Hays storm history

A man's car was swept off the road due to fast moving water at the 3300 block of Bell Springs road. The man's body was recovered the following day after the water had receded.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Rainfall totals of 10 to 13 inches were reported upstream in southern Blanco County and all of this water entered the Blanco River and Little Blanco River. The Fischer Store Rd. bridge over the Blanco River was destroy…

Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell across northwest Hays county with the heaviest rainfall observed near Henley. Flash flooding closed FM12, FM165, and FM150. A man was traveling northward in his truck toward Dripping Springs when it was swept into Onion Creek. He was unable to …

The Blanco River rose to above bankfull stage late on the evening of November 14, but remained below flood stage. Two people attempted to drive through a low water crossing on Post Oak Road where the Blanco River crosses just south of Kyle. The car was swept into the river and wa…

As rainfall continued into the mid morning period, totals began to approach 3 inches by mid morning. Flash flooding developed across Hays County near 1000 CST. Flash flooding was widespread across the county, with the worst problems in the Wimberley area. Two cars were washed off…

A thunderstorm produced three inch diameter hail south of Dripping Springs. As of this writing there is no official estimate of monetary loss due to the hail across Hays County including Dripping Springs and the Wimberley area. Will go with an initial 10 million dollars and this …

Freezing rain began around 1 PM on January 30 and continued off and on through February 2. By 5:15 PM on January 30 an eighth of an inch of ice had accumulated in Dripping Springs. By the end of the event 0.5' of ice had accumulated in Dripping Springs, 0.38' in Wimberley and Dri…

Massive flooding occurred along and just west of Interstate 35 on the morning of October 30th as a supercell thunderstorm merged with another line of storms. Torrential rains with rain rates of 7+ inches per hour caused massive runoff and quickly flooded the Blanco River, Onion C…

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding in Kyle and San Marcos. The majority of the flooding was along the Blanco and San Marcos Rivers. A massive floodwave came down the Blanco River from Wimberley. Huge amounts of debris came with the flood waters. Four peo…

The Pedernales Bend Wildfire started in Travis County on September 4 behind Tropical Storm Lee and a cold front that brought strong northerly winds. The peak wind at Austin Bergstrom International Airport was 36 mph. The fire burned into Hays County and eventually consumed 6500 a…

The team began the survey along IH-35 near Center Point Road. They noted widespread damage to trees and vegetation beginning near that point and continuing northward to the San Marcos Tanger Outlet Mall and Prime Time Outlet Mall. The damage was caused by a combination of large h…

A line of thunderstorms formed along a cold front in central Texas and moved quickly southward. As the storms moved through Hays County, they produced a downburst that struck the town of San Marcos and spread southeastward into Caldwell County. An NWS Storm Survey Team reported n…

Thunderstorms produced widespread large hail, accompanied by damaging winds that knocked down tree limbs, stripped leaves from trees and knocked out power and telephone communications to San Marcos for several hours. The hailstones broke windows in homes and school as well as Sou…

Most of South-Central Texas outside of the Hill Country received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month. This led to worsening drought conditions in 13 counties and unchanged conditions in 11. De Witt and Lee Counties had the largest changes from Moderate (D1) Dro…

Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than normal precipitation during November. Most of the area saw less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought in some locations and maintained it most other places. However, Fayette and Gonzales Counties received enough rain to…

October rainfall was less than 50% of normal across most of South-Central Texas and drought conditions worsened in four counties. Fayette and Gonzales Counties changed from Severe (D2) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought while Dimmit and Lavaca went from Moderate (D1) Drough…

September rainfall was less than 50% of normal across most of South-Central Texas and drought conditions worsened in most counties. De Witt and Fayette Counties saw the worst change from no drought to Severe (D2) Drought category. Bastrop, Gonzales, Hays, and Travis Counties went…

Nearly all of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in July. A large part of the area had four to six times normal. The drought improved in nearly every county. Kerr County improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to no drought. Gillespie County improved from …

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain leading to flash flooding. Multiple low water crossings were reported closed around Wimberley.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain leading to flash flooding. Cottonwood Creek flooded a low water crossing on Old Bastrop Hwy near Capistrano Dr.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain leading to flash flooding. York Creek overflowed closing York Creek Rd. west of Zorn.

A large portion of the eastern half of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in June. This led to drought improvement in a number of counties and no change in all of the others. Atascosa, Bexar, and Kendall improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to Extreme (…

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew down trees and caused power outages in San Marcos.

A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail north of the San Marcos Regional Airport.

A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail near Simon Middle School in Kyle.

A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail near Uhland.

A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail in Uhland.

A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Uhland.

Most of South-Central Texas received above normal precipitation during the month. Some places had two to three times their normal. As a result, drought conditions improved in most of our counties and remained the same everywhere else. Blanco, Frio, Gillespie, Kinney, Maverick, Re…

Most of South-Central Texas had near to below normal precipitation in April, and the drought mostly was unchanged or worsened. Only Burnet, Lavaca, and Williamson Counties improved from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Severe (D2) Drought. Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, and…

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Kyle.

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Kyle.

A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail south of Buda.

A thunderstorm produced pea to quarter size hail south-southwest of San Marcos.

Most of South-Central Texas had another month of near to below normal precipitation, and the drought worsened or remained the same. Wilson County saw the biggest change from Severe (D2) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Frio, Gillespi…

Another dry month led to worsening drought conditions for South-Central Texas. Most of the region saw 50% or less of normal precipitation in February. Medina County went from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Frio, Maverick, Real, and Zavala cou…

Snow started falling during the evening on the 20th. Total accumulations ranged from 0.5 to 1.0 around the county. CoCoRaHS observers reported 0.6 to 1.0 in Wimberley, 0.5 to 0.75 in San Marcos, 0.8 in Woodcreek, 0.7 in Henly and 0.6 in Buda.

Most of South-Central Texas had below normal precipitation again in January and the drought remained unchanged or worsened. Blanco and Gillespie Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought. Kerr and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) Drought c…

Most of South-Central Texas had another month of below normal precipitation, and the drought was unchanged. Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall, Medina, and Travis Counties remained in Extreme (D3) Drought category. Atascosa, Caldwell, Frio, Guadalupe, Kerr, Real, Uvalde, Willia…

Most of South-Central Texas received less than normal rainfall during the month, and the drought worsened or was unchanged. Fayette, Karnes, and Zavala Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) drought category to Severe (D2) drought. Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall, Medina, and …

Nearly all of South-Central Texas had less than 10% of normal rainfall in October, and the drought worsened. Hays County saw the worst change from Abnormally Dry (D0) category to Extreme (D3) drought category. Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Medina, and Travis Counties went from Moderate …

A strong upper-level ridge settled over Texas allowing temperatures to soar above 105 degrees on the 20th. These excessive temperatures continued on the 21st and 22nd. High temperatures reached 107 degrees at Burnet, Pleasanton, New Braunfels, and Horseshoe Bay on the 20th. On th…