Month: April 2022

Follow KENS 5 on air and online for breaking severe weather coverage. Get the KENS 5 app for alerts when severe weather threatens South Texas. TEXAS, USA — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for North Central Bexar County and South Central Comal County until 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.  Hazards will include quarter-size hail as storms continue to spark up along a dryline. At 5:04 p.m. a severe thunderstorm…

Follow KENS 5 on air and online for breaking severe weather coverage. Get the KENS 5 app for alerts when severe weather threatens South Texas. TEXAS, USA — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for North Central Bexar County and South Central Comal County until 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.  Hazards will include quarter-size hail as storms continue to spark up along a dryline. At 5:04 p.m. a severe thunderstorm…

San Antonio’s Tuesday weather forecast includes the possibility of “very large hail” during the afternoon hours.  ImagePatch/Getty Images San Antonio is under a severe weather threat, which includes “very large hail” and thunderstorms on Tuesday, April 12, afternoon. The National Weather Service says the development of storms depends on a “cap,” or temperature inversion eroding, allowing a storm to rise.  “Essentially a thunderstorm is a quickly rising parcel of air and in order for the…

Overnight rain and humidity aided the multiple fire departments working to contain a wildfire at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, officials said Monday. As of Monday afternoon, 70% of the wildfire in northern Bexar County had been contained. An estimated 3,000 acres have been burned.  There were no additional flare-ups Sunday night and the fire did not spread further, according to a press release from the 502d Air Base Wing at Joint Base San Antonio…

SAN ANTONIO — Many San Antonians remember the shattered car and home windows and roofs after the hail storm on April 12, 2016 that set records for insurance claims and jammed up the insurance claim filing system for months. The hail storm caused $1.4 billion in insured losses for homes and cars and is considered one of the most expensive in history.  For several weeks after storm, insurance companies had to deal with a massive…

click to enlarge Twitter / @algz_ The Camp Bullis wildfire has burned 2.803 acres on San Antonio’s far North Side since igniting Saturday afternoon. Joint Base San Antonio officials now say far North San Antonio’s Camp Bullis fire is 70% contained, TV  station KENS5 reports. According to the update, there were no additional flare-ups last night, and officials don’t expect further evacuations. The wildfire was ignited Saturday afternoon in an area of JBSA-Camp Bullis used…