Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
746 AM CST SUN NOV 8 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
VAL VERDE COUNTY TEXAS AND LAKE AMISTAD AREA...

AT 740 AM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE RIO
GRANDE RIVER...18 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO AND SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
COMSTOCK...AND ANOTHER INTENSE STORM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOMA ALTA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM NEAR JUNO...IN NORTHERN VAL
VERDE COUNTY EXTENDING TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO AND SOUTH ALONG
THE RIO GRANDE TO NEAR LAREDO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT NEAR 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING

WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA.
BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE FAR AWAY FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
845 AM CST SUN NOV 8 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF VAL VERDE COUNTY TEXAS...

AT 830 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS  FROM WEST OF
HIGHWAY 163 AT THE NORTHERN VAL VERDE CROCKETT COUNTY LINE  EXTENDING
EAST TO ROCKSPRINGS THEN SOUTH TO LAREDO. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED
NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF LOMA ALTA IN THE EASTERN PART OF VAL VERDE
COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THAT AREA BUT NO ACTUAL
AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS OF YET. COMSTOCK REPORTED .75 INCH OF RAIN
IN JUST OVER ONE HOUR AND IT WAS STILL RAINING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.

BECAUSE OF THE AREAL COVERAGE AND THE INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN
LOMA ALTA AREA SOME OF THE RANCH ROADS CROSSING DRAWS MAY BEGIN TO
EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING.

SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA.
BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND CAMPERS IN THE DOLAN CREEK AREA SHOULD
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF
THREATENITNG WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE FAR
AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
902 AM CST SUN NOV 8 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF VAL VERDE COUNTY TEXAS...

AT 850 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS  FROM WEST OF HIGHWAY 163 AT
THE NORTHERN VAL VERDE CROCKETT COUNTY LINE  EXTENDING EAST TO
ROCKSPRINGS THEN SOUTH TO LAREDO. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO EXTENDING TO THE NORTH ALL
THE WAY TO THE SUTTON COUNTY LINE. AS THESE HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ANY MOTORIST TRAVELING NORTH OUT DEL RIO ON
HIGHWAY 277 SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED TO STOP
SUDDENLY FOR HEAVY RAINS AND POOR VISIBILITY. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAS BEEN
OBSERVED IN THAT AREA BUT NO ACTUAL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS OF
YET. COMSTOCK REPORTED .75 INCH OF RAIN IN JUST OVER ONE HOUR AND IT WAS
STILL RAINING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.

BECAUSE OF THE AREAL COVERAGE AND THE INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN
LOMA ALTA AREA SOME OF THE RANCH ROADS CROSSING DRAWS MAY BEGIN TO
EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING.

SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA.
BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND CAMPERS IN THE DOLAN CREEK AREA SHOULD
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF
THREATENvING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE FAR
AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
1103 AM CST SUN NOV 8 1987

AT 1055 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST
INTO KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTIES. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS REMAIN IN EASTERN
VAL VERDE COUNTY EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AREA OF MODERATE SHOWERS NEAR DEL
RIO. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DEL RIO RECEIVED .15 OF AN INCH
OF RAIN WHILE NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL AT LOMA ALTA IN THE NORTHEAST
PART OF VAL VERDE COUNTY.

MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND CAMPERS ALONG THE LAKE AND RIVERS IN
VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD REM	AIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1120 AM CDT SUN NOV 8 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO
METROPOLITAN AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE
PAST HOUR.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND FROM NEAR GARNER PARK...EAGLE PASS...
DEL RIO...AND AUSTIN.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH
THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATIO'N CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE FAR AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.