Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

TXZ054-182215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
405 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992

AT 400 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS FROM DEL RIO TO
COMSTOCK TO LOMA ALTA . A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST
NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TOWARDS DEL RIO AND THE
SOUTHERN PART OF LAKE AMISTAD. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD
AND AREA RIVERS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO MOVE TO SHORE AND A PLACE OF
SAFETY IF THUNDER IS HEARD...LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR WINDS BEGIN
INCREASING.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

TXZ030-034-182330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
530 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992

...FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR SAN SABA...

AT 525 PM...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN SAN SABA RELAYED A REPORT TO THE
AUSTIN WEATHER SERVICE...OF SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE AREA ABOUT
5 MILES OUTSIDE OF SAN SABA.  THEY WERE MOVING TO THE WEST VERY
SLOWLY.

RADAR SHOWS A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA...BUT NONE AT
SEVERE LEVELS.  THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS APPEAR TO BE VERY TROPICAL IN
NATURE AND MAY PRODUCE SOME WIND DAMAGES AROUND SAN SABA COUNTY FOR
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

SO FAR NO DAMAGES HAVE OCCURRED AND THE FUNNELS CONTINUOUSLY DESCEND
RISE BACK INTO THE CLOUDS ON A RAPID BASIS.
DUGAN

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TXZ030-034-182330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
530 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992

...FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR SAN SABA...

AT 525 PM...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN SAN SABA RELAYED A REPORT TO THE
AUSTIN WEATHER SERVICE...OF SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE AREA ABOUT
5 MILES OUTSIDE OF SAN SABA.  THEY WERE MOVING TO THE WEST VERY
SLOWLY.

RADAR SHOWS A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA...BUT NONE AT
SEVERE LEVELS.  THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS APPEAR TO BE VERY TROPICAL IN
NATURE AND MAY PRODUCE SOME WIND DAMAGES AROUND SAN SABA COUNTY FOR
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

SO FAR NO DAMAGES HAVE OCCURRED AND THE FUNNELS CONTINUOUSLY DESCEND
AND RISE BACK INTO THE CLOUDS ON A RAPID BASIS.
DUGAN

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TXZ034-035-038>041-190200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
703 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 655 PM THIS EVENING...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG A NARROW BAND FROM
NEAR AUSTIN TO NEW BRAUNFELS AND ACROSS EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY TO PLEASANTON
AND COTULLA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF LAREDO AND INTO MEXICO.  SPOTTY HEAVY RAIN
WAS INDICATED WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DEVELOPING AREA.  THE AREA WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 5 MPH.

BECAUSE OF THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH IN THE RAIN BAND...WITH
ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING UP TO 2 INCHES.  IF THE MOVEMENT OF
THIS RAIN SYSTEM DOES NOT CHANGE...THE RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITIES
OF SEGUIN...FLORESVILLE AND LAREDO SOMETIME BETWEEN 800 PM AND 900 PM THIS
EVENING.  BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS
COULD OCCUR.

ADDITIONAL WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS
THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU.  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

TXZ034-036-190100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
710 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992

...HEAVY RAINS AROUND AUSTIN...

AT 705 PM...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS... TO BE ALIGNING ALONG IH35...BETWEEN WACO...AUSTIN AND
SAN ANTONIO.   SEVERAL GAUGES FROM THE AUSTIN EOC ON THE SOUTH AND
WEST SIDE OF THE CITY HAD RECORDED OVER 1 AND 3/4 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE LAST HOUR.  SO FAR WE HAVE ONLY TOTALED .01 HERE AT THE AIRPORT.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE HEAVIER RAINS...SOME LOCALIZED STREET
AND LOW SPOT FLOODING MAY TAKE PLACE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
DUGAN

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