Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
110 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND
   THE EDWARDS PLATEAU THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
   AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED AT 105 PM IN AN AREA NORTH
OF DEL RIO TO ROCKSPRINGS TO AUSTIN LINE.  LITTLE CHANGE IN MOVEMENT HAD
OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.  THE AREA WAS STILL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15
MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BETWEEN JUNCTION AND ROCKSPRINGS AND FROM
ROCKSPRINGS SOUTHWARD TO NEAR BRACKETTVILLE.  THESE STORMS HAD FORMED
ALONG THE EDGE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING IN
FROM THE WEST.  RAINFALL AVERAGES ACROSS EDWARDS COUNTY ARE ESTIMATED AT
1/2 TO 3/4 INCH WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED NEARLY 2 INCHES.
RAINFALL FROM 10 AM TO NOON HAD BEEN OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE
COUNTY...WELL WEST OF THE CITY OF ROCKSPRINGS.  RAINFALL SINCE NOON HAS
BEEN IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
CITY OF ROCKSPRINGS.  SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THIS AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF SONORA AROUND 1230 PM.  PEA-SIZED TO
MARBLE-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT JUNCTION NEAR 100 PM.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NEAR THE TEXAS BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON HAS
CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD.  IT WILL BE IN A POSITION TO HELP
PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS
AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
142 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM...

AT 135 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED EARLIER HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY AND WERE
LOCATED FROM BRACKETVILLE TO ROCKSPRINGS AND FURTHER NORTH. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
132 PM CDT SAT MAY 04 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR ALL OF
   CENTRAL TEXAS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

AT 129 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEL RIO TO
EAST OF JUNCTION CITY TO EAST OF ABILENE.  THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARDTHE EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING MILLS...LAMPASAS...LLANO..AND
GILLESPIE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS FROM MARBLE
FALLS EASTWARD THROUGH BARTLETT TO COLLEGE STATION.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AT JUNCTION WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE WEST.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO POSE A THREAT DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...SO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
200 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 1991

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELED...

AT 158 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED EARLIER HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY AND WERE
LOCATED FROM BRACKETVILLE TO ROCKSPRINGS AND FURTHER NORTH. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
243 PM CDT SAT MAY 04 1991

...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS...LLANO...
   BURNET...WILLIAMSON...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...HAYS...CALDWELL...BASTROP...
   AND TRAVIS...UNTIL 9PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND ADJACENT HILL COUNTRY
   THROUGH TONIGHT...

AT 240 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF DEL
RIO TO HARPER TO LLANO CITY TO STAR.  THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
GILLESPIE COUNTY AND LLANO COUNTY.
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THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER THE LAKE BUCHANAN VICINITY
BETWEEN 2 PM AMD 230 PM CDT.  PERSONS ON THE LAKE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
RETURN TO SHOlRE AND SEEK A PLACE OF SHELTER.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
243 PM CDT SAT MAY 04 1991

...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED MILLS...SAN SABA...LAMPASAS...LLANO...
   BURNET...WILLIAMSON...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...HAYS...CALDWELL...BASTROP...
   AND TRAVIS...UNTIL 9PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND ADJACENT HILL COUNTRY
   THROUGH TONIGHT...

AT 240 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF DEL
RIO TO HARPER TO LLANO CITY TO STAR.  THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
GILLESPIE COUNTY AND LLANO COUNTY.
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THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER THE LAKE BUCHANAN VICINITY
BETWEEN 3 PM AMD 330 PM CDT.  PERSONS ON THE LAKE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
RETURN TO SHORE AND SEEK A PLACE OF SHELTER.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.