The 1st at 4:00, we begin with weather
sunny and mild this Fiesta Frid.
But Bill, you're saying it's going to look
very different and just a couple of hours.
Yeah. Last night we were in a level 2,
Audrey, that's a level 2 out of
five risk of severe weather.
That's been upgraded to a
Level 3 for a very large area.
And this is a level we don't
see too often in South Texas.
Enhanced risk of dangerous thunderstorms.
It's usually reserved for North Texas.
Let's get right to radar.
I've already got one severe thunderstorm
warning and it's a huge one.
It's out West between Bracketvie
and Eagle Pass as this storm mos
E southeast at about 25 to 30 m.
So this is a far cry from San Antonio
and will not impact us here in the city.
But it will be a severe thunderm
warning for another 45 minutes.
I mean, this is a monster thunderstorm
that is slowly rolling off to the east.
You can see the hail tracker showing.
That the hail is there,
but it's about quarter size now
closer to home and we've got
some pretty good storms brewing.
They're going to be around
Kerrville as well as Medina Lak.
They're more isolated here,
but as these storms move fartheE
you've got to keep something in mind.
We've got a very dangerous setup
with dynamics in place to turn
these storms severe on a dime ad
they could be producing some vey
large hail as well as tornadoes.
And straight line winds.
Now I would give it about 30 mis
from the leading edge of that s.
And that's where we have meteorologist
Paul Mead Ellis out ready to doe
storm tracking for you to give you an
idea of what is going on out th.
Paul, you're near 281.
Yeah, 281, that's right, Bill.
We're here at 281 and just Soutf
Blanco and we're positioned just right
to see these thunderstorms buil.
And I'm glad that you compared
this to North Texas because this
is what this day reminds me of.
And the reason I say that is there's a
lot of visibility we've got, you know.
We can see a long way.
Usually when this kind of
situation rolls into South Texa,
there's a lot of clouds and it's hard to see.
But as you can see by the dash ,
that anvil is showing up really well.
And these thunderstorms,
the the severe ones you were tag
about are kind of off to the right there.
But the thunderstorms we're
watching right now are building
just north of Fredericksburg.
You can see the anvil,
it's growing.
These thunderstorms are in
or look like they're getting
intensifying and getting bigger.
Also as I look off to the South and West,
I see more development and that
it's a real rock hard developmet
looks like cauliflower developi,
I guess that'd be kind of
southwest of Fredericksburg.
And so I see more and more happening.
So we're we're in the right spot here
and the computer models as you w
Bill are showing these thunderss
really blowing up in the next ce
of hours as they approach San Antonio.
So that's why we're out
here this this afternoon.
Keep everybody safe and watchin.
These thunderstorms are going
just according to plan,
just according to what the compr
models have been showing so far.
Nothing severe in the viewing a.
But as these storms move closer to us,
I think they are going to build
and it could be a really rough
night for some of us tonight.
Paul,
you're in the perfect spot,
so we're going to definitely chk
back with you in about 10 to 15
minutes and watch what's brewin.
On that 281 corridor,
thank you so much for that live report.
All right, let me show you now s
number three out of five risk a.
Look at how large if an area encompasses just
South of Dallas all the way down to Laredo.
And again, three out of five isn
enhanced risk of large dangerous size hail,
damaging winds of straight
line speeds 80 to 100 mph,
and isolated tornadoes between
5:00 and 9:00 PM tonight.
That's why the severe prediction centers
also place the entire region una
severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 PM.
So we are going to keep an eye n
this on all platforms, Audrey,
and keep you ahead of the storm.
All right, Thanks so much, Bill.
And the threat of severe weather
comes two years to the day whena
powerful health hail storm hit Del Rio.
This is video sent to us by a
viewer on April 28th, 2021.
More than a few hailstones were
golf ball size, so we can see
damaging hell is a very real
possibility this time of year.