Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jun 13, 1987, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1987, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde 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 - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1206 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...KINNEY AND UVALDE

AT 1155 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR
ENTERING NORTHERN KINNEY AND UVALDE COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.  THE AREA AROUND GARNER STATE PARK
IS IMMEDIATELY THREATENED BY THESE STORMS...AND ANY CAMPERS IN THE
AREA OF THE RIVER SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.  TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS REQUIRED TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

REMEMBER..DEATHS DURING FLASH FLOODING ARE FREQUENTLY RELATED TO
MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.  YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV OR NO4AA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
710 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1987

AT 700 AM CDT THIS MORNING A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER THE REST
OF BEXAR COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO HAS
SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST HOUR.  HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING FROM
THIS THUNDERSTORM AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR BEXAR
COUNTY IF THIS THUNJDERSTORM REMAINS STRONG AND NEARLY STATIONARY.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1000 AM CDT SAT 13 JUN 1987

...SEVERAL SMALL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO PLAGUE CENTRAL TEXAS...

MODERATE SHOWERS ARE MOVING SOUTH OUT OF GILLESPIE COUNTY... BUT RAIN
DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS HAS TOTALED 1 TO 2 INCHES AVERAGE OVER THE
COUNTY.

ANOTHER LARGER AREA AND MORE SIGNIFICANT AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS LOCATED
IS EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY AND SOUTHERN BASTROP COUNTY... MOVING INTO
FAYETTE COUNTY. CEDAR CREEK MEASURED 21/4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS STORM
BETWEEN 7 AND 830 AM THIS MORNING. THIS STORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST
AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND SMALL
STREAMS FOR THE NEXT F;EW HOURS.

OTHER HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM GEORGETOWN TO TAYLOR AND CALDWELL.
THESE HEAVY RAIN AREAS SEEM TO FLARE VERY QUICKLY TODAY... SO ALL
RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN.

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.