Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

LOCAL STORM REPORT...FINAL ASSESSMENT ON DAMAGE AND INJURIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
130 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993

THE EVENT ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 25 HIT PARTS OF THE WEST...NORTH
AND NORTHEAST SIDES OF AUSTIN DOING AN ESTIMATED 55 TO 75 MILLION
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO CARS...ROOFS...SKYLIGHT...GREENHOUSES AND VEGETATION.
THIS WAS THE WORST AND COSTLIEST HAILSTORM TO HIT AUSTIN IN HISTORY...
OUR SECOND COSTLIEST OCCURED ON OCTOBER 21, 1984. DOING 50 MIILION IN
IN DAMAGES.  THE AUSTIN EMS REPORTED 60 INJURIES DUE TO THE HAILSTORM
AS PERSONS SCRAMBLED TO PROTECT THE VEHICLES AND OTHER VALUABLES.

TIME     COUNTY      EVENT OF MAR 25 1993 EVENING...

520 PM   TRAVIS     QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN MANCHACA(KVUE-24
                    WEATHER WATCHER)

525 PM   TRAVIS     3/4 INCH HAIL JUST SOUTHEAST OF MANCHACA.(SHERIFF
                    OFFICE)

530 PM   HAYS       3/4 INCH HAIL JUST NORTHEAST OF DRIPPING SPRINGS
                    REPORTED BY OBSERVER.

532 PM   TRAVIS     3/4 INCH HAIL 51ST AND INTERSTATE 35 REPORTED BY HAMMS.
                    RADIO STATION.

537 PM  TRAVIS     GOLFBALL SIZE AIRPORT AND LAMAR. (HAMMS)

538 PM  TRAVIS     11/2 INCH SIZE HAIL AT CAMERON AND 183 DENTS ON
                   CARS. (OFFICE EMPLOYEE)

539 PM  TRAVIS     3/4 TO 1 INCH SIZE HAIL INTERSTATE 35 AND RUNDBURG.
                   (HAMMS)

540 PM  TRAVIS     1 TO 11/4 INCH HAIL JUST NORTH OF CAMERON AND 183
                   REPORTED BY HAMMS

555 PM  TRAVIS    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT THE EXPOSITION CENTER ABOUT 6 MILES
                  EAST OF AUSTIN.  SITE OF THE 1993 RODEO. (KVUE-24)

600 PM  TRAVIS     3/4 TO 2 INCH SIZE HAIL AT WEBBERVILLE WHICH IS 11 MILES
                   EAST OF AUSTIN. (OFFICIAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER)

600 PM  LLANO     3/4 ICH HAIL AT OXFORD SHERIFFS OFFICE IN LLANO

608 PM  LLANO     GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT KINGSLAND BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

610 PM  BASTROP   11/4 INCH HAIL AT UTLEY( WX. OBSERVER)

625 PM  TRAVIS    NICKEL TO SLIGHTLY LARGER SIZE HAIL 360 AND 2222
                  STRIPPED TREES.  (KXAN-36 STORMTRACKER)

630 PM  TRAVIS    1 TO 2 INCH SIZE HAIL AT STECK AND MOPAC WHERE HAIL
                  DID CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO CARS BUSTED SOME
                  WINDSHIELDS AND HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN PLACES UP TO
                  THREE INCHES DEEP.  LOOKED LIKE SNOW.  DAMAGE AT THIS
                  POINT ESTIMATED IN THE MILLIONS.  (KVUE-24 STUDIOS)

710 PM  BASTROP   1 INCH SIZE HAIL HALF WAY BETWEEN ELGIN AND BASTROP
                  (OBSERVER)

711 PM  BURNET    1 TO 11/2 INCH SIZE HAIL AT MARBLE FALLS (KXAN-36
                  STORMTRACKER)

715 PM  BASTROP   JUST SOUTH OF ELGIN 1 INCH SIZE HAIL(ELGIN POLICE)

718 PM  LLANO     6 MILES SOUTH OF LLANO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.(LLANO SHERIFFS
                  OFFICE)

755 PM  LEE       GIDDINGS HAD 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL (KXAN-36
                  STObRMTRACKER)

LUNA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
212 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN VAL VERDE COUNTY...

AT 205 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN VAL VERDE
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO NEAR
LANGTRY. MOVEMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

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

BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON LAKE AMISTAD AND SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD BE
ON THE WATCH FOR APPROACHING WEATHER AND MOVE QUICKLY TO SHORE AND AWAY
FROM THE WATER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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