Tornado Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
435 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1988

AT 420 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM APPROXIMATELY
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
AROUND 20 MPH. IT SHOULD PASS THROUGH DEL RIO IN THE NEXT HOUR. WINDS
OF AROUND 40 MPH AND HAIL OF A HALF INCH OF LESS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. PERSONS WHO CAN SHELTER THEIR VEHICLES OR OTHER ITEMS LIKELY TO
BE DAMAGED BY HAIL SHOULD DO SO NOW.

SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THE MALL AREA OF NORTH DEL RIO
IN THE LAST FIFTEEN MINUTES. THIS IS FROM A SMALLER THUNDERSTORM THAT IS
OUT IN FRONT OF THE MAIN BAND.

AT 420 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WAS LYING FROM JUNCTION
SOUTHWEST THROUGH VAL VERDE COUNTY INTO THE AMISTAD RESERVOIR. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE ALL MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

THE RAINS SHOULD NOT LAST OVER HALF AN HOUR AND DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE
THE CITY OF DEL RIO ARE NOT NOW ANTICIPATED.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
445 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THROUGH 1100 PM THIS EVENING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE HILL COUNTRY
AT 440 PM THIS AFTERNOON.  THE AREA WAS LOCATED FROM JUNCTION TO DEL RIO
TO LAREDO AND BACK TO JUNCTION.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
30 MPH.

PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES IN THE CITY OF DEL
RIO.  NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...BUT LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE CALLED TO THE CLOSEST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  THEY WILL ALERT THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY TO THE WEATHER THREAT AND THEN PASS THE INFORMATION TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR WARNING DISSIMINATION.

EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR A SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGH TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
508 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND FAR
SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 1100 PM THIS EVENING...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY INTENSE...HAVE FORMED IN
A LINE FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO DEL RIO AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30
MPH.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN COTULLA...EAGLE PASS
AND LAREDO.  THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON AT CRYSTAL CITY AS
THE STORMS MOVED ACROSS THE CITY.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS.   VERY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE
ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE BEST SHELTER FROM SEVERE STORMS IS FOUND IN THE INTERIOR OF THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRONG HOME OR OFFICE BUILDING.  IT IS BEST TO KEEP
AWAY FROM WINDOWS...DOORS AND AREAS WITH GLASS.

E,VERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR A SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGH TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
505 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS WILLIAMSON BASTROP
CALDWELL AND COUNTIES WESTWARD OVER THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 1100 PM.

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE FROM
NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE JUNCTION AREA TO EAST
AND SOUTHEAST OF THE DEL RIO AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT NEAR 25/ MPH.

EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
550 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS WILLIAMSON BASTROP
CALDWELL AND COUNTIES WESTWARD OVER THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 1100 PM.

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST
GILLESPIE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF LAMAPSAS
...NORTH OF SAN SABA AND WEST OF KERRVILLE. THESE STHUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT |NEAR 25 MPH.

EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
650 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS WILLIAMSON BASTROP
CALDWELL AND COUNTIES WESTWARD OVER THE HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 1100 PM.

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN LAKE BUCHANAN  AND
LAMPASAS AND FROM NORTH OF STONEWALL SOUTHWARD TO NEAR BOERNE. ALSO
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE AREA NEAR PLEASANTON
...STOCKDALE AND KARNES CITY AND ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 35 MPH.

EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA IS URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.

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