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

May 20, 1988Real County, Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1988, 9:37 PM CDT for Real County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 1988, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 1988, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The radar

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

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
345 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 1988

TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT... AND BETWEEN THEM
THEY COVER ALL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WATCHES WILL REMAIN
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

WEATHER RADAR AT AUSTIN INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE HILL COUNTRY. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WEST OF GEORGETOWN... NEAR LIBERTY HILL TO A LITTLE
EAST TO JOHNSON CITY TO NEAR BLANCO AND COMFORT. THE MOST INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM IS JUST EAST OF JOHNSON CITY NEAR PEDERNALES FALLS
STATE PARK.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
Local storm report, May 20, 4:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
405 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 1988

TIME CDT       EVENT

 920 AM    PUBLIC REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES
            WEST OF HUNT IN KERR COUNTY
 940 AM    DPS REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN 10 WEST OF HUNT
            IN KERR COUNTY
1035 AM    DPS REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR HUNT IN KERR COUNTY
1042 AM    KERR COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS HEAVY RAIN AND
            HIAL NEAR INGRAM...HAIL SIZE NOT INDICATED
1110 AM    KERRVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENTS REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
            IN KERRVILLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN
 145 PM    COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN NORTHERN REAL COUNTY REPORTED ONE
            INCH HAIL AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
 152 PM    OBSERVER REPORTED IN NORTHEAST REAL COUNTY REPORTED PEA
            SIZE HAIL AND THREE QUARTERS INCHES OF RAIN.
 232 PM    PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL NEAR MEDINA
            IN BANDERA C OUNTY.
 245 PM    PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
            NEAR MEDINA IN BANDERA COUNTY.
Special weather statement, May 20, 4:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 1988

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND
SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS.  THE WATCH INCLUDES THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN
AREA.

AT 425 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL...WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN ROCKSPRINGS...KERRVILLE...AND
FREDERICKSBURG.   MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
SCATTERED ALONG A 75 MILE WIDE AREA...EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTH
OF DEL RIO...NORTHEAST...TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN.

REMEMBER....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FEOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 20, 4:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
445 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 1988

TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT... AND BETWEEN THEM
THEY COVER ALL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WATCHES WILL REMAIN
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

WEATHER RADAR AT AUSTIN INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WEST THROUGH NORTH OF AUSTIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL WAS NOTED
NEAR KERRVILLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INMDICATED NEAR STONEWALL
AND FREDICKSBURG MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST NORTH EAST...THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND PERSONS IN EASTERN
GILLISPIE AND WESTERN BLANCO COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 20, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall43 min
May 20, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Hays60 min
May 20, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
May 21, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick60 min
May 21, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLa Salle66 min
May 21, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMcMullen61 min

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Sources

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