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By Taylor Pettaway, mySA.com / San Antonio Express-News Published 6:59 am CDT, Thursday, May 14, 2020 The rest of the week will be a wet one as more severe storms are expected for San Antonio. The rest of the week will be a wet one as more severe storms are expected for San Antonio. Photo: National Weather Service Photo: National Weather Service Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 The rest of…

SAN ANTONIO — A Tornado Watch remains in place for Bexar County and surrounding areas until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Rain continues to come down in some parts of the region, mostly to the north of the city.  A Tornado Warning for the Boerne region expired earlier in the morning. That cell headed to the Austin region, where our sister station says a tornado touched down in Bastrop County.  Tuesday’s weather didn’t seem to knock out power…

SAN ANTONIO — A Tornado Warning is in effect for Comal County until 1 p.m. Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Tornado Watch remains in place for Bexar County and surrounding areas until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Rain continues to come down in some parts of the region, mostly to the north of the city.  A Tornado Warning for the Boerne region expired earlier in the morning. That cell headed to the Austin region, where our sister station says…

SAN ANTONIO — The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for portions of Kendall, Bexar and Comal counties that is currently set to expire at 11:15 a.m. The NWS says a “severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado” appeared near Boerne and moving east at 20 mph around 10:50 a.m. If you live in the shaded area below, you are advised to take shelter immediately. 

By Taylor Pettaway, mySA.com / San Antonio Express-News Updated 10:57 am CDT, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms are expected for San Antonio Tuesday afternoon into the evening, the National Weather Service said. Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms are expected for San Antonio Tuesday afternoon into the evening, the National Weather Service said. Photo: National Weather Service Photo: National Weather Service Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 Heavy…

SAN ANTONIO — Hurricane season is less than a month away and on this edition of ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Learning’ we talked about hurricane structure and what steers the storms. The structure of a hurricane can tell us a lot about the health of the storm. If a storm is strong and healthy, it will often have a well-defined eye. Other features that hurricanes have can be seen from satellite imagery. A strong…

SAN ANTONIO — We continued our Tropical Tuesday segments on Cloudy with a Chance of Learning this week, talking more about the world famous Hurricane Hunters. There are two groups that fly into hurricanes each year, working to gather data in where it is typically harder to get it. Over the United States we have a good amount of sites that gather information about the weather, but across our oceans there aren’t as many buoys…

SAN ANTONIO — For tonight into Wednesday morning, strong to severe storms are expected to move through Texas with the higher chance for severe weather occurring in northeastern parts of the state. South Texas’ risk for severe weather will be more into the Wednesday morning time frame with a marginal risk for severe weather, or a level one out of five. While our chance for seeing severe storms is much lower than our friends in…

KENS 5 witnessed an assembly line of storm victims roll in and out of a Progressive Insurance claim center on Wednesday morning. Some cars had tarp-covered windows and sunroofs, dimpled doors, and shattered windshields. Tania Cuellar was one of the Helotes storm victims who took her car in first thing in the morning. “It was baseball size,” Cuellar said. “Every back window in my home is shattered and the sunroof of my vehicle. It was…

At least one Tornado touched down in Gillespie County and Del Rio was battered by baseball-size hail, but San Antonio was spared any severe weather Easter Sunday. Brett Williams, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the tornado was confirmed via radar at about 4:45 a.m. just southeast of Willow City, about 85 miles north of San Antonio. “We were able to see from radar data what would be debris,” Williams said about detecting the vortex….

The San Antonio area could face severe thunderstorms on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The San Antonio area could face severe thunderstorms on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Photo: National Weather Service Photo: National Weather Service Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 The San Antonio area could face severe thunderstorms on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The San Antonio area could face severe thunderstorms…

SAN ANTONIO — Severe weather can occur often in South Texas, especially during the spring months. When severe weather threatens the area, it is important to know what risks a storm can bring and what you should do to stay safe. One of the most important things to know is where you are located on a map, so when a watch or warning is put into place, you can identify if you are at risk….

By Taylor Pettaway, mySA.com / San Antonio Express-News Updated 7:12 am CST, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for San Antonio as the city gets pounded with rain Wednesday morning. The watch is in effect until 8 a.m., and may bring pockets of heavy rainfall and flooding in the area. Winds up to 40 miles per hour, pea-sized hail and even an isolated tornado are also possible as…

Editor’s Note: Jade Esteban Estrada is the writer of Glitter Political, a series of articles detailing San Antonio’s political scene. It’s a rainy Friday morning when I meet Texas State Rep. Roland Gutierrez in his Southwest campaign office. He’s just returned from a trip to Colorado, where he continues his research on cannabis legalization, a primary issue of his second campaign for Texas Senate.…