Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

May 17, 1986, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1986, 4:15 PM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lavaca County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
320 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

TEXAS...LAVACA

AT 318 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAVACA COUNTY..MOVING TOWARDS THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
  IMMEDIATELY AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
  TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
  WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
115 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOUTH TEXAS...

DUE TO THE NUMEROUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING..SUCH AS THE SWC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
IN COLLEGE STATION..THE SWC TRACK & FIELD MEET IN HOUSTON..AND THE STATE
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD MEET IN AUSTIN..AMONG OTHERS..THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO ALERT ALL WHO PLAN TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE
EVENTS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH EXISTS FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING..AND MAY BE EXTENDED FURTHER INTO THE NIGHT-
TIME HOURS.  THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF AUSTIN..SAN ANTONIO..HOUSTON AND
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THE STORMS NOW
APPROACHING AUSTIN AND WACO.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION.

PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS
FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS..FORECASTS AND B:ULLETINS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY ON SHORT
NOTICE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.