Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
320 WWUS54 KEWX 020040 SVSEWX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 740 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 TXC031-209-020130- /O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-240502T0130Z/ Hays TX-Blanco TX- 740 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HAYS AND NORTHEASTERN BLANCO COUNTIES... At 740 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Johnson City, or 10 miles northeast of Blanco, moving northeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Dripping Springs, Johnson City, Payton, Henly, Pedernales Falls State Park, and Cypress Mill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3010 9831 3024 9844 3043 9824 3037 9817 3036 9817 3024 9805 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 230DEG 10KT 3022 9832 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ RUNYEN