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SAN ANTONIO area Freepers..How bad was the storm

Posted on 03/19/2002 5:24:14 PM PST by newsperson999

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

749 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... GUADALUPE BEXAR WILSON

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 749 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS PRESENT IN SOUTH SAN ANTONIO... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO GUADALUPE AND WILSON COUNTIES AFTER 800 PM.

POWER IS OUT IN PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO AND MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED. LARGE HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.


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1 posted on 03/19/2002 5:24:14 PM PST by newsperson999
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hope everyone is okay....
2 posted on 03/19/2002 5:26:02 PM PST by RangeRatt
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To: newsperson999
it was rough .. and I'm in Indiana
3 posted on 03/19/2002 5:26:45 PM PST by fnord
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To: fnord
large amounts of hail, some of it oddly ring-shaped. Lots of sirens going up and down the streets of mid-town. We are in the historical district. Bad winds, but now passed over. Debris and flooding in the streets. But it is passed over and all OK
4 posted on 03/19/2002 5:30:20 PM PST by sanantonioalex
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Sitting in Hutto (north east of Austin) watching it come this way. gosh, I sure hope that I don't have to take a ride in the bathtub tonight.
5 posted on 03/19/2002 5:32:04 PM PST by PokeyJoe
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Just talked to our daughter in San Marcos - no rain at all. So it must be all south of them. Getting a poop load in southern missouri.
6 posted on 03/19/2002 5:33:00 PM PST by gopheraj
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7 posted on 03/19/2002 5:33:20 PM PST by deport
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Just talked to our daughter in San Marcos - no rain at all. So it must be all south of them. Getting a poop load in southern missouri.
8 posted on 03/19/2002 5:33:27 PM PST by gopheraj
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Reconsider that "bathtub" thing.... I once got to dig through the debris of what was left of my sister's home, searching for her bathtub because I was sure I would find her body there! The tub was holding a very large part of her roof, but she had left her house just prior to the tornado.....an interior closet is much better......

And good luck - I hope the storm goes past you...

9 posted on 03/19/2002 5:38:02 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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It's going like crazy at my house in extreme Northwest Travis county. Beautiful light show. See the lake and the white caps on the water.

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10 posted on 03/19/2002 5:42:18 PM PST by VinnyTex
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Well, I guess my mother in Jonestown is cowering. She's scared you-know-what-less of storms. THey can see Lake Travis from their house on a hill but knowing her she's in a closet.
11 posted on 03/19/2002 5:47:30 PM PST by gopheraj
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Nothing on the northside. A few blinks that didn't even knock out my computer. Willie, my dog who is terrified of storms, didn't even freak out. Didn't hit this side of San Antonio.
12 posted on 03/19/2002 5:52:25 PM PST by Alissa
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I'm 10 minutes from Jonestown. She's getting hit. slacking off a little but the light show is still great.
13 posted on 03/19/2002 5:52:26 PM PST by VinnyTex
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I work in an airline dispatch office in St Louis.Tonight we have had rain and tstorms since I dutied on at 1200.Flash flood warnings,but air traffic on the other hand has not been bad.We get the updates for all the airports here and DFW has been groundstopped since I came on.Our wx radar was painting some pretty nasty stuff around SAT all the way up tp DFW.I hope everyone is alright.I also hope noone is travelling on American Airlines,75 wx diversions!!! WX= weather.
14 posted on 03/19/2002 5:54:56 PM PST by cardinal4
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I lost my Direct TV signal. Everything else is fine. Gawd, I love the hill country in the spring. Cold fronts meeting the gulf air and the storms are beautiful. Sitting with all the doors open out to the screen porch.
15 posted on 03/19/2002 5:55:43 PM PST by VinnyTex
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LOL I think I'm adopted. Nothing better than rain on a tin roof to sleep under, but she stays up all night worrying that the dreaded tornado will hit. As long as it doesn't wake me up I dont care. LOL Our next home will have a tin roof on the porch just for sleeping. Hail is another matter.
16 posted on 03/19/2002 5:57:17 PM PST by gopheraj
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We're in Douglas county and have just had a lot of rain. Good for the longhorns' grass but it is getting old. Even the dogs hate to go out to go potty.
17 posted on 03/19/2002 5:59:26 PM PST by gopheraj
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I am in Northwest San Antonio by IH 10 and DeZavala Rd. It was a hard rain for about 20 minutes and strong winds but that has been it. Heard on TV that there was a tornado in the southside of San Antonio on SW Military Drive. At this time of 9pm central it is not raining at all. Thanks for the concern. I am sure there are some parts that got hit hard but we were not part of it this time.
18 posted on 03/19/2002 6:00:44 PM PST by GUIDO
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Hope those Hippos are hunky-dory. :)
19 posted on 03/19/2002 6:00:55 PM PST by Tickle Me Pank
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What's the hippo reference, inquiring minds want to know!?
20 posted on 03/19/2002 6:09:32 PM PST by John Jamieson
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