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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 25, 1987Calhoun County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1987, 8:00 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1987, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1987, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Calhoun County, TX

The radar

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

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
340 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...

WITHIN THE PAST HOUR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN AND
AROUND THE AUSTIN AREA. ANYONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
510 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED DURING THE AFTERNOON
AROUND THE AUSTIN AREA.  DURING THE PAST HOUR THE STORMS HAVE BUILT
SOUTHWARD TO BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE MOVING THROUGH COMAL AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES AND WILL BE MOVING
INTO GONZALES COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  THE NEW BRAUFELS AND
SEGUIN AREAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS PASS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
540 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BEXAR COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED IN NORTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY WILL
MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.  THE STORMS ARE SPOTTY AND SOME AREAS WILL MISS THE RAIN.
HOWEVER...WHERE THE STORMS OCCUR...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE STORMS WILL NOT LAST VERY LONG...AND MOST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
HAVE DISSIPATED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
630 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL
TEXAS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED IN THE AUSTIN AREA AT MIDAFTERNOON
WERE MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS COMAL...GUADALUPE...AND GONZALES COUNTIES
AT 630.  THESE STORMS SHOULD LAST FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR THEN BEGIN
TO DISSIPATE.  IN THE MEANTIME...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

Sources

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