Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
315 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY.  AT 315 AM THIS MORNING THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NEAR ROCKSPRINGS..THROUGH NORTHERN REAL COUNTY..INTO NORTHERN
KERR COUNTY.   THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAUSING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERS ATASCOSA..WILSON AND GONZALES
COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND MAY
BE CAUSING LOW WATER CROSSINGS TO FLOOD IN THESE COUNTIES.  MOTORISTS
DRIVING THROUGH ATASCOSA..WILSON AND GONZALES COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING
ABOUT SUNRISE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
4 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

JUST BEFORE 4 AM RADAR IDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER GILLESPIE
BLANCO WILLIAMSON AND HAYS COUNTIES MOVING EASTWARD AT NEAR 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD FOR THE NEXT
HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE CITY OF
AUSTIN NEAR 5AM.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW LYING AREAS
WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
5 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...AT 5 AM THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AUSTIN AREA..
AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY...

RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS FROM SOUTH OF TEMPLE
TO SAN MARCOS AND WEST TO FREDERICKSBURG. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS
EXTEND FROM LAKE TRAVIS TO NEAR SAN MARCOS AND ARE MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY EMS IN ELGIN.. BUT DUE TO THE RAPID
MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THE STORMS
WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW LYING AREAS
WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
510 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND NORTHEAST
OF SAN ANTONIO AT 510 AM THIS MORNING MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN BANDERA..KENDALL..KERR..
AND COMAL COUNTIES AFT 510 AM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAUSING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

LOW WATER CROSSINGS COULD BE FLOODED WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN..
THEREFORE MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS
CAUSING ANOTHER HAZARD TO DRIVING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
610 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

AT 610 AM RADAR SHOWS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS FROM
SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN TO LAKE TRAVIS.. JOHNSON CITY AND SOUTH TO BLANCO.
ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM TAYLOR AND ELGIN TO
SMITHVILLE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

RAINFALL AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT HAS TOTALED .37 INCH THIS MORNING.
AN ADDITIONAL .11 INCH FELL LAST NIGHT FOR A 12 HOUR TOTAL OF NEARLY
1/2 INCH (.48).

MORE THUNDER SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN AREA
BETWEEN 630 AND 800 AM THIS MORNING.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS
WHERE HeEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
700 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

AT 700 AM RADAR SHOWS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE
AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM ELGIN TO
AUSTIN TO KYLE.. AND OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE COLLEGE
STATION AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

RAINFALL AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT HAS TOTALED 1.22 SINCE MIDNIGHT.
PEA SIZE HAIL WA>S REPORTED AT CEDAR PARK. AND MOTHBALL HAIL
AT BEE CAVE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OUT OF THE AUSTIN AREA BY 8 AM THIS MORNING.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND
AT LOW AREAS IN THE URBAN AREAS.