AUSTIN (KXAN) - - Parts of Central Texas had another Friday night of extreme weather condition. Storms showed up in San Saba County between 3:30 and 4 p.m. They marched throughout our eastern and northern counties prior to exiting Lee County around 1 a.m. Saturday.
Most of the storm reports documented by the Storm Prediction Center were from hail 1.00″ ″( quarter-size) to two reports of 2.50″ ″( hen egg-size) in size. So far, there have been 20 reports of big hail.
Hail at Lake Buchanan Courtesy: Michael and Jennifer Kuhl
Burnet County bore the brunt of the hail with eleven of the 20 reports. Those 2 reports of 2.50″″- size hail came from these counties. The very first, at 6:35, split a windscreen 4 miles northeast of Inks Lake State Park. The second, a half hour later, was reported at Burnet Municipal Airport.
1.50″ ″ hail in Burnet Courtesy: Lewis Ecker
A peak wind gust of 64 mph was clocked at an area 3 miles north of Point Venture. Gusts of 60 mph were reported at the airport in Cameron (Milam County) and a place 4 miles south-southeast of Georgetown.
Much-needed rain overalls of 1.00″ ″ to two over 3.00″ ″ were reported in the Hill Country in locations where the drought is extreme to severe (Category 2 to 3):.
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- 3.29″ ″ 6 miles west-southwest of Burnet
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- 3.24″ ″ 10 miles north of Tow
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- 2.93″ ″ 4 miles east of Cherokee
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- 2.28″ ″ Lake LBJ (Sandy Harbor)
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- 2.23″ ″ Sandy Creek near Click)
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Looking Ahead.
More rain and thunderstorms are forecast for this location. Those rain opportunities are slim today through Monday but do go up from Tuesday to Friday. The unsettled weather pattern comes as a result of Gulf moisture from the surface area flow originating from the south to the southeast. Upper levels winds will continue to bring in moisture from the Pacific with an increased opportunity of showers and thunderstorms mid- to late-week.
Rain opportunities continue for several days.
Beyond that, the 8- to 14-Day Precipitation Outlook from the Climate Prediction Center continues its projection of above-normal precipitation. Keep in mind, May is our wettest month with a typical of 5.04″″.
Next week's rainfall outlook.
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