Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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.

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

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS EXPIRED...

AT 705 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...
PERSISTED OVER AN AREA FROM LAMPASAS TO GONZALES TO HALLETSVILLE TO
AUSTIN AND BACK TO LAMPASAS.  STORM MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH CYCLES OF RAPID WEAKENING WITH
DECREASING COVERAGE...FOLLOWED BY STRENGTHENING AND INCREASING COVERAGE.
AT 705 AM THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE STORMS APPEARED TO BE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LIGHTNING.  HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS COULD STILL
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND..AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE MORE
INTENSE STORMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.