weather Service (NWS), a Hazardous Weather Outlook is in place for South-Central Texas for the following counties…

Atascosa—Bandera—Bastrop—Bexar—Blanco—Burnet—Caldwell—Comal—De Witt—Dimmit—Edwards—Fayette—Frio—Gillespie—Gonzales—Guadalupe—Hays—Karnes—Kendall—Kerr—Kinney—Lavaca—Lee—Llano—Maverick—Medina—Real—Travis—Uvalde—Val Verde—Williamson—Wilson—Zavala

TODAY & TONIGHT

(Saturday, August 22)
A cluster of storms is forecast to push across the Hill Country including the Austin metro this morning. Stronger storms could produce gusty winds of 50 to 60 mph, cloud to ground lightning, heavy downpours and small hail.

The storm complex is forecast to exit the area by late this morning.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN

(Sunday, August 23 – Friday, August 28)
Tropical Storm Marco is expected to affect the Yucatan Peninsula today and expected to enter into the Gulf of Mexico waters on Sunday.

It is too soon to determine what, if any, impacts will occur across South-Central Texas from this tropical system. Tropical Storm Marco is forecast to make landfall in Texas late Tuesday.

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