Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
520 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1987

MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHERN VAL
VERDE COUNTY AT 5 PM BUT THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
LAKE AMISTAD HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY TO INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROM VAL
VERDE COUNTY IN MAVERICK COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTH MEXICO. AT
430 PM HONDO RADAR SHOWED A VERY SLOW MOVEMENT ON THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

AS THESE SHOWERS ARE RATHER SLOW MOVING RAINFALL MAY PERSIST FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
618 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1987

AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AT 615 PM THIS EVENING.
THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR.

INTENSE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS AND NEAR
ROCKSPRINGS.  ANOTHER VERY INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN
MCMULLEN COUNTY NEAR TILDEN.  THIS STORM WAS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AS
IT BUILT WESTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL.  THEY MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AS WELL.  SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...A*ND MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID
DRIVING INTO HIGH WATER. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THE THUNDERSHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DISSIPATING JUST AFTER SUNSET.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
725 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1987

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO IN MEXICO...

A BROAD BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SAN ANTONIO
SOUTH OF DEL RIO TO THE BIG BEND. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THIS BAND
WAS JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM DEL RIO AT 720 PM MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.
LIGHT RAIN IS FALLING AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DEL RIO AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THUNDER CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD.

LIGHTNING POSES A REAL DANGER TO HUMAN SAFETY AN ALL PERSONS ARE WELL
ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS OR IN THEIR CARS DURING SUCH STORMS. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 30 OR 45 MPH ARE QUITE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
NEARBY STORqM. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE RATHER SLOW MOVING
RAINFALL MAY PERSIST FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION AT LOW WATERS CROSSINGS ON THE ROADS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
726 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1987

AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AT 720 PM THIS EVENING.  MOST STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST NORTH OF LEAKEY ACROSS
ROCKSPRINGS TO JUST NORTH OF LOMA ALTA IN VAL VERDE COUNTY.  ANOTHER
VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TILDEN.  THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...ACCORDING TO THE EDWARDS AND
MCMULLEN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS.  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED
WITH THESE STORMS...SO FLOODING MAY TAKE PLACE IN LOW LYING OR POORLY
DRAINED AREAS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED LOW
AREAS.

THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...EVERYONE
NEAR THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE ACTIVITY
DISSIPATES.

THvE THUNDERSHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DISSIPATING JUST AFTER SUNSET.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
750 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1987

...MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE VEGA AREA OF SOUTHWEST DEL RIO...

A BROAD BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SAN ANTONIO
SOUTH OF DEL RIO TO THE BIG BEND. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THIS BAND
WAS ON THE RIVER JUST SOUTH FROM DEL RIO AT 745 PM MOVING SLOWLY
NORTH. LIGHT RAIN IS FALLING AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DEL RIO
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THUNDER CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD.

STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM GUSTS OF 40 TO 60
MPH MAY OCCURR. LIGHTNING POSES A REAL DANGER TO HUMAN SAFETY AN ALL
PERSONS ARE WELL ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS OR IN THEIR CARS DURING SUCH
STORMS. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE RATHER SLOW MOVING
RAINFALL MAY PERSIST FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION AT LOW WATERS CROSSINGS ON THE ROADS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1987

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR OVER MUCH OF THE
HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU AT 810 PM THIS EVENING.  MOST STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN HOME IN KERR
COUNTY ACROSS NORTHERN REAL COUNTY PAST ROCKSPRINGS TO NEAR LOMA ALTA IN
VAL VERDE COUNTY.  ANOTHER VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FOWLERTON ON THE MCMULLEN...LA SALLE COUNTY LINE.  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.  THEY HAVE SHOWN LITTLE
MOVEMENT SO FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS
AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER.

VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE
STORMS.  PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THIS ACTIVITY DISSIPATES.  REMEMBER
THAT LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE FROM THE SIDES OF THE STORM AND THE HIGH CLOUD
AHEAD OF IT AS WELL AS FROM THE BASE OF THE STORM.