Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 12, 1987, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 1987, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Frio County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1205 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...FRIO
 
RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN FRIO COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND TO
THE SOUTHWEST AND ARE MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN ZAVALA COUNTY
DURING THE LAST HOUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING
IS IMINENT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS FRIO COUNTY.
 
REMEMBER...DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING ARE FREQUENTLY RELATED TO
MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR FROM CHILDREN
PLAYING NEAR FLOODED STREAMS OR DRAINAGE AREAS.
 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OFTEN ACCOMPANY FLASH FLOOD
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.
 
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
810 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1987

AT 805 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL
RIO. PANDALE CROSSING...60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING DURING THE PAST FIVE MINUTES. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...BUT ALSO BUILDING TO THE
SOUTHEAST TOWARD DEL RIO.

SOME LOW AREAS OF ROADWAYS MAY BECOME FLOODED...HIGHWAYS 163 AND 189
IN NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY ARE ALREADY CLOSED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO USE CAUTION AND NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. CAMPERS AND CANOEISTS ALONG THE PECOS RIVER SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION...KEEP A LOOKOUT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.