{"id":249628,"date":"2026-04-14T18:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249628\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:46:32","slug":"austin-weather-intense-storms-in-west-texas-could-make-it-to-hill-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249628\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin weather: Intense storms in West Texas could make it to Hill Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bqizl1eoif2nl4ce.jpg\" alt=\"Austin weather: Warm, breezy and humid\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; We will be on storm watch tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meteo-temp-trend-24-hrs-skyline.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">More of the same today with a cloud\/sun mix, warm, humid and breezy conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Highs heading for the 80s with wind gusts of 15 to 25 mph.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/area-rain-chances2-2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The West Texas dryline will be the storm machine. This is where the Gulf moisture meets up with dry air coming off the mountains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">As the two different air masses collide the air will be forced up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explainer-dryline.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The heating of the day and upper low will provide even stronger lift to generate numerous and more intense storms in West Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">There is a chance a few of the storms will survive their journey away from the dryline and reach the Hill Country starting this evening and overnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fisher-severe2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">By the time they enter Central Texas, most of the storms will drop below severe limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The highest threat of severe weather remains west of the Hill Country.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Could we get redevelopment with the storms late on Wednesday?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The jury is still out because not all the models agree, so we will have to play the wait and see game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/explainer-dryline2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The next game-changers will be a stronger Western Low and a cold front with bite to it entering the picture this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Expecting increasing rain chances on Saturday followed by a cooler and drier breeze the rest of the weekend.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Track your local forecast for the Austin area quickly with the free <a href=\"https:\/\/fox7austin.onelink.me\/ObBw?pid=Web&amp;c=in_article&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fox7austin.com%2Fapps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FOX 7 WAPP<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The design gives you radar, hourly, and 7-day weather information just by scrolling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Our weather alerts will warn you early and help you stay safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from meteorologist Zack Shields.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; We will be on storm watch tonight.\u00a0 Local perspective: More of the same today with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,394,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-249628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}