Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
620 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TRAVIS COUNTY EASTWARD...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TEXAS
   AREA AND ADJACENT HILL COUNTY...

AT 615 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS ALONG INTERSTATE
35. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE AREA FROM NEAR GEORGETOWN THROUGH
THE AUSTIN AREA TO NEAR SAN MARCOS.

MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS IS TO THE NORTH WHILE THE AREA IS SLOWLY
DRIFTING TO THE EAST.

PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING.
KEEP TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND DELA
Y TRAVEL OVER AUSTIN AND
SURROUNDING AREAS UNTIL THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVES EAST OUT OF THE
AUSTIN AREA.  HEAVY RAINS ARE FLOODING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS SLOWING
MOTORIST AND CREATING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
720 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TRAVIS COUNTY EASTWARD...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TEXAS
   AREA AND ADJACENT HILL COUNTY...

AT 615 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS ALONG INTERSTATE
35. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE AREA FROM NEAR GEORGETOWN THROUGH
THE AUSTIN AREA TO NEAR SAN MARCOS.

MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS IS TO THE NORTH WHILE THE AREA IS SLOWLY
DRIFTING TO THE EAST.

PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING.
KEEP TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND DELAY TRAVEL OVER AUSTIN AND
SURROUNDING AREAS UNTIL THE VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVES EAST OUT OF THE
AUSTIN AREA.  HEAVY RAINS ARE FLOODING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS SLOWING
MOTORIST AND CREATING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
745 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

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

AT 730 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWER ACTIVITY WITHIN THE COUNTY BUT
THE CHANCE FOR REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUED THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AROUND THE AREA GO AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES AND THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
REPORTS THAT HIGHWAY 2523 AT THE SYCAMORE CREEK CROSSING IS CLOSED.
THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES FROM THE AUSTIN AREA SOUTH TO NEAR LAREDO AND
IS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST.

SAN FELIPE CREEK CONTINUES TO BE NEARLY 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND REMAINS
A THREAT TO THOSE PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE CREEK. ANYMORE RUNOFF FROM
THE WATER SHED TO THE NORTH OR ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE
THE DANGER ALONG THE CREEK. PERSONS LIVING ALONG SAN FELIPE SHOULD
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY.

LOW LYING AREAS ARE STILL FLOODED IN DEL RIO AND EASTERN VAL VERDE
COUNTY.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW
WATER CROSSINGS ESPECIALLY IF THEY CAN NOT SEE THE ROADWAY.  THE ROAD
COULD BE WASHED OUT AND THE APPEARANCE OF WATER...PARTICULARLY RUNNING
WATER IS DECEPTIVE AND DEPTH IS NOT EASILY DISCERNED.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEE*P INFORMED AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY
IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS REPORTED OR OBSERVED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
805 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TRAVIS COUNTY EASTWARD...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TEXAS
   AREA AND ADJACENT HILL COUNTY...

AT 750 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF
AUSTIN AND INTERSTATE 35...HOWEVER A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALY
HEAVIER RAINS CONTINUES TO THE WEST OF AUSTIN TO NEAR JUNCTION AND NORTH
TO NORTH OF WACO AND SOUTH TO SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO.

THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD.

PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING.
KEEP TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION OVER AUSTIN AND CENTRAL
TEXAS.  RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAY.  ALSO
SOME LOW WATER CROSSING WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED SO APPROACH WITH
CAUTION AND DO NOT ENTER IF FLOODED.

STORM REPORT..DELAYED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 08 1990

DELAYED REPORT FOR EVENT ON APR 24 L990
  TIME OF
 OCCURRENCE    COUNTY                EVENT

830 PM        LEE       COUNTY JUDGES SECRETARY LIVES IN TOWN OF DIME
                        BOX...OBSERVED HAIL SIZE OF 50 CENT PIECE.
WITHROW

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
845 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

REPORT FOR EVENT ON APR 26 1990
  TIME OF
 OCCURRENCE    COUNTY                EVENT

0615 AM        HAYS     60 PLUS MPH WINDS...NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                        DRIPPING SPRINGS SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER.

0630 AM        HAYS     ROOF BLOWN OFF OF LUMBER YARD AND NUMEROUS
                        POWER OUTAGES IN SAN MARCOS. SHERIFFS OFFICE.
LUNA