Damaging hail and a torrential
downpour this evening quickly wt
from blue skies to severe storm.
You're taking a look at rain
and hail on the River Walk,
then over at the Pearl.
More hail falling as people left the area,
leaving empty chairs and tablesd
workers catching hail in their hands.
People in Bandera County showing
off some large hail that fell in
that area and here is hail fallg
in buckets in the backyard of a
home at 1604 and Babcock weather
chief Phil Taylor joins us now.
And Bill, these storms were
fast and furious tonight
on a Friday night too.
He sees we had so many people downtown
for NIOSA and of course Carnival with
Fiesta in full swing while these storms
race to the Texas coast very fa.
But a furious deposit of not only hail.
We'll take a look at rainfall ts
a little bit later in the half .
For now, look at these lines.
Just pound San Antonio in the m.
In fact, watch the two clusters
come together right there.
It was in Wilson County.
You saw one cluster to the Sout,
then out of the Hill Country.
They meet up and go to the Texas
coast and that's where again,
they're moving into actually Gulf waters now,
so fast.
But look at all the lightning
behind the storm line.
Well behind all of even the rainfall.
Well, here in the city the story is now
the wind speeds 30 to 35 mph in the city,
41 out at Rock Springs.
It's going to be a very windy
Saturday after a bit of a chilly
start clearing skies tonight wi.
Windy with N winds between 30 a0
mph till at least mid morning tomorrow
and look at that low a chilly 5.
We've got Ryan shoped all here h
a look at what determines hail ,
plus your weekend forecast.
Thank you, Bill. We have team coverage
of the storm aftermath and how t
affected some Fiesta events with Kens
Five's Hannah Tita and Alan Kos.
But first, viewer weather video
has been pouring into our newsr.
Ken's 5 Reporter Hannah Tita has
been monitoring the storms fromr
social media platforms and shars
some of these captivating image.
From Eagle Pass to New Braunfel,
winds picked up as storm clouds rolled in.
WAVY and ominous clouds were
spotted from the border to downn
San Antonio and New Braunfels.
A Ken's 5 viewer captured this
spectacular photo of a lightning bolt.
At Nelson Wolfe Stadium,
a large tarp was seen being spread out
over the turf and the weather certainly
rained on the parade of partygos
clearing all foot traffic.
From this stretch of the Riverw,
people sought cover from
torrential downpour on the
northeast side of San Antonio
that quickly turned into hail.
In fact, much of our viewing
area was pummeled by hailstorms.
This was in Kerrville.
It sounds like ping pong balls
hitting a table. In Bandera.
In neighboring Pipe Creek,
hail reached the size of golf b,
some measuring at a few inches.
I mean, just look at these phot.
And over an Eagle pass,
you can hear how heavy the hail.
The storms came in fast,
but left just as quick.
And we are live downtown outsidf
the entrance of Niosa, where people are
really just making up for lost .
Take a look at this very lively crowd.
People are still lining up
going through the doors.
Now what's interesting is organizers of
NIOSA had made it clear that rain or shine,
this event would go on.
They told us that even made
a joke about the Rain rock.
But it was no laughing matter
because when that storm came through,
it did dump hail in this area ad
people were forced to take cove.
Now I'm told that it happened.
Very quickly,
some people were able to sort of
all cram into a Rotunda area and
just really try and stay away fm
all of the hail and the rain.
And now it is back on.
Organizers tell us that.
They are in full force again tot
and to make up for lost time,
they're adding actually a wholef
hour of fun tonight here at NYO.
So instead of wrapping things up at 10:30,
people are going to be out here
having a good time until 11:00
o'clock tonight and it is, you ,
really nice Now that the rain has passed,
the hail is gone and the tempere
is just really perfect.
So people are out here having a good time.
We do have other coverage though tonight
at for San Antonio Fiesta event.
Let's go over to Alan Kozlew,
who is at the Alamodome covering
the carnival.
Alan, what's it looking like out there?
Well, here at the carnival,
it seems like the storm was
gone as soon as it came.
We got when we pulled up earlier today.
Some of these rides look like ty
were already in motion and peope
were the workers were setting up
the fences back up and people
were already getting back in li,
but during the storm.
Most of the people we spoke wit,
they said they were focused
on finding shelter.
We we heard word of about 50 to
60 people taking shelter under
a bridge and they were seeing
hail about the size of a peanut.
And so when
of course Carnival is still open
right now and they should be
open until about midnight now.
From the Alamodome,
Alan Cosley fence five, he sees.
All right, thank you so much, A.
Now, if you have damage and need to make
temporary fixes so it doesn't get worse,
experts say go ahead and do tha.
Just make sure you take
photographs of the damage,
keep receipts for your insurance company,
and be sure to file right away.
If you do sustain damage or
you think you sustain damage,
go ahead and file a claim.
One thing to keep in mind should it be
a pretty extensive event for our area,
is the insurance companies are g
to be inundated with phone call.
So if you can file your claim with your
company using their mobile app or online,
I would do so and do it
as quickly as possible.
Experts say there are a lot of d
scams that come around after st,
so be sure to check with a Better Business
Bureau if it sounds too good to be true.
And check on your neighbors.
The elderly might fall for those scams.