Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
515 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL
11 PM TONIGHT FOR AN AREA FROM NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO AUSTIN TO HONDO
TO TILDEN TO CORPUS CHRISTI AND EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
INCLUDED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PORTION OF THE WATCH ARE THE ABOVE
CITIES AS WELL AS THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED AS STRONG LOW LEVEL
WINDS FROM THE GULF HAVE CONTINUED TO BRING VERY WARM AIR AND PLENTY
OF MOISTURE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  THIS WARM...MOIST
AIR WILL SERVE AS THE FUEL FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE FEATURE THAT WILL CAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  IT
WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT IN THE DIRECTION OF SOUTH TEXAS.
A COLD FRONT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEAST AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
TUESDAY MORNING.  AS THIS FRONT CROSSES THE AREA...THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL END.

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXANS SHOULD MONITOR A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION THROUGH THIS EVENING WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS
EXISTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO, TX
616 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR AN AREA FROM
NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO AUSTIN TO HONDO TO TILDEN TO CORPUS CHRISTI AND
EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  INCLUDED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
PORTION OF THE WATCH ARE THE ABOVE CITIES AS WELL AS THE SAN ANTONIO
METROPOLITAN AREA.

AT 610 PM THIS EVENING...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM AUSTIN TO FLORESVILLE TO
VICTORIA.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.  THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO EAGLE PASS TO DEL RIO.  THIS AREA CONTAINED ONLY
ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO HAVE PRODUCED THE
THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA.

A COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST WEST OF A LINE FROM SAN ANGELO TO DEL RIO WILL
MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT...ENDING THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

THE BEST SAFETY RULE TO REMEMBER WHEN TORNADOES THREATEN IS TO REMAIN
INDOORS IN A STURDY HOUSE OR BUILDING.  MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
STAY AWAY FROM DOORS...GLASS AND WINDOWS.  MOST HOMES HAVE A SMALL
CENTRAL CLOSET...HALLWAY OR BATHROOM THAT WOULD MAKE A VERY GOOD TORNADO
SHELTER.

CARS AND TRUCKS ARE VERY EASILY OVERTURNED IN A TORNADO AND PROVIDE NO
PROTECTION AT ALL.  IF YOU THINK A TORNADO MAY BE APPROACHING AND ARE IN
A VEHICLE...GET TO A NEARBY SHELTER.  IF NONE IS AVAILABLE...LEAVE THE
VEHICLE AND CROUCH LOW IN A LOW AREA SUCH AS A DITCH OR CULVERT.  PROTECT
YOUR HEAD WITH HANDS AND ARMS TO PREVENT INJURY FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

REMEMBER...IN MANY SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS...MOBILE HOMES ARE TORN APART
BY THE SEVERE WINDS.  THEY DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM A
TORNADO.  IF A TORNADO THREATENS...YOU SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO A STURDY
HOUSE OR BUILDING AND STAY THERE UNTIL THE THREAT IS OVER.

SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES...REMEMBER THE SAFETY RULES AND KNOW HOW YOU WILL
USE THEM BEFORE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION!