Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Including Winds, Large Hail For Central Texas

Staff

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…

• Williamson County in south-central Texas…
• Central Caldwell County in south-central Texas…
• Central Hays County in south-central Texas…
• Travis County in south-central Texas…
• Blanco County in south-central Texas…
• Northeastern Gillespie County in south-central Texas…
• Llano County in south-central Texas…
• Bastrop County in south-central Texas…
• Lee County in south-central Texas…
• Central Fayette County in south-central Texas…
• Burnet County in south-central Texas…
• Severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Tow to Pflugerville to near Elgin to near Caldwell, moving south at 40 mph.
  • • HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
    • SOURCE…Radar indicated.
    • IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
      to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Kyle,
Taylor, Buda, Lockhart, Elgin, Bastrop, Burnet, Marble Falls,
Kingsland, Giddings, La Grange, Smithville, Llano, Dripping Springs
and Granger.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Large hail, damaging winds, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

HAIL…1.00IN
WIND…60MPH

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 156
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
240 AM CDT WED APR 29 2020

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 156 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

TXC015-021-039-053-055-071-089-149-157-167-177-199-201-209-239-
241-245-285-287-291-321-339-351-361-373-407-453-457-473-481-491-
291400-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0156.200429T0740Z-200429T1400Z/

TX
.    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUSTIN               BASTROP             BRAZORIA
BURNET               CALDWELL            CHAMBERS
COLORADO             FAYETTE             FORT BEND
GALVESTON            GONZALES            HARDIN
HARRIS               HAYS                JACKSON
JASPER               JEFFERSON           LAVACA
LEE                  LIBERTY             MATAGORDA
MONTGOMERY           NEWTON              ORANGE
POLK                 SAN JACINTO         TRAVIS
TYLER                WALLER              WHARTON
WILLIAMSON