Hail pummels South-Central Texas; storms weakening on approach to San Antonio | Weather Impact Alert

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas —

Current alerts

The following alerts are currently in place from the National Weather Service:

• Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 2 a.m. for Bandera, Edwards, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde and Val Verde counties. 

Tuesday, March 10 and the morning hours of Wednesday, March 11

Reason: Chance for severe thunderstorms in the late evening, especially the western Hill Country communities. Possibility of two-inch hail, strong wind gusts and a possible tornado. 

Severe storms pushed through communities in West Texas and the Hill Country on Tuesday evening, bringing large hail and frequent lightning to the region amid a severe weather threat. 

KENS 5 has received reports of baseball-sized hail in counties to the west, particularly in communities like Del Rio and Leakey. 

Monday’s warm temperatures set the stage for heavy rain, gusty winds, and hail across the region Tuesday afternoon and evening heading into Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for parts of the region, but that has since expired. 

But a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for much of the Hill Country and counties further west. The National Weather Service says locally heavy rain, damaging wind gusts, large hail and frequent lightning constitute the main hazards. 

A cold front and upper-level disturbance is moving through the area from late Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday, bringing a line of showers and thunderstorms this evening through early Wednesday morning. Severe storms of all types are possible, especially across the Edwards Plateau and western Hill Country, where there’s an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5). 

Heavy rain could also cause localized flooding. As the system moves out, scattered storms — a few of them strong to severe — may develop along and east of the I-35 and I-37 corridors from midday through Wednesday evening.

While the tornado threat should decrease before the storms arrive to San Antonio, we are still expecting very loud thunderstorms and heavy rain. Most spots in the area will see between one and three inches of rain, which could result in localized flooding for the Wednesday morning commute. 

The good news is all things clears out by Wednesday afternoon. We’ll see much drier conditions for the second half of the week, leading into a sunny weekend expected to bring highs in the 80s. 

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