Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
905 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...
EDWARDS PLATEAU AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR
AN AREA OF SOUTH TEXAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO
LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO LAREDO.  THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO
AND AUSTIN ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS EVENING ALONG A COLD
FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM NEAR DALLAS TO JUNCTION TO NORTH OF DEL RIO.
THE VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
FRONT HAS PROVIDED THE NEEDED FUEL FOR THE STORMS TO DEVELOP.  DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS
WILL BE PROVIDED WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
955 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...
EDWARDS PLATEAU AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY...

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO
LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO LAREDO.  THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS
IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 950 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...FROM NEAR DEL RIO EASTWARD TO
JUST NORTH OF KERRVILLE.  REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA INDICATED VERY
DRAMATIC DISPLAYS OF LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH WINDS
GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH IN THE MORE INTENSE STORMS.  THE ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD CONTINUED TO FORM ALONG A COLD FRONT STRETCHING
FROM DALLAS TO JUNCTION TO DEL RIO.  BECAUSE OF THE VERY MOIST AND
U|NSTABLE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
1020 PM CDT THU MAR 29 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM FRIDAY FOR
VAL VERDE COUNTY TEXAS...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHWESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
AS IT APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1043 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...
EDWARDS PLATEAU AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY...

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO
LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO LAREDO.  THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA IS
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 1035 PM CST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN AN
AREA FROM NEAR KERRVILLE TO SONORA TO DEL RIO AND BACK TO KERRVILLE.
SOME OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THEY WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE MOST RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS...AS WELL AS THE MOST INTENSE RAIN...
HAD FORMED BETWEEN JUNO AND DEL RIO IN VAL VERDE COUNTY IN THE PAST HALF
HOUR.  THESE STORMS APPEARED TO BE FORMING INTO A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED
LINE AND WOULD LIKELY BE MOVING INTO WESTERN EDWARDS...KINNEY AND
MAVERICK COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED IN THE THUNDERSTORMS...
THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR THEM TO PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AND VERY FREQUENT AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE ACTIVITY SO FAR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1110 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR TRAVIS AND
SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

AT 1100 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAN SABA...LAKE BUCHANAN TO FREDERICKSBURG.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND DECREASING IN INTENSITY
IN THE PAST HOUR.

HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES AS THE REDEVELOPMENT
OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FURTHER TO THE WEST.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
WEATHER FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNING CONDITIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
1130 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO
LAGRANGE TO GONZALES TO LAREDO UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
INDICATED BY SATELLITE AND RADAR BETWEEN JUNCTION AND DEL RIO AT 1120 PM
THIS EVENING.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS ALONG THE KINNEY-VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE...
JUST TO THE EAST OF DEL RIO.  THIS STORM PRODUCED MARBLE-SIZED HAIL THAT
COVERED THE GROUND AS IT MOVED ACROSS COMSTOCK EARLIER THIS EVENING.  THE
STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EVEN LARGER HAIL...AS WELL AS
DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY DEADLY LIGHTNING.  NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN WAS
RECORDED AT JUNCTION IN UNDER ONE HOUR...INDICATING THAT BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS.  THEY WILL BE MOVING ,TO NEAR
A ROCKSPRINGS-BRACKETTVILLE LINE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.