Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
330 PM CST TUE APR 8 1986

...COLD FRONT IN STORE FOR SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT...

AN USUALLY STRONG SPRING COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AT MID AFTERNOON TODAY.  STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30
MILES AN HOUR WERE BEING REPORTED BEHIND THE FRONT..ALONG WITH CLOUDY
SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S.  SHOWERS WERE DEVEOPING
ALONG THE FRONT WHICH STRETCHED FROM NEAR LONGVIEW TO WACO TO SAN
ANGELO AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS AND TO NEAR THE MID TEXAS COAST BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
SOME OF THESE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING HAIL..DAMAGING
WINDS AND BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  MOTORISTS ARE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIONED AGAINST THE THREAT OF LOWERED VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS
DRIVING IN AND AROUND THE HEAVIER STORMS.

WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY AS THE FRONT
PASSES..GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR ALONG THE UPPER COAST
TONIGHT AND ALONG THE MIDDLE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  BOATERS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE ABRUPTLY SHIFTING WINDS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
500 PM CST TUE APR 8 1986

 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING NEAR VAL VERDE COUNTY...

AT 430 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BUILDING TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM
NEAR JUNCTION..IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY..TO 60 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO
AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO
BE BUILDING RAPIDLY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN MEXICO ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DEL RIO.

AT THE PRESENT TIME THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL..HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.
PERSONS IN VAL VERDE COUNTY OF TEXAS SHOULD 9STAY TUNED TO A LOCAL
SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE
SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
615 PM CST TUE APR 8 1986

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR VAL VERDE
COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  THE WATCH AREA IS
ALONG AND 70 STATUE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES WEST OF
HONDO TEXAS TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.  VAL
VERDE COUNTY AND THE DEL RIO LOCAL AREA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
AREA.

AT 600 PM CST AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM NEAR
KERRVILLE TEXAS TO SOUTH OF LANGTRY IN MEXICO.  THE CLOSEST
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEL RIO WAS 10 TO 15 MILES WEST AND WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THE STRONGEST AND MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED IN EDWARDS COUNTY NEAR ROCKSPRINGS AND EAST INTO KERR
COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MEANS HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS NECESSARY OR ISSUED.