Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
645 AM CDT MON MAY 4 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THIS MONDAY
MORNING FOR HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES...

AT 640 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ALONG A LINE  FROM AUSTIN TO SAN MARCOS
TO SAN ANTONIO. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATED FROM NORTH OF WACO TO
TEMPLE TO AUSTIN...GENERALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 35.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO LISTERN FOR THE
L}ATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
800 AM CDT MON MAY 4 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THIS MONDAY
MORNING FOR HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES...

AT 750 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING BETWEEN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND SAN MARCOS AND
EAST OF AUSTIN FROM ELGIN TO BASTROP. AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN
AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INDICATED FROM EAST WACO TO GEORGETOWN TO
AUSTIN TO SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THIS AREA EXTENDS EASTWARD TO NEAR
HOUSTON. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS
OFFICE.

MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO LISTERN FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
800 AM CDT MON MAY 2 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 AM...

WHAT STARTED AS TWO INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS
COUTIES BLOSSOMED INTO A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS PRODUCED HAIL. MOST HAD BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH AMOUNTS UP
TO TWO INCHES IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. ONE THUNDERSTORM THAT PASSED OVER
THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT THIS MORNING GAVE A WIND GUST OF 55 MPH.

THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM MAVERICK COUNTY ALONG
THE RIO GRANDE NORTHEAST TO BEYOND AUSTIN.THIS LINE HAS WEAKENED DURING
THE MORNING BUT ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP
ALONG THE WESTERN END OF THIS LINE.

ALL OF THIS MUCH NEEDED RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVING EAST THROUGH TEXAS. MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TUESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL TV STATION FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON ANY WEATHER THAT CAN AFFECT YOU.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
850 AM CDT MON MAY 2 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS UNTIL 11 AM...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ZAVALA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

STORMS THAT PRODUCED HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING CONTINUED AT 845 AM EAST OF A LINE FROM
AUSTIN TO FLORESVILLE...PEARSALL AND CRYSTAL CITY.  THE STORMS CONTINUED
TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST EAST OF
FRIO TOWN IN NORTHERN FRIO COUNTY ABOUT 830 AM THIS MORNING.  ALTHOUGH
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR OVER SOUYH
CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE PAST HOUR...THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL VERY STRONG.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE MORE
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS.  BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO EXPECTED
WITH THE STORMS...AS WELL AS VERY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE RAIN IS ENDING AND CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE OVER THE HILL
COUNTRY AT THIS TIME...INDICATING THE END TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER IS CLOSE FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
900 AM CDT MON MAY 4 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HAYS AND
CALDWELL COUNTIES.

AT 855 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD
LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEBBED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CORSICANA
TO AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO CRYSTAL CITY IN ZAVALA COUNTY.
THE STRONGEST )THUNDERSTORM INDICATED NEAR BRENHAN IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY.  THIS STORM BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST 20 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
930 AM CDT MON MAY 4 1987

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ALONG AND NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM SEGUIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO HONDO...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 AM...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED OVER
THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS AT 925 AM THIS MORNING.  ALTHOUGH
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR...THE POTENTIAL FOR
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.  THE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FROM GONZALES TO PEARSALL TO CARRIZO
SPRINGS.  IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND VERY DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THESE STORMS.

THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH
AREA.