Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

BULLETIN
URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
650 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
HAVE MOVED INTO SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.  FLOODING OF STREETS...
HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH CREEKS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS...
CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS FRIDAY MORNING.

RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC WILL BE SEVERELY AFFECTED AS STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
BECOME WET AND SLICK AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS
ACCORDINGLY.  FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HILL COUONTRY...EDWARDS PLATEAU
AND ADJACENT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
910 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO ENTER KERR...
KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS
COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREETS...LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS AND CREEK$S AND TRIBUTARIES LEADING INTO THE GUADALUPE
RIVER.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER WEATHER AND RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS OR
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS MORNING...

AT 950 AM AUSTIN RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER CENTRAL
TEXAS WITH THE STRANGEST THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KERRVILLE TO SOUTH OF
SAN ANTONIO TO NEAR VICTORIA TO NEAR WHARTON. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE
NEAR GEORGETOWN AND ROUND ROCK TO SOUTH OF BASTROP. THE ACTIVITY IS
MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN RPORTED IN THE AREA FOR
THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS BUT MANY SMALL STREAMS CONTINUE BANKFULL AND
MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE STILL DANGEROUS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH
LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

KEEP INFORMED OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1040 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TODAY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT
1030 AM AUSTIN RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER CENTRAL
TEXAS WITH THE STRANGEST THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KERRVILLE TO SOUTH OF
HONDO AND EASTWARD TO COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON AND GALVESTON. VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING ARE OCCURRING NEAR MEDINA LAKE WEST
OF SAN ANTONIO. ACTIVITY IS MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

NO FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN RPORTED IN THE AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS BUT MANY SMALL STREAMS CONTINUE BANKFULL AND MANY LOW WATER
CROSSINGS ARE STILL DANGEROUS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED AND
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR THROUGH WATER
OVER ROADWAYS. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR \LATEST INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1143 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TODAY...

AT 1130 AM AUSTIN RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW WIDESPREAD RAIN EAST OF A
LINE FROM WACO TO MARBLE FALLS TO JUST WEST OF KERRVILLE AND SOUTHWARD.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR KERRVILLE TO SAN ANTONIO.
ACTIVITY IS MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

NO FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN RPORTED IN THE AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS BUT MANY SMALL STREAMS CONTINUE BANKFULL AND MANY LOW WATER
CROSSINGS ARE STILL DANGEROUS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED AND
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR THROUGH WATER
OVER ROADWAYS. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION.