Strong storms developed across parts of the area on Saturday afternoon... a few were severe with high winds and hail. Here is an overview of the storm damage from the National Weather Service...

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
820 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0516 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE ELGIN              30.38N  97.34W
08/22/2009                   BASTROP            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO
            HOME AND KNOCKED OVER SEVERAL TREES.

0516 PM     HAIL             3 NE ELGIN              30.38N  97.34W
08/22/2009  E1.00 INCH       BASTROP            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO
            HOME AND KNOCKED OVER SEVERAL TREES.

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     N BASTROP               30.11N  97.31W
08/22/2009                   BASTROP            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN IN THE CITY OF BASTROP.

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E GARFIELD            30.19N  97.48W
08/22/2009                   BASTROP            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A BARN WAS DESTROYED ON HIGHWAY 71 EAST OF THE AUSTIN
            BERGSTROM AIRPORT.

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW LIBERTY HILL      30.64N  97.98W
08/22/2009                   WILLIAMSON         TX   PUBLIC

            HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS KNOCK OVER SOME HIGHWAY
            SIGNS.

0715 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 N BRIGGS              30.94N  97.92W
08/22/2009  E3.00 INCH       BURNET             TX   PUBLIC

            HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGH WINDS.


With a weak front still in the area, and temperatures soaring to near 100 again today, it is
possible to see a few storms reach severe levels this Sunday afternoon. It will be hard to
pinpoint who gets the storms, but they should be fairly isolated. Showers and storms 
should be gone by 9pm tonight.

The week ahead looks mostly dry with temperatures near 100. A cold front will arrive in
Texas next weekend. This front may bring our area a slight chance of rain, and some 
slightly cooler temperatures.

Scott Prinsen