Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
950 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

...STRONG WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS
   LATE TONIGHT...

VERY INTENSE AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD ERUPTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS THIS EVENING.  VERY STRONG WINDS...AT TIMES GUSTING IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH...HAD DEVELOPED WELL AHEAD OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND WAS MOVING
RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD.

THE BOUNDARY OF STRONG WINDS MOVED THROUGH ABILENE TEXAS DURING THE PAST
HOUR...AND IF THESE STRONG WINDS CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH...COULD REACH THE
NORTH PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS LATER TONIGHT...LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTH TEXAS WAS PRODUCING
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH.  AS THE DISTUBANCE MOVES
SOUTHEAST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE PREDAWN
HOURS.

PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG WINDS
AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1123 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

...LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS...

VERY DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS
FROM NEAR WACO TO NEAR SAN SABA...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 70
MPH.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING.

ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA
AND SURROUNDING HILL COUNTRY AT THE PRESENT TIME...THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING WEST AS IT MOVED RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST.

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WITHIN AND AHEADu
OF THE LINE OF STORMS...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES IN NORTH
AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING.

PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS
SOURCES OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1135 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
TEXAS...
IN THIS AREA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MILAN AND BURLESON...
BOTH ARE TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN.

AT 1135...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
SAN SABA EAST TO THE WACO AREA.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.   LARGE HAIL, HIGH WINDS AND TORNADO
SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THOSE STORMS IN THE WACO VICINITY.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.