Tornado Warning 22, 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
945 AM CDT SAT SEPT 17 1988

TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THIS IS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME GENERAL AREA FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

BETWEEN 7:30 AND 7:455 CDT THIS MORNING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SIGHTED
IN FAYETTE COUNTY.  THERE WAS SOME MINOR DAMAGE IN THE AREA.

AT 8:45 AM CDT A MAN IN SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY...NEAR ELROY... REPORTED
A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD.  THIS DID NOT TOUCHDOWN.  NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

AT 9:45 AM CDT THE AUSTIN RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS.  MOST OF THE RAIN IS
LIGHT...HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS THROUGH
THE AREA.  IN SOUTH AUSTIN NEAR CHERRY CREEK 0.52 OF RAIN WAS REPORTED
TO HAVE FALLEN IN 15 MINUTES.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT
20 MPH.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
940 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 SAN
             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.
800 AM       TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE MEDICAL COMPLEX ON THE NORTHWEST
             SIDE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THE MURPHY VA HOSPITAL HAD
             WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. ALSO JUST NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL...ROOFS
             WERE BLOWN OFF SOME APT COMPLEXES. ONE CAR OVERTURNED IN
             IN THE AREA. APPARENTLY THE SAME TORNADO HIT THE OXBOW AREA
             WHICH IS AT BABCOCK AND DE ZAVALA. HOMES WERE UNROOFED IN
             THAT AREA WITH DAMAGE TO CARS.
803 AM       TORNADO HEADED NORTH ON HWY TO DEVINE
840 AM       TORNADO NEAR JOURDANTON IN ATASCOSA COUNTY MOVG NORTH.
841 AM       TORNADO JUST NORTH OF CANYON LAKE DAMAGE NOT REPORTED
850 AM       TORNADO REPORTED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT CAYON LAKE
850 AM       TORNADO HIT ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY NEAR HEB
             FOOD STORE AT 5400MBLK OF BABCOCK AT 8 AM.
853 AM       TORNADO REPORTED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF BEXAR COUTNFY
855 AM       TORNADO REPORTED AT NEAR DEVINE IN WESTERN BEXAR CO
859 AM       SEVERAL FUNNEL CLUDS OBSRVED AT KELLY AFB.
930 AM       FUNNEL CLOUD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY AT THE
             INTERSECTION OF HWY 90 AND 1604.
940 AM       A TORNADO REPORTED SEEN BY KELLY AFB PERSONNEL TWO AND ONE
             HALF MILES NORTHWEST OF THE BASE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1045 AM CDT SAT SEPT 17 1988

TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THIS IS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME GENERAL AREA FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

AT 10:45 AM CDT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED IN HAYS
COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY JUST TO THE EAST AND
THE NORTHWEST OF SAN MARCOS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT
20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BLANCO COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.

OTHER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL TEXAS.  ALL: THESE BANDS ARE MOVING NORTHWEST.