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Follow KENS 5 on-air and online for breaking severe weather coverage. Get the KENS 5 app for alerts when severe weather threatens South Texas. A Tornado Warning was issued for northwestern Bexar County including Alamo Heights, Leon Valley, and Helotes until 8:30 p.m.  A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Bexar County, Kerr County and Comal County until 9:00 p.m. As storms move through south Texas, much of the region, including San Antonio, is…

Follow KENS 5 on-air and online for breaking severe weather coverage. Get the KENS 5 app for alerts when severe weather threatens South Texas. A tornado warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for parts of Bandera and Medina Counties until 8:15 pm. There is also a Tornado Warning issued for parts of Pearsall by the National Weather Service. As storms move through south Texas, much of the region, including San Antonio, is…

By Teresa Velasco, mySA.com / San Antonio Express-News Published 3:41 pm CDT, Sunday, May 24, 2020 San Antonio will continue to stay in an active weather pattern over the next couple of days. San Antonio will continue to stay in an active weather pattern over the next couple of days. Photo: Courtesy NWS Photo: Courtesy NWS Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Image 1 of 5 San Antonio will continue to stay in an active…

By Teresa Velasco, mySA.com / San Antonio Express-News Updated 3:28 pm CDT, Saturday, May 23, 2020 San Antonio can expect to see heavy rainfall with the potential for localized flooding through Tuesday. San Antonio can expect to see heavy rainfall with the potential for localized flooding through Tuesday. Photo: Courtesy NWS Photo: Courtesy NWS Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 San Antonio can expect to see heavy rainfall with the potential…

On this episode of ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Learning’ we talk about Tropical Storm Arthur, which formed in the Atlantic Basin over the weekend. SAN ANTONIO — Hurricane season doesn’t begin until June 1, but we have already had the first named storm of the season. Tropical Storm Arthur formed Saturday night off of the coast of Florida and moved to the north, brushing along the North Carolina coast before curving off into the…

By Taylor Pettaway, mySA.com / San Antonio Express-News Published 6:59 am CDT, Thursday, May 14, 2020 The rest of the week will be a wet one as more severe storms are expected for San Antonio. The rest of the week will be a wet one as more severe storms are expected for San Antonio. Photo: National Weather Service Photo: National Weather Service Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 The rest of…

SAN ANTONIO — A Tornado Watch remains in place for Bexar County and surrounding areas until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Rain continues to come down in some parts of the region, mostly to the north of the city.  A Tornado Warning for the Boerne region expired earlier in the morning. That cell headed to the Austin region, where our sister station says a tornado touched down in Bastrop County.  Tuesday’s weather didn’t seem to knock out power…

SAN ANTONIO — A Tornado Warning is in effect for Comal County until 1 p.m. Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Tornado Watch remains in place for Bexar County and surrounding areas until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Rain continues to come down in some parts of the region, mostly to the north of the city.  A Tornado Warning for the Boerne region expired earlier in the morning. That cell headed to the Austin region, where our sister station says…

SAN ANTONIO — The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for portions of Kendall, Bexar and Comal counties that is currently set to expire at 11:15 a.m. The NWS says a “severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado” appeared near Boerne and moving east at 20 mph around 10:50 a.m. If you live in the shaded area below, you are advised to take shelter immediately. 

By Taylor Pettaway, mySA.com / San Antonio Express-News Updated 10:57 am CDT, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms are expected for San Antonio Tuesday afternoon into the evening, the National Weather Service said. Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms are expected for San Antonio Tuesday afternoon into the evening, the National Weather Service said. Photo: National Weather Service Photo: National Weather Service Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 Heavy…

SAN ANTONIO — Hurricane season is less than a month away and on this edition of ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Learning’ we talked about hurricane structure and what steers the storms. The structure of a hurricane can tell us a lot about the health of the storm. If a storm is strong and healthy, it will often have a well-defined eye. Other features that hurricanes have can be seen from satellite imagery. A strong…

SAN ANTONIO — We continued our Tropical Tuesday segments on Cloudy with a Chance of Learning this week, talking more about the world famous Hurricane Hunters. There are two groups that fly into hurricanes each year, working to gather data in where it is typically harder to get it. Over the United States we have a good amount of sites that gather information about the weather, but across our oceans there aren’t as many buoys…

SAN ANTONIO — For tonight into Wednesday morning, strong to severe storms are expected to move through Texas with the higher chance for severe weather occurring in northeastern parts of the state. South Texas’ risk for severe weather will be more into the Wednesday morning time frame with a marginal risk for severe weather, or a level one out of five. While our chance for seeing severe storms is much lower than our friends in…

KENS 5 witnessed an assembly line of storm victims roll in and out of a Progressive Insurance claim center on Wednesday morning. Some cars had tarp-covered windows and sunroofs, dimpled doors, and shattered windshields. Tania Cuellar was one of the Helotes storm victims who took her car in first thing in the morning. “It was baseball size,” Cuellar said. “Every back window in my home is shattered and the sunroof of my vehicle. It was…