Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
200 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF
   OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 155 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF
VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF LLANO TO NORTHEAST OF
GEORGETOWN TO EAST OF COLLEGE STATION.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO NEAR AUSTIN.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR OCCURRED AT COLLEGE STATION AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH DURING THE PAST HOUR.  IN ADDITION...
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND SOME TORNADOES IN NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER TONIGHT.

PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
250 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF
   OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 245 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING EASTWARD FROM JOHNSON CITY TO HOUSTON.  THIS
AREA WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

AT PRESENT...THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS THE OCCURRENCE
OF STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...WIND AHEAD OF AND DURING THEIR PASSAGE.
EARLIER...COLLEGE STATION HAD REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 50 MILES AN HOUR
AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.  HOUSTON HAD REPORTED A 45 MILE AN HOUR
GUST WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES WITH THE STORMS APPROACHING THE CITY.

ALONG WITH THE HIGH PROBABILITY OF STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WIND...THESE
TYPE OF STORMS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF AUSTIN AND SAN
ANTONIO.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM AND RESIDENTS ALL ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS NEED TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER FOR
THE NEXT 'FEW HOURS.  ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY
TO KEEP YOU UPDATED.  THESE BULLETINS WILL BE BROADCAST OVER NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...YOUR BEST SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
335 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF
   OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 330 AM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE
RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST EAST
OF NEW BRAUNFELS AND SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN.  MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45
MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS HAVE EXHIBITED A CONSTANT CYCLE OF RAPID WEAKENING FOLLOWED
BY REGENERATION THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.  THESE
STORMS HAVE BEEN PROLIFIC STRONG WIND PRODUCERS DURING THEIR TREK ACROSS
THE STATE...WITH GUSTS OFTEN REACHING 50 MILES AN HOUR.  EARLIER...
COLLEGE STATION EXPERIENCED A GUST OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AS THE STORMS
ROLLED THROUGH.  IN ADDITION...40 TO 45 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS WERE REPORTED
AT BOTH AUSTIN AND HOUSTON...WITH A RECENT ESTIMATED REPORT OF 45 MILES
AN HOUR IN THE NEW BRAUNFELS AREA.

TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ALSO MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS THIS MORNING.
ACCORDINGLY...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF AUSTIN
AND SAN ANTONIO.

STAY TU>NED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION REGARDING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.