Severe weather season is in full swing. Just as San Antonio is still recovering from historic rainfall, another round of storm clouds is barreling towards the Alamo City. As folks clock out and head home or to pick up the kiddos, it could get pretty dicey on the highways amid rush hour.
While it is expected to be a decent dousing over San Antonio, there isn’t expected to be any kind of rapid or widespread flooding like the city saw just over two weeks ago. On average, National Weather Service Meteorologist Mack Morris, of the San Antonio-Austin office, says folks can expect a quarter inch of rain. Though, a couple inches of accumulation in isolated pockets isn’t out the question.
“Could be some gusty winds, like with any storms that come through, and lightning,” Morris told MySA, noting the storms shouldn’t be anything too severe. Plus, we should be out of the woods when it comes to hail. He says that’s pretty unlikely this far into the season as there’s really no cold air aloft to form ice.
Essentially, San Antonio is catching the remnants of tropical system Barry that moved over Northern Mexico. But its impacts may be felt in the Alamo City over the coming days, as there’s a 20% to 40% chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon into the evening. Plus, a 20% chance of gloomy skies lingers over the city into Thursday afternoon.
Do expect some lighting, Morris says, though. It shouldn’t be some record-breaker like June 12 brought (when roughly 11,000 lightning strikes hit San Antonio). Overall, it should be a fairly common late-June stormy night with some rain to help stave off those pesky drought predictions.
“Through 5 p.m., there is a high (>50 percent) chance of rain over the Rio Grande Plains and there’s a good chance of rain near 50 percent over Del Rio, San Antonio, and Gonzales. Expect a few heavy downpours, gusty winds & lightning,” the National Weather Service office tweeted about an hour before storms were expected to hit.
In the wake of a severe storm that left thousands without power, some for a day, CPS Energy says they’re prepared for any storms that hit the city over the next few days.
“These storms can escalate quickly and could be strong to severe. Lighting, wind gusts, and localized rain can impact our reliability by taking down tree limbs and power lines,” CPS Energy officials said in a statement. “Our crews are on standby to respond safely should any outage occur…”