Tornado Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

SOME AREAS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER..THIS INCLUDES VAL VERDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES OF
TEXAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH DOES CONTINUE EAST OF A KERRVILLE TO CRYSTAL CITY
LINE UNTIL 7 PM..ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS ALONG AND 50 STATUE MILES
EITHER SIDE O9F A LINE FORM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAREDO TEXAS TO
20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10
PM.

NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREA AS OF 330 PM CDT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR EXPIRED FOR
TRAVIS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

JUST BEFORE 5 PM..RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE MOVING
INTO THE COASTAL PLAINS..BETWEEN HOUSTON..VICTORIA AND TO SOUTH OF
SAN ANTONIO.  MOST OF THE RAINS HAD ENDED WEST OF A WACO..AUSTIN AND
SAN ANTONIO LINE.

MANY OF THE HIGHLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS zIN AND AROUND TRAVIS COUNTY MAY
BE SLOW TO DRAIN BACK TO PASSABLE LEVELS, BUT ADDITIONAL FLASH
FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY AT THE PRESENT TIME.