Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
300 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND
THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...

AT 300 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY.  THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
A FEW OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING QUITE HEAVY RAINFALL ALTHOUGH NO
SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON.
BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY.

THE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTH
TEXAS AIDED BY AFTERNOON HEATING AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
350 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
FROM SAN ANTONIO TO KARNES CITY TO WEST OF BEEVILLE.  OTHER WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUNCTION TO WEST OF SAN MARCOS.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR KELLY AIR FORCE BASE AS THE STORMS
MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA.  IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.  DUE TO THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF STREETS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SLICK WET ROADS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SAN ANTONIO METRO
AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS
FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO A HIGHLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER
THE REGION.

STAY TUNE,D TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR A LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
625 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 620 PM...RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM AUSTIN TO EAST OF BUDA TO LOCKHART...NEAR WAELDER...AND
EAST OF SCHULENBURG.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THwE NORTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...LOCALIZED FLOODING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.