South Central Texas faces tornado warning as Kens 5 Weather tracks storms

kens 5 weather reported severe storms moving through South Central Texas, with a tornado warning in parts of Atascosa County and Bexar County until 10:30 p.m. A flash flood warning was in effect for the area until 1:15 a.m., while a flood watch remained in place for San Antonio and the Hill Country through Wednesday morning.

Large hail and damaging winds were the main severe weather concerns. The area was also under a Level 1 to 2 out of 5 severe storm outlook for strong winds and hail, with widespread storms expected to move across late in the evening into the overnight.

Bexar County warning timeline

In Bexar County, the tornado warning ran until 10:30 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch there stayed valid until 6 a.m. Wednesday, while a separate severe thunderstorm watch from Medina County west to Val Verde County was set to last until 9 p.m.

The forecast called for variably cloudy skies, a 30% chance of afternoon rain and an 80% chance of rain at night. Today’s high temperatures were forecast at 86 to 90 degrees, with southeast winds at 7 to 14 mph.

San Antonio and the Hill Country

The flood watch covered San Antonio and the Hill Country, west along Hwy 90 to Del Rio, through Wednesday morning. Wednesday’s forecast called for variably cloudy skies, a 40% chance of rain, high temperatures of 81 to 85 degrees and southeast winds at 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday’s forecast called for partly sunny skies, a 20% chance of rain, high temperatures of 86 to 90 degrees and east-southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. For readers in the warned areas, the immediate concern is the short window between the tornado warning, the overnight flash flood warning and the longer flood watch that extends into Wednesday morning.