Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
455 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY...EDWARDS
PLATEAU AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS THE HILL
COUNTRY...EDWARDS PLATEAU AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON.  THE BENEFICIAL RAINFALL...MUCH OF WHICH HAS FALLEN OVER
THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE...HAS GENERALLY BEEN LESS THAN AN INCH.
SAN MARCOS...JUST SOUTH OF AUSTIN...REPORTED NEAR TWO INCHES.  WITH THE
RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TONIGHT...OTHER LOCATIONS COULD SEE
TOTALS WELL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH BY MORNING.

AN ISOLATED REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER JUST SOUTH OF KERRVILLE WAS RECEIVED
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.  A TORNADO APPARENTLY TOUCHED DOWN CAUSING
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME PARK AND NEARBY RESIDENTIAL AREA.  AS
OF YET...NO REPORTS OF INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

THE RAINS ARE BEING TRIGGERED BY AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCE THAT IS INTERACTING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT LYING EAST-TO-
WEST ACROSS THE AREA.  THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN...BUT SHOULD
REMAIN THE FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT
TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
630 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 1990

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  IF
THIS PRESENT MOVEMENT CONTINUES...THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG
GUSTY WIND AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE CITY.  WITH
THE RAINS THROUGHOUT TODAY...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM
MAY BE QUICK TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELE,VISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
ADDITIONAL UPDATES.

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URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
700 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 1990

FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS WAS LIKELY OCCURRING THIS
EVENING IN AND AROUND THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA AS HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUED TO FALL.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR MOVING
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CITY AND PRODUCING RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF THREE
TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ON CITY STREETS AND
ROADWAYS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS LOW-WATER CROSSINGS OR ROADS
INUNDATED BY WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPAREDn TO
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD RAPID RISES IN STREAM LEVELS OCCUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
817 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 1990

...HEAVY RAIN ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF AUSTIN...

EARLY TONIGHT...WIDESPREAD MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS COVERED A
LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  MOST RAINFALL A-
MOUNTS HAVE BEEN IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH CATEGORY...ALTHOUGH MANY SPOTS
TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN HAVE RECORDED AROUND 3 INCHES.
SO FAR THE HIGHEST AMOUNT CAME IN FROM LOCKHART WHERE 4.26 INCHES
HAD FALLEN UP TO 8 PM.

MOST OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS REMAIN IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO...WITH
LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT.

JVD