Storms are brewing over Texas just as the week comes to a close. Now, the National Weather Service is warning that storms are on the horizon for San Antonio, but all the action should hit after the Fiesta San Antonio parade has wrapped up and folks are again crowding the highways.
A large system is sweeping Texas late this week. It’s brought severe weather threats to nearly every major metro across the state, and San Antonio will soon join those ranks. Forecasters have growing confidence in rain odds in the Alamo City, and across the Texas Hill Country, Friday, April 24. And they’re saying any storms that develop have the potential to become severe.
“A strong cap should be in place for much of the day, but there is some guidance that erode the cap just enough ahead of the dryline for one or two isolated thunderstorms to develop,” the NWS Austin-San Antonio office warns. “With strong instability and moderate shear available to any thunderstorms that can form, storms could quickly become strong to severe with large hail, damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours the main hazards.”…