Rapidly Weakening Storm Line Pushes Into Wilson County Southeast of San Antonio Thursday Night With Activity Moving Southeast and Expected to Dissipate Shortly
SAN ANTONIO, TX — A storm line that produced active radar returns across the San Antonio metropolitan area is rapidly weakening as it pushes into Wilson County southeast of the city at 11:20 PM Thursday. Live Power Doppler radar captured at 11:15 PM shows the storm complex moving southeast along the Interstate 37 corridor, with red and orange reflectivity returns still present across the Elmendorf, China Grove, and La Vernia areas despite the system’s accelerating weakening trend as it moves away from the metro.
Rapidly Weakening Storm Complex Tracked Southeast Along the I-37 Corridor
The storm line visible on Live Power Doppler radar at 11:15 PM shows the most intense returns concentrated along a north to south oriented band stretching from the China Grove and St. Hedwig area southward through Elmendorf and along the I-37 corridor toward Poteet and Pleasanton. Despite the red and orange reflectivity signatures still present within the storm complex, the rapid weakening trend indicates that the system’s most dangerous and active period has already passed for the San Antonio metropolitan area as the storms push southeast into Wilson County.
Lightning activity is visible within the Elmendorf and La Vernia portions of the storm complex on radar, reflecting the continued but diminishing convective energy within the weakening line as it moves through the sparsely populated corridor southeast of the city.
Wilson County and Floresville Area Face Brief Passage of Weakening Storm Activity
As the storm line pushes southeast into Wilson County, communities including Floresville, Stockdale, and surrounding areas along the Highway 181 and Highway 87 corridors will experience the passage of the weakening but still active storm complex through the late evening hours. The storms are not expected to last much longer as they continue their southeast movement away from the urban core and into the rural Wilson County landscape, with dissipation anticipated before the system reaches the Falls City and Yorktown corridors further to the southeast.
Residents across Wilson County and the Floresville area can expect a brief period of rainfall and possible lightning as the weakening storm complex passes through before conditions improve through the overnight hours.
San Antonio Metro Sees Improving Conditions as Storm Line Exits to the Southeast
With the storm line rapidly weakening and pushing southeast out of the San Antonio metropolitan area, conditions across the city and immediately surrounding communities are expected to improve through the late evening and overnight hours. The exit of this storm system from the metro area brings an end to the most active portion of Thursday evening’s weather event for San Antonio residents, with calm and dry overnight conditions expected to follow as the weakening line dissipates to the southeast.
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