Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
622 AM CDT SAT SEP 17 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT TODAY FOR VAL VERDE
COUNTY...
...A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 5 PM CDT TODAY FOR THAT PART OF
TEXAS ALONG AND 90 STATUE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HONDO TEXAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF BROWNSVILLE.  VAL VERDE
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DEL RIO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN
VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR AND AVOID WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO AS THEY ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF WEATHER
BECOMES THREATENING PERSONS IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
NEARBY REINFORCED SHELTER...SUCH AS A NEIGHBORS HOME BEFORE THE
THREATENING WEATHER ARRIVES.

A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BE EXTENDED AND EXPANDED TO
INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND IS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO JUNCTION TO SAN ANTONIO TO
CORPUS CHRISTI.

THIS MEANS PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK
PREPAREDNESS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAIN
OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

TROPICAL STORM GILBERT LOCATED WELL INLAND OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO
SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST
TODAY. AS GILBERT MOVES ON THIS TRACK TOWARD SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND THE

DEL RIO AREA...HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD.

BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF MOSITURE BEING PRODUCED...GENERAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS TO
10 INCHES.

PERSONS IN THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF DEL RIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE
POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATION AND BE POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATION AND
BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND OR SHELTERS IF WARNED TO DO SO
BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. AREA RANCHERS SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING LIVESTOCK
AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PARENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON
THEIR CHILDREN AND KEEP THEM AWAY FROM DEEP DITCHES AND CREEKS IF HEAVY
RAINFALL BEGINS TO OCCUR.

AT 615 AM CDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH
OF DEL RIO EAST TO SAN ANTONIO AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO BELOW EAGLE PASS.
THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...LOCAL RADIO STATIONS
AND LOCAL wTV STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
750 AM CDT SAT SEP 17 1988

TIME         EVENT

545 AM       2 TORNADOES REPORTED VICINITY MOGFORD ROAD AND US 281
             SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY...1 MOBILE HOME DEMOLISHED...1
             INJURY.
550 AM       TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR KARNES CITY IN KARNES COUNTY
640 AM       TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN LACKLAND AFB NEAR SOUTH GATE
645 AM       ROOFS RIPPED OFF...MARBACH AND TIMBERIDGE...WEST SA<N
             ANTONIO
700 AM       TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN KELLY AFB
735 AM       HARDY AND I37...MOBILE HOME DESTROYED BY TORNADO
750 AM       DPS CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR 410 AND CALLAGHAN ROAD HEADED
             TOWARD MEDICAL CENTER.