Tornado Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
618 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 AM. THE WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AUSTIN..COLORADO
..WASHINGTON...GRIMES...WALKER...WALLER..MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...
..POLK...HOUSTON...AND TRINITY.

THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AREA.

JUST AFTER 6 AM...RADAR SHOWS THE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
STILL WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES...ROUGHLY IN THE AREA
FROM NEAR AUSTIN TO WACO.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPE AND
SPREAD TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AND RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREAS
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST OR NORTHWEST...AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION SHOULD
WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO YO-UR WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV...FOR FUTHER
BULLETIENS THROUGHOUT THIS THREAT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
735 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 AM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AUSTIN..COLORADO...WASHINGTON...GRIMES..
WALKER...WALLER..MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...POLK..HOUSTON..AND TRINITY..

THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AREA.

AT 730 AM...RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST
TEXS FROM THE NORTHWEST....FROM NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CROCKET.  THE LINE OF TUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.  IT WILL BE MOVING IN HOUSTON COUNTY SHORTLY...THEN INTO WASHINGTON
...GRIMES...WALKER..AND TRINITY COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9 AM.  RESIDENTS
IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS APPROACHINGFROM THE NORTHWEST AND LISTEN TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
807 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 AM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AUSTIN..COLORADO...WASHINGTON...GRIMES..
WALKER...WALLER..MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...POLK..HOUSTON..AND TRINITY..

THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AREA.

AT 800 AM...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS
PICKED UP FORWARD SPEEND AND WAS SWEEPING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH.
INTENSITIES OF THE STORMS APPEAR TO BE BELOW SEVERE LEVEL CATEGORIES..HOWEVER
RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTIES UNDER THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE WEATHER OR WARNINGS.

THE LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH MOST OF WASHINGTON...GRIMES...WALKER..AND HOUSTON
AND TRINITY OVER THE NEXT HOUR TO EXPIRATION TIME OF THE WATCH.
BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD HEAD FOR SAFE HARBOUR UNTIL THE LINE OF
STORMS PASSES THROUGH.  CAMPERS ON THE LAKE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

ON THIS TRACK THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING LAKE LIVINGSTON@
BY ABOUT 9...AND SHOULD THE LINE HOLD TOGETHER AND CONTINUE AT THIS SPEED
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE HOUSTON AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO AND TV...FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
840 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL EXPIRE
AT 9M....

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WEAKENING
IN SOME AREAS...

AT 840 AM...RADAR SHOWS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED THROUGH MOST OF
THE COUNTIES UNDER THE WATCH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH.  INTENSITIES
OF STORMS IN THE LINE HAVE WEAKENED IN MOST SECTIONS...BUT STILL FAIRLY STRONG
IN THE COUNTIES OF HARRIS...MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO..LIBERTY AND POLK.

AT THIS SPEED AND TRACK THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
HOUSTON AREA WITHIN THE NEX{T 30 TO 40 MINUTES...AND PAST HARRIS AND LIBERTY
COUNTIES BY ABOUT 930 AM.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
858 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH HOUSTON....

THE FAST MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN HARRIS
COUNTY JUST BEFORE 9 AM...AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME TREE LIMBS DOWN
AND SMALL HAIL IN THAT PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  NO MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTS RECEIVED.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE STRETCH THROUGH NORTH HARRIS COUNTY
..INTO SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY...SAN-JACINTO...AND POLK COUNTIES...MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST 40 TO 50 MPH.  RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENTS LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER THE
NEXT 30 MINUTES OR SO AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV...FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
900 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990

   ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE UPPER COAST...

AT 900 AM CDT..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... EXTENDING ACROSS
THE COASTAL PLAINS WAS APPROACHING THE COAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES
AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS BLOWING DOWN TREE LIMBS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM OPEN WINDOWS.

MARINE INTERESTS ON GALVESTON BAY AND THE COASTAL WATERS SHOULD BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD NOT VENTURE
FAR FROM PORT.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO..TV OR THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED.