Tornado Warning 32, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
200 PM CDT SAT SEPT 17 1988

TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A
LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THIS WATCH AREA DOES INCLUDE
TRAVIS COUNTY AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

AT 155 PM CDT AUSTIN RADAR INDICATED NURMEROUS BANDS OF HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE STRONGEST
AREAS OF ACTIVITY ARE JUST NORTH OR MARBLE FALLS...IN BURNET COUNTY...
AND NEAR LIBERTY HILL IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

ALL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITH CAUTION SINCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE RAPIDLY RISING WATERS IN LOCAL STREAMS AND
CREEKS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
255 PM CDT SAT SEPT 17 1988

TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A
LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THIS WATCH AREA DOES INCLUDE
TRAVIS COUNTY AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

AT 250 PM CDT AUSTIN RADAR INDICATED NURMEROUS BANDS OF HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE STRONGEST
AREAS OF ACTIVITY ARE BETWEEN AUSTIN AND MARBLE FALLS...JUST SOUTH OF
BLANCO...AND JUST EAST OF FREDERICKSBURG.

ALL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITH CAUTION SINCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE RAPIDLY RISING WATERS IN LOCAL STREAMS AND
CREEKS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
415 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 500 PM...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT
SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR AT 410 PM THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MOST CONCENTRATED
AREA WAS BETWEEN JUNCTION...AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO...EAGLE PASS AND BACK
TO JUNCTION.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST
OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE SIGHTINGS OF TORNADOES HAVE DECREASED SINCE NOON
TODAY...A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUE THE
POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW HOURS YET.  THESE THUNDERtSTORMS ARE ALSO QUITE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  WITH THE SOIL IN
MANY SECTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA ALREADY SATURATED...THERE WILL BE A
THREAT OF FLOODING AS WELL THROUGH TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
4:45 PM CDT SAT SEPT 17 1988

...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT INTO SUNDAY FOR GILLSIPIE...
LLANO...LAMPASAS...SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTY.

...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 424 IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 9 PM...WITH NUMBER
423 IN EFFECT UNTILL 8 PM FOR SOUTHWEST..CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. THESE INCLUDE TRAVIS AND ALL COUNTIES SURROUNDING TRAVIS COUNTY.

AUSTIN RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF BUDA...
NORTH OF GEORGETOWN AND WEST OF HARPER AND LAKE BUCHANAN.

NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
NOTED WITHIN 100 MILES OF AUSTIN MOSTLY TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF
AUSTIN MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

WITH EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR ACOSS CENTRAL TEXAS...RESIDENTS SHOULD

 KEEP ALERT TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND
FLOODING.

MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE NOTED NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST
OF AUSTIN AND THESE WERE WIDELY SCATTERED.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
600 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 1988
540 PM CDT SEP 17...TORNADOES ON GROUND WITH 10 HOMES PLUS DAMAGED. 3
HOMES AND UNKNOWN MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED.  INJURIES KNOWN BUT DO NOT
KNO TO WHAT EXTEND.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
6:30 PM CDT SAT SEPT 17 1988

...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT INTO SUNDAY FOR GILLSIPIE...
LLANO...LAMPASAS...SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTY.

...TORNADO WATCHES...NUMBER 424 IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 9 PM....NUMBER
423 IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 8 PM..FOR SOUTHWEST..CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. THESE INCLUDE TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

AUSTIN RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF LAKE BUCHANAN
AND NORTH OF MULLIN. THESE MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS.

NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
NOTED WEST THROUGH NORTH OF AUSTIN. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST
AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE INDICATED NORTH THROUGH
EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF AUSTIN.

WITH EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS...RESIDENTS SHOULD
KEEP ALERT TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS AS WELL AS HEA5VY RAINS AND
FLOODING.

...NO SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING WAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE AUSTIN WEATHER
SERVICE WITHIN THE PAST HOUR....