Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
930 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
TRAVIS...HAYS...WILLIAMSON...AND ALL COUNTIES OVER THE HILL COUNTY TO
THE WEST.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MOST OF CENTRAL
TEXAS INCLUDING AUSTIN AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAYS AND TRAVIS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030AM CDT.

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON
CPOUNTIES UNTIL NOON...AND UNTIL 1230PM CDT FOR GILLESPIE COUNTY.

AT 930 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
EXTENDING FROM SAN ANTONIO AND UVALDE AREAS NORTHEASTWARD OVER AUSTIN
AND ALL OF THE HILL COUNTY TO TO NEAR A BROWNWOOD/STEPENVILLE/LUFKIN
LINE.  THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS IN A LINE FROM WESTERN WILLIAMSON
COUNTY SOUTHWEST OVER TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING NORTHEAST UP THIS LINE AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

FLOODING WAS BEEN REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.

ANY AREAS WHERE THESE HEAVY PASS THROUGH WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND THOSE AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING.

PERSONS ALL THRU CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO  AS LONG AS THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS THREAT EXISTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1120AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...CALDWELL...BASTROP...LEE...MILAN...FAYETTE AND
BURLESON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MOST OF CENTRAL
TEXAS INCLUDING AUSTIN AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...
BLANCO...BURNET...HAYS...AND GILLESPIE CUNTIES THRU THE NOON HOUR.

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN  EXTENDED FROM THE SAN ANTONIO
AREA NORTH AND NORTHEAST OVER THE AUSTIN AREA AND ON INTO NORTHEAST
TEXAS.  THESE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
30 TO 35 MPH.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES RAINFALL IN ALL
COUNTIES AROUND TRAVIS COUNTY.  FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ALL
THE WARNED COUNTIES.

ANY AREAS WHERE THESE HEAVY RAINS PASS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND THOSE AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING.

PERSONS ALL THRU CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO  AS LONG AS THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS THREAT EXISTS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1130 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

TIME         EVENT
1208 AM CDT  (CORRECTION) CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO YORK RANCH...POWER
             LINES DOWN NEAR BRACKETTVILLE...KINNEY COUNTY(VIA DEL
             RIO DPS)
1251 AM CDT  40 YARDS OF PAVEMENT DESTROYED...1/2 MILE EAST OF
             BRACKETTVILLE...KINNEY COUNTY (VIA DEL RIO DPS)
 137 AM CDT  HOUSE TORE UP 5 MILES NORTH OF BRACKETTVILLE...KINNEY
             COUNTY (VIA DEL RIO DPS)
 310 AM CDT  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 674 JUST NORTH OF
             BRACKETTVILLE IN KINNEY COUNTY RELAYED TO DPS BY TEXAS
             PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
 534 AM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT BRACKETTVILLE
 930 AM CDT  LATE REPORT OF TORNADO DAMAGE TO HOUSES NEAR SISTERDALE
             RECEIVED BY DPS KERVILLE (TORNADO TOUCH EARLY MORNING
             HOURS.
 945 AM CDT  1/2 INCH HAIL NORTHWEST SAN ANTONIO BANDER/LOOP 410 NO
             DAMAGE

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1205 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...PRELIMENARY STORM SUMMARY FOR TORNADO AT JARRELL AND FLASH
FLOODING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

TIME CDT...  EVENT

0432         DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AUSTIN REPORTED TWO HOUSES
             DESTROYED IN JARRELL BY TORNADO   FROM AUS 8/35
0620         DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY LAMPASAS REPORT EXTENSIVE
             DAMAGE IN JARRELL AND POSSIBLE ONE FATALITY AND SEVERAL
             INJURIES...SEVERAL TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ON I 35.
0742         WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED DAMAGE ALL OVER THE AREA WITH
             TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. THE  APRNT FATILITY WAS LADY
             IN MOBILE HOME THAT WAS HIT AND SHE WAS TRAPED UNDER
             WATER BED. ALSO REPORTED THAT SOME TRAFFIC WAS BEGINNING
             MOVE THROUGH THE AREA VERY SLOWLY.
             DAMAGE PATH AT JARRELL HAS BEEN ASSESSED TO BE 1/2 MILE
            WIDE AND 2 MILES LONG.  DEBRIS EXTENDS ABOUT 7 MILES
            DOWNRANGE TO THE NORTHEAST OF CITY.  BETWEEN 5 AND 8
            18 WHEELERS WERE OVERTURNED ALONG IH35 AND MOST POWER
            LINES WERE DOWNED.

1200NOON    AREA WIDE RAINFALLS HAVE RANGED MOSTLY IN THE 2 TO 4
            INCH CATEGORY.  MOST AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RUNOFF
            POINTS WERE AT FLOOD LEVEL.

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