Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
903 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED
ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU BETWEEN MENARD...
JUNCTION...ROCKSPRINGS AND DEL RIO AT 900 AM THIS MORNING.  THE ACTIVITY
WAS FORMING FURTHER TO THE EAST EACH HOUR...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST TO
THE NORTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM FAR WEST TEXAS TRIGGERED THE
STORMS ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM WACO TO JUNCTION TO
DEL RIO.  AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES EASTWARD THIS MORNING...THE FRONT AND
ITS ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE TO THE EAST.  ONCE THE STORMS
REACH THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY...NEAR
AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO...SOME COULD BECOME SEVERE.  LARGE HAIL OR DoAMAGING
WINDS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.  THE SEVERE
WEATHER COULD CONTINUE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
925 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY...

AT 920 AM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCKSPRINGS TO
JUNCTION AND MENARD.  MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AREA WAS SLOWLY TO THE EAST
WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AS THESE STROMS MOVE EASTWARD AND ENCOUNTER THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR OF CENTRAL TEXAS SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.  PERSONS
ARE ADVISED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AS THESE
STORMS MOVE TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
930 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

AT 930 AM CDT ONLY A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN
NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY.  THE REMAINDER OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED NORTHEAST INTO EDWARDS AND EASTERN SUTTON
COUNTIES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
958 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

AT 955 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...ALONG AND EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY FROM BRADY TO AUSTIN TO
ROCKSPRINGS AND JUNCTION.  THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH
WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF JUNCTION.

THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING TO THE EAST THROUGH THE
LATE MORNING...CROSSING MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY MID AFTERNOON.
AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD INTO DEEPER MOISTURE AND A MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS...
SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.  THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER WOULD BE EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY...BEGINNING NEAR SAN ANTONIO
AND AUSTIN LATER THIS MORNING...AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

EVERYONE IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS
ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
123 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO THE FAR NORTHWEST PORTION
OF BEXAR COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND
35 MILES AN HOUR.  AT THIS RATE OF SPEED...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITHIN THE HOUR.

STORNG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND MARBLE
TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED
ACROSS MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6
PM THIS EVENING.

PERSONS IN AND AROUND BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS BE ENCOUNTERED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.