Tornado Warning 26, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
705 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
TRAVIS...HAYS...WILLIAMSON...AND ALL COUNTIES OVER THE HILL COUNTY TO
THE WEST.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MOST OF CENTRAL
TEXAS INCLUDING AUSTIN AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

AT 700 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
EXTENDING FROM SAN ANTONIO AND BANDERA AREAS NORTHEASTWARD OVER AUSTIN
AND ALL OF THE HILL COUNTY TO TO NEAR A STEPENVILLE/LUFKIN LINE.  THE
HEAVIER RAINS HAVE BEEN ALONG A LINE FROM WACO SOUTHWEST OVER MARBLE
FALLS AND JOHNSON CITY TO BLANCO.  THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE
BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH ALONG THIS LINE AND THEREFORE
PASSING OVER THE SAME AREAS SEVEREAL TIMES INCREASING THE THREAT
FOR FLOODING.
PERSONS ALL THRU CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO  AS LONG AS THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS THREAT EXISTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
720 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY TODAY...

AT 700 AM CDT ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF VAL VERDE
COUNTY.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS MORNING CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WARTER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND. SOME LOW AREAS OF ROADWAYS MAY BE FLOODED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO USE CAUTION AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. THE SURFACE APPEARANCE OF WATER...PARTICULARLY RUNNING WATER
IS DECEPTIVE AND THE DEPTH IS NOT EAS.ILY GUESSED CORRECTLY.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
EXIST IN THE WATCH AREA.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IS OBSERVER OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
755 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY TODAY...

THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED
HOWEVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
TODAY.

AT 745 AM CDT NO RAIN WAS OCCURING IN VAL VERDE COUNTY HOWEVER BECAUSE
OF THE HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS MORNING CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WARTER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
SOME LOW AREAS OF ROADWAYS MAY BE FLOODED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE
CAUTION AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE
SURFACE APPEARANCE OF WATER...PARTICULARLY RUNNING WATER IS DECEPTIVE
AND THE DEPTH IS NOT EASILY GUESSED CORRECTLY.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
EXIST IN THE WATCH AREA.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING I S OBSERVER OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
805 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
TRAVIS...HAYS...WILLIAMSON...AND ALL COUNTIES OVER THE HILL COUNTY TO
THE WEST.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MOST OF CENTRAL
TEXAS INCLUDING AUSTIN AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

AT 800 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
EXTENDING FROM SAN ANTONIO AND UVALDE AREAS NORTHEASTWARD OVER AUSTIN
AND ALL OF THE HILL COUNTY TO TO NEAR A BROWNWOOD/STEPENVILLE/LUFKIN.
LINE. THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE BEEN ALONG A LINE FROM WACO SOUTHWEST OVER
SPICEWOOD AND DRIPPING SPRINGS TO NEAR NEW BRAUNFELS.  THUNDERSTORMS AND
HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH ALONG THIS LINE AND
THEREFORE PASSING OVER THE SAME AREAS SEVEREAL TIMES INCREASING THE THREAT
FOR FLOODING.  RAINFALL REPORTS FROM LLANO...GILLESPIE AND BURNET HAVE
BEEN IN THE 2 TO 2 1/2 INCH RANGE.  THESE HEAVIER RAIN AREAS ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AUSTIN AREA IN THE NEAXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
WHILE THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY OUT OF THE AREA THERE IS
A POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND THOSE ARREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING.

PERSONS ALL THRU CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO  AS LONG AS THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS THREAT EXISTS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
800 AM CDT MON WED 17 1989

...PRELIMENARY STORM SUMMARY FOR APRNT TORNADO AT JARRELL TEXAS

TIME CDT...  EVENT

0432         DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AUSTIN REPORTED TWO HOUSES
             DESTROYED IN JARRELL BY TORNADO   FROM AUS 8/35
0620         DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY LAMPASAS REPORT EXTENSIVE
             DAMAGE IN JARRELL AND POSSIBLE ONE FATALITY AND SEVERAL
             INJURIES...SEVERAL TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ON I 35.
0742         WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED DAMAGE ALL OVER THE AREA WITH
             TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. THE  APRNT FATILITY WAS LADY
             IN MOBILE HOME THAT WAS HIT AND SHE WAS TRAPED UNDER
 U            WATER BED. ALSO REPORTED THAT SOME TRAFFIC WAS BEGINNING
             MOVE THROUGH THE AREA VERY SLOWLY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
930 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
TRAVIS...HAYS...WILLIAMSON...AND ALL COUNTIES OVER THE HILL COUNTY TO
THE WEST.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MOST OF CENTRAL
TEXAS INCLUDING AUSTIN AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAYS AND TRAVIS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030AM CDT.

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON
CPOUNTIES UNTIL NOON...AND UNTIL 1230PM CDT FOR GILLESPIE COUNTY.

AT 930 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
EXTENDING FROM SAN ANTONIO AND UVALDE AREAS NORTHEASTWARD OVER AUSTIN
AND ALL OF THE HILL COUNTY TO TO NEAR A BROWNWOOD/STEPENVILLE/LUFKIN
LINE.  THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS IN A LINE FROM WESTERN WILLIAMSON
COUNTY SOUTHWEST OVER TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING NORTHEAST UP THIS LINE AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

FLOODING WAS BEEN REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.

ANY AREAS WHERE THESE HEAVY PASS THROUGH WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND THOSE AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING.

PERSONS ALL THRU CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO  AS LONG AS THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS THREAT EXISTS.