Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
140 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY
FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON...BURLESON AND MILAM COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KILLEEN NORTHEAST TO
NORTH OF WACO.  OTHER SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF
AUSTIN NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AUSTIN AREA AND ON NORTH TO BETWEEN WACO
AND COLLEGE STATION.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 45 MPH
...WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
345 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN THE HILL COUNTRY TO THE WEST OF AUSTIN...

AT 330 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER
THE WESTERN BORDER OF TRAVIS AND NORTHERN BLANCO COUNTY.  RAINFALL
RATES FROM THESE STORMS WERE NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR IN A FEW SPOTS
BETWEEN ROUND MOUNTAIN AND MARBLE FALLS.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTH
EAST AT  ABOUT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM SHOULD CROSS WILLIAMSON COUNTY WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  THIS INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
410 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS UNTIL 930 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF THE HILL COUNRTY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS...WHICH WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25
MPH...WERE FORMING IN AN AREA OF WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR LOCATED
ALONG A COLD FRONT.  THIS FRONT WAS ON A LINE FROM EAST OF FORTH WORTH
TO NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FROM THE
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES...KEEPING YOU INFORMED OF THIS
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
430 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST THIS EVENING...

...THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
LUFKIN.  BEXAR COUNTY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.  COUNTIES
NEAREST TO BEXAR COUNTY AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO WATCH ARE: COMAL...
GUADALUPE...WILSON...AND GONZALES.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF THE HILL COUNRTY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS...WHICH WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25
MPH...WERE FORMING IN AN AREA OF WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR LOCATED
ALONG A COLD FRONT.  THIS FRONT WAS ON A LINE FROM EAST OF FORTH WORTH
TO NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL ;BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FROM THE
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES...KEEPING YOU INFORMED OF THIS
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
445 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD TOWARD AUSTIN...

AT 430 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN
NORTHERN HAYS AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF TRAVIS COUNTY.  RAINFALL
RATES FROM THESE STORMS WERE NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR IN A FEW SPOTS
JUST NORTH OF DRIPPING SPRINGS AND NEAR LAKE TRAVIS.  MOVEMENT OF
THESE STORMS IS SLOW AND TO THE EAST.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
MOVE INTO THE AUSTIN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

AT 403 PM THE WIND SHIFTED AT THE WEATHER OFFICE TO THE NORTHWEST
WITH GUSTS TO 31 MPH.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND
SOUGTHEAST TEXAS.  THIS INCLUDES TRAVIS AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
500 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST THIS EVENING...INCLUDING COMAL...GUADALUPE...
GONZALES...AND WILSON COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM NEAR AUSTIN TO NEAR CANYON
LAKE.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  REMEMBER...A TORNADO
WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

A COLD FRONT HAD MOVED THROUGH THE AUSTIN AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
WAS EXPECTED TO REACH THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR.  VERY GUSTY WINDS OF OV2ER 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE
NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND PERSONS SHOULD REMAINED TUNED TO
LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.