Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
810 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD OUT OF NORTH TEXAS
ALONG A LINE FROM NORTH OF BROWNWOOD TO SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO...

LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE IS RAPIDLY INCREASING AND FEEDING NORTHWARD
INTO A SPRING-STORM SYSTEM.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY EXTEND SOUTH-
WARD AND CROSS THE UPPER HIGHLAND LAKES AND CENTRAL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
...LATER TONIGHT.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BECOME MORE ATTENTIVE TO THE ONGOING
WEATHER CHANGES AND KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
910 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN...

AT 9 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...20 MILES WIDE..
EXTENDING FROM BROWNWOOD TO JUST NORTH OF JUNCTION AND DEL RIO.  THE
LINE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD BRING DAMAGEING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES WILL
ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS.  MANY COUNTIES TO THE WEST AND NORTH
OF TRAVIS COUNTY ARE INCLUDED IN A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL
2 AM THIS MONDAY MORNING. IF CONDITIONS PERSIST...THE WATCH MAY BE
DOWNRANGED TO INCLUDE EVEN MORE COUNTIES FURTHER TO THE EAST AND
SOUTH.

INCREASE YOUR ALERT STATUS AND LISTEN FOR LATER SATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATKER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
925 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY...

AT 920 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST
VAL VERDE COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST AND PARTS
OF EAST VAL VERDE COUNTY IN THE ;NEXT HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
950 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HILL COUNTRY COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.  EDWARDS...KENDALL...KERR
AND REAL COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH.

AT 950 PM CDT...HONDO RADAR INDICATED AN ALMOST SOLID LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LOMA ALTA IN EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY
NORTHEASTWARD PAST JUNCTION TO ABILENE.  THIS LINE IS MOVING TOWARD
THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
EDWARDS COUNTY.  HONDO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
LINE OF STORMS ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF ROCKSPRINGS.  THIS STORM
LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.

AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD THIS
EVENING AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS WILL
LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO ADJACENT HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COUNTIES...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LATER BROADCASTS FROM LOCAL
RADIO...TV AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO BEXAR COUNTY AND THE
SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH
OR LARGER DIAMETER HAIL...SURFACE WIND GUSTS ABOVE 58 MPH...qFREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.  IN
ADDITION...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP IN THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.

ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT.