Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
425 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987

THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN BOTH INTENSITY AND COVERAGE.

AT 420 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA
OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE
MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM GONZALES ACROSS FLORESVILLE AND
JOURDANTON TO NEAR CRYSTAL CITY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT...THE MORE INTENSE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE RAIN ACCUMULATIONS REACHING 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.
WATER MAY BEGIN TO COLLECT IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ALERT WHEN DRIVING NEAR AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND
BE CAREFUL NOT TO DRIVE INTO DEEP WATER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
510 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987

AT 505 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
GONZALES TO FLORESVILLE AND JOURDANTON TO NEAR CRYSTAL CITY...AS WELL AS
FROM COTULLA TO JUST NORTH OF LAREDO.  HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO INDICATED IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BEBE...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GONZALES...
AT 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON.  PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS INDICATED IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY NEAR 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

ADDITIONAUL SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY
WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.  WATER MAY BEGIN
TO COLLECT IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS AND MOTORISTS MUST
AVOID DRIVING INTO DEEP WATER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
605 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 600
PM CDT CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE MOST INTENSE
STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF LAREDO IN WEBB COUNTY AND FROM NEAR SEGUIN
INTO SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO.  THE ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN INDICATED IN THESE STORMS...HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY INTENSE LIGHTNING DISCHARGES ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.  EVERYONE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF THE MORE FREQUENT CAUSES OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS
IN SOUTH TEXAS.  FOR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS...STAY AWAYS FROM DOORS AND
WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
635 PM CDT MON MAY 5 1987

RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LULING...NORTH OF
LEXINGTON AND EAST OF ROCKDALE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCAL HEAVY RAIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOW NORTHWARD.

CONSIDERABLE SMALL...ABOUT 1/4 INCH...HAIL WAS REPORTED IN PART OF
LULING.