Texas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/19/2026 20:50

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 19 at 10:50PM CDT until May 19 at 11:30PM CDT by NWS Austin/San Antonio TX
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 19, 2026 - 8:50pm
Expires: 
May 19, 2026 - 9:30pm
Description: 
At 1050 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Dime Box to 7 miles south of Giddings to near Muldoon, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Bastrop, Giddings, La Grange, Smithville, Schulenburg, Flatonia, Lexington, Shelby, Fayetteville, Dime Box, Round Top, Fedor, Circle D-KC Estates, Rosanky, Paige, Muldoon, Tanglewood, Cistern, Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway, and Upton.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Bastrop, TX; Fayette, TX; Lee, TX
Forcast Office: 
NWS Austin/San Antonio TX