Tornado Warning 23, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
700 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 1989

...STILL NO THUNDERSTORMS IN OR CLOSE TO THE CAPITAL AREA..AT THIS
TIME...

JUST BEFORE 7 PM...RADAR DETECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...BETWEEN STEPHENVILLE AND HILLSBORO...ALSO ONE SOUTH-
EAST OF DALLAS...WEST OF KAUFMAN.  AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO
LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BALINGER OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO.
ALL OF THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS DOTTED SPOTS AROUND AUSTIN...AND
NORTH AND NORTHEAST.  THEY TOO WERE SPREADING NORTHWARD.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED AT MAXIMUM RANGE.?..WHICH IS SOME
INDICATION OF SEVERITY...OVER MEXICO...WEST OF LAREDO.

...CONTINUE THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM THIS
EVENING...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY THIS TUESDAY
NIGHT...

AT 700 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING FROM 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...TO 80 OR MORE MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO IN MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS
WERE SHOWING RAPID CHANGES IN INTENSITY. BOTH DEVELOPING AND DISSIPATING
RAPIDLY.

SHORT PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRESENT SPEED
OF MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT
FAVORABLE IMMEDIATELY FOR RUNOFF PROBLEMS DUE TO RAINFALL.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINS CAN
CAUSE A RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS
AND LVOW WATER CROSSINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
955 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU EXTENDED UNTIL 400 AM...

THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT
EDWARD PLATEAU HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 400 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED DURING THE EVENING HOURS OVER NORTHEASTERN
MEXICO AND HAVE MOVED INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS
PLATEAU FROM DEL RIO TO JUNCTION.

AT 10 PM THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE EXTENDED FROM VAL VERDE
COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO MEXICO WEST OF KINNEY AND MAVERICK COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE EDWARDS PLATEAU ARE URGED TO REMAIN AWARE OF THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT AND LISTEN FOR ANY REQUIRED
WEATHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1210 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

TIME         EVENT
1151 PM CDT  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES WEST OF BRACKETVILLE REPORTED
              BY THE KINNEY COUNTY SHERIFF.