San Antonio braces for potential severe weather in Fiesta's second week

San Antonio braces for potential severe weather in Fiesta's second week

Full frame of a low angle shot of a gray sky with clouds of rain. Pakin Songmor/Getty Images The Night in Old San Antonio grounds are preparing for the weather in the only way they know how — warding it off with help from the long-standing tradition of hanging a rock on a fence. However, it may not be enough to keep away the storms, which have canceled several major Fiesta events, as the San…

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Canyon Lake woman wakes on her birthday to uprooted trees after tornado

Canyon Lake woman wakes on her birthday to uprooted trees after tornado

Late Thursday night, April 20, Ginger Dukes was sitting with her husband on one of their properties, located roughly 3 miles from Startzville, northwest of New Braunfels, listening to the chaos going on just outside the door. At around 10:45 p.m., the couple heard a loud noise. It was too dark to see anything but they could just make out the hail and brush hitting the house — they knew this was more than just…

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Possible tornadoes, golf ball size hail puts damper on Fiesta's first day

Possible tornadoes, golf ball size hail puts damper on Fiesta's first day

National Weather Service is calling for severe weather for Thursday, April 20, for the San Antonio area and parts of the Hill Country. Mohammad Sowaid / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm The first official day of Fiesta celebrations has finally arrived in San Antonio. However, the biggest party in the Alamo City is being threatened by the weather as strong to severe storms potentially move into the area, according to the National Weather Service. San Antonio and most…

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Thunderstorms with large hail, possible tornados head toward Hill Country

Thunderstorms with large hail, possible tornados head toward Hill Country

While San Antonio and parts of the Hill Country may not have seen the predicted thunderstorms on Tuesday, April 4, residents will have time to experience some much needed rainfall starting on Wednesday morning, April 5. The National Weather Service says possible thunderstorms are expected for the area this morning before 10 a.m. and showers through the early afternoon, with wind gusts up to 35 mph, before giving way to some sun through the evening….

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Thunderstorms, hail, possible tornados shift toward the north east

Thunderstorms, hail, possible tornados shift toward the north east

San Antonio faces potential heavy rainfall, severe storms this week David Pinzer Photography/Getty Images As a mild cold front moves into South-Central Texas, San Antonio and parts of the Hill Country could see a few severe thunderstorms Tuesday evening. According to NWS, the storms have the potential to produce damaging winds and large-size hail. While thunderstorms are possible Tuesday, NWS is forecasting rain for Wednesday, April 5, NWS says widespread rainfall over the eastern half…

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Texas Baptist Men sending relief to Mississippi towns decimated by tornado

Texas Baptist Men sending relief to Mississippi towns decimated by tornado

Texas Baptist Men is the third largest volunteer-based disaster relief organization in the U.S. behind the American Red Cross and Salvation Army. SAN ANTONIO — Texas Baptist Men is prepared to deploy crews storm-ravaged communities in the deep south where at least 25 people were killed after tornados ripped through communities across Mississippi and Alabama.   “These folks have worked so hard for their entire lives, just to provide for their children, provide for their…

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Large hail, damaging winds expected in Hill Country heading into weekend

Large hail, damaging winds expected in Hill Country heading into weekend

San Antonio and parts of the Hill Country have not seen the last of the rain as the threat of storms continue to loom over the area. The National Weather Service forecasted a chance for severe storms, affecting the southern Edwards Plateau and will extend into the Hill Country for Thursday, March 23. The predicted storms will start Thursday night around midnight in the Edwards Plateau region and work their way east into the Hill…

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Quarter-sized hail, heavy wind gusts to hit San Antonio, Hill Country Thursday

Quarter-sized hail, heavy wind gusts to hit San Antonio, Hill Country Thursday

San Antonio residents should adjust their priorities heading into Thursday’s severe storms because an umbrella might not be enough to combat the hail more than a quarter in size, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS has been keeping close tabs on the storm brewing as hot as your morning coffee in parts of South-Central Texas and provided a weather update early Wednesday morning. Weather experts are predicting two rounds of storms bringing rain…

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Quarter-sized hail, heavy wind gusts to hit San Antonio area Thursday

Quarter-sized hail, heavy wind gusts to hit San Antonio area Thursday

San Antonio residents should adjust their priorities heading into Thursday’s severe storms because an umbrella might not be enough to combat the hail more than a quarter in size, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS has been keeping close tabs on the storm brewing as hot as your morning coffee in parts of South-Central Texas and provided a weather update early Wednesday morning. Weather experts are predicting two rounds of storms bringing rain…

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Severe San Antonio thunderstorm and winds result in hail storm inside the Alamodome

Severe San Antonio thunderstorm and winds result in hail storm inside the Alamodome

click to enlarge Shutterstock / Felix Mizioznikov City officials said strong blew the ice pellets into air vents on the Alamodome roof. A University Interscholastic League women’s basketball game was postponed Thursday night as winds from a severe thunderstorm in San Antonio caused hail to fall from the Alamodome’s roof onto spectators. With a little more than five minutes to go in the semifinal matchup between the Wagner Thunderbirds and Frisco Liberty Redhawks, hail pellets…

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Severe weather wreaks havoc across Bexar County and surrounding areas

Severe weather wreaks havoc across Bexar County and surrounding areas

Helotes, Shavano Park and Leon Valley reported broken tree limbs and power poles due to thunderstorm wind damage. SAN ANTONIO — After near record-breaking temperatures the past week, a cold front rolled through San Antonio bringing severe weather to the city and surrounding areas. Helotes, Shavano Park and Leon Valley have reported broken tree limbs and broken power poles due to thunderstorm wind damage.  One video in Del Rio shows a high school track meet…

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San Marcos home captures video of devastating hailstorm

San Marcos home captures video of devastating hailstorm

The first storm of the year saw devastating hail falling into Central Texas overnight. In the early morning of Thursday, March 2, a Central Texas resident filmed nearly a minute of the wild hailstorm that rained down on her home.  San Marcos resident Jennifer Pena was one of the many residents that had hail rain down on their homes on Thursday morning. She shared a 59 second long video to social media this morning and…

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Large-sized hail pummels San Antonio-area, Hill Country after severe storms

Large-sized hail pummels San Antonio-area, Hill Country after severe storms

South-Central Texas is preparing for another round of severe storms Thursday after storms producing large-sized hail tore through parts of Texas Wednesday night — Dilley, Texas receiving the brunt of the storm’s force. On Thursday, the National Weather Service increased the risk for hail and has predicted that storm systems could bring hail more than two inches in size starting as early as Thursday afternoon and into the evening in the Hill Country and Austin…

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Heavy winds, tornadoes, hail forecasted for San Antonio, Hill Country

Heavy winds, tornadoes, hail forecasted for San Antonio, Hill Country

News // Weather NWS says the weather will arrive Thursday afternoon. Catherine Wilson, mySanAntonio.com March 1, 2023Updated: March 1, 2023 3:48 p.m. Extreme weather, a multi vortex tornado touches down in the same field as the photographer. Very dramatic weather photograph taken near Patricia in TX, USA. john finney photography/Getty Images On Thursday, March 2 residents in the South-Central Texas regions, which include San Antonio and parts of the Texas Hill Country, could see heavy wind gusts…

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‘Everybody is good’ | Cibolo man rushes to help family after Deer Park tornado

‘Everybody is good’ | Cibolo man rushes to help family after Deer Park tornado

The home is where his father and two sister reside. SAN ANTONIO — Devastation in Texas. A massive clean-up is underway as several communities were hit hard by a tornado near Houston. A Cibolo man has family who hunkered down to survive in Deer Park. This is an area hit hard by the tornado officials says looks like was an EF3 with the wind speed of up to a 140 miles per hour. Fermin Munoz…

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