Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
600 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...STRONG COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJOING
   AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT
CAUSING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER WEATHER.  THE FRONT..NOW
LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF MIDLAND TO ABILENE TO NEAR DALLS IS MOVING
SOUTH NEAR 20 MPH AND SHOULD ENTER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE TO NEAR THE COAST BY SUNDAY MORNING.  THE FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO AREA THIS EVENING.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ALONG AND JUST SOUTH
OF THE COLD FRONT AND WILL ALSO MOVE SOUTH.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY
UNSTABLE AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE.

ANYONE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY OR TONIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.  BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FAST
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MIGHT CATCH THEM IN THE OPEN WATER.
WINDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE QUITE STRONG AND GUSTY
AND CAPABLE OF CAPSIZING SMALL BOATS.  CAMPERS..PICNICKERS AND
SWIMMERS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE FROM THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH TONIGHT
BUT INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY.  WINDS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST
WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS.

THE WEATHER WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT.  TEMPERATURES
AT AMARILLO THIS MORNING WERE IN THE MID 40S WITH NORTH WINDS
GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH.   LIGHT SNOW ALSO FELL OVER SOUTHEAST
COLORADO DURING THE NIGHT.

THE COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT LOWERING
TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 50S.  READINGS SUNDAY OVER THE
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJOINING AREAS SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER
70S WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS.

THE COOL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK WITH
A WARMING TREND BEGINNING BY MID WEEK.