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San Antonio braces for potential severe threat of weather and cool front. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Residents of the Bexar County area may want to think twice before hitting the roads this afternoon on Monday, April 25. As of this writing, there is a marginal risk for isolated strong to severe storms, according to the National Weather Service.  “We have a cold front moving across our area as we speak, and as the frontal boundary pushes…

A tornado with a maximum wind speed of around 165 miles per hour hit Bell County and into the Salado area on Tuesday, April 12. Survey teams have confirmed it was a high-end EF-3 tornado, according to the National Weather Service. In Texas, the powerful tornado in Bell County – northeast of Austin – injured 23 people and damaged 61 homes and two churches, County Judge David Blackburn said Wednesday, April 13 during a news…

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…

Steven Santana April 11, 2022 Several fire crews are working an active brush fire at JBSA Camp Bullis on Sunday afternoon. Caroline Tien/Staff A wildfire in a demolition training area at Joint Base Camp Bullis that started over the weekend has now burned close to 3,000 acres. The Texas A&M Forest Service reported Sunday, April 10, that the wildfire, referred to as the Training Area 23 fire, was 50% contained and had burned 2,803 acres….

Large hail and damaging winds possible in San Antonio area. Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images While weather conditions remained mostly optimal throughout Fiesta, there is now some potential for storms. Following thunderstorms in San Antonio the night of Sunday, April 10, the National Weather Service issued notice of potential severe weather across Central Texas on the morning of Monday, April 11. While the potential for severe storms in San Antonio is marginal, if they do form,…

Multiple fire departments and the Texas A&M Forest Service are working to contain a brush fire that more than doubled in size overnight in a demolition range area at Joint Base San Antonio’s Camp Bullis.  The fire began Saturday. At about 2:30 p.m., the Texas A&M Forest Service announced it was responding to a 1,500-acre fire. Fire departments across Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) and those of Leon Creek, Bulverde and Shavano Park have since…

As of late last month, San Antonio is once again in drought — a familiar reality for those who live in South Texas. With continued dry weather in the forecast, officials expect to issue further water restrictions in the coming weeks. Amid historically dry spring conditions, rashes of wildfires have scorched their way across the state, including the Das Goat Fire, which burned more than 1,000 acres before it was extinguished April 2 just west…

A cold front that is blowing in mid-week brought severe thunderstorms to the North Texas area. One tornado overturned a semi-truck at a gas station. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Just when we thought we were done with tornado videos. A storm chaser video shows multiple vehicles getting flipped, including an 18-wheeler truck, as a tornado moved through North Texas overnight on Monday, April 4. Severe thunderstorms ripped through North Texas counties Monday night, producing a tornado…

Mike Villarreal had to leave work early this week because his eyes felt so dry it seemed they would fall from his head. “It’s the feeling of having a head cold that’s concentrated in the back of your eyes,” said the Southtown resident who often walks or bikes along the San Antonio River. The founder and director of UTSA’s Urban Education Institute said he can usually power through to have a productive day, but lately…

The Das Goat fire in Medina County remained active Thursday but was almost fully contained, and residents were able to return to their homes Wednesday, a county official said. The blaze started by a burning vehicle last Friday has burned more than 1,000 acres across Medina County, county emergency manager Keith Lutz said. The fire was 95% contained as of Thursday morning, and with electricity and water restored to, all residents were able to return…