Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
150 PM CDT THU APR 29 1989

AT 145 PM AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MEXICO WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST INTO THE UNITED STATES AT AROUND 10 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST BEGINNING TO CROSS THE RIO
GRANDE NEAR DEL RIO AT 145 PM. INSIDE THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO.

IF THE STRONG THUNDESTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENT STRENGTH THEY WILL
TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO REACH DEL RIO AND SOUTHEAST VAL VEDE COUNTY.

BOATERS AND RECREATIONIST ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS NOW AS THE STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING WITH A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM CAN OCCURR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STORM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
215 PM CDT SAT APR 29 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY...EDWARDS
   PLATEAU...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE HILL COUNTRY...EDWARDS
PLATEAU...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT TONIGHT.
THE WATCH IS ALONG AND 80 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES
WEST OF COTULLA TEXAS TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WACO TEXAS.  THE
WATCH INCLUDES BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE HILL COUNTRY
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD SPREAD EAST INTO THE EAST PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ALSO.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE HILL COUNTRY
BETWEEN KERRVILLE AND SAN ANGELO TEXAS...AND WEST OF DEL RIO EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.   THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.  LARGE HAIL...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAUSING SOME FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN
CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
216 PM CDT SAT APRIL 19 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN FORMING OUT OVER THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...

AT 2 15 PM...RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
JUNCTION...KERRVILLE...SONORA AND SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO.  DUE TO NEARLY
TOTAL VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT, LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THESE
STORMS DURING THE LAST HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
255 PM CDT THU APR 29 1989

...DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY ARE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 245 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DEL RIO IN MEXICO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT EXTENDED NORTH OVER
DEL RIO AND SOUTHEAST VAL VERDE COUNTY. VERY STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A STORM OF THIS STRENGTH. THE
PRESENT COURSE OF THE THUNDERSTORM IF MAINTAINED WOULD MISS DEL RIO AND
SOUTHEAST VAL VERDE COUNTY. HOWEVER THE STORM NEEDS TO BE WATCHED
CLOSELY. ALL PERSONS IN DEL RIO AND SOUTHEAST VAL VERDE COUNTY ARE URGED
TO CHECK FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS THUNDERSTORM.

BOATERS AND RECREATIONIST ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
NOW AS THE STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAN
OCCURR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STORM.

AOTHER AREA OF STRONG AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING NORTH
OF VAL VERDE COUNTY ABOUT 75 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOTORISTS
TRAVELLING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 277 TOWARDS SAN ANGELO SHOULD EXPECT
TO ENCOUNTER STRONG OR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS.