Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
845 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987

AT 840 PM CDT A BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS AND OCCASIONALLY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. THIS WEATHER ACTIVITY WAS
ALONG THE PECOS VALLEY FROM NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE...THROUGH THE
WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND PASSED SOUTHEASTWARD INTO MEXICO ABOUT
20 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
BASICLY EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD VERY SHORTLY START AFFECTING
THE LAKE AMISTAD AREA AND BOATERS MIGHT NOW THINK OF SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS BAND MOVE THROUGH THE
COUNTY STRONG GUSTS OF WIND TO 50 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY
BE EXPERIENCED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS BOTH INSIDE THE CITY OF DEL RIO AND THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT
THREE HOURS.

AN UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCE JUST NORTH OF THE BIG BEND ACROSS THE
PECOS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND PERIODICALLY SPEWING OUT BANDS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ACTIVITY IS ONLY THE LATEST ROUND
AND MORE MAY FOLLOW TONIGHT BEOFRE THE DISTURBANCE CLEARS THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT SO STAY
TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL T.V. RADIO OR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
955 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987

AT 945 PM CDT BROKEN BANDS OF SHOWERS AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR. THIS WEATHER ACTIVITY COVERS
MUCH OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. AT 940 PM CDT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 163 JUST NORTH OF THE
VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING THE LAKE AMISTAD AREA
AND BOATERS SHOULD THINK OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THIS BAND MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY STRONG GUSTS OF WIND TO 35 MPH
AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY BE EXPERIENCED.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS
PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 163. A STRONG
LIGHTNING DISPLAY WAS IN PROGRESSS AND ALL PERSONS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION. REMEMBER INSIDE A BUILDING ARE THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A

LIGHTNING STORM.
AN UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCE JUST NORTH OF THE BIG BEND ACROSS THE
PECOS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND PERIODICALLY SPEWING OUT BANDS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ACTIVITY IS ONLY THE LATEST ROUND&
AND MORE MAY FOLLOW TONIGHT BEOFRE THE DISTURBANCE CLEARS THE AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1120 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU...

A SLOW MOVING UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS WAS TRIGGERING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS
OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN VAL VERDE AND WESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR
INDICATED RAINFALL RATES ON THE ORDER OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR TO BE
OCCURRING IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR.

MANY SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU ARE IN NEED OF
GOOD RAINS AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE A PROBLEM.
HOWEVER...THE RATE AT WHICH THE RAIN IS FALLING MAY PRODUCE TEMPORARY
FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND URBAN STREETS IN SOME LOCATIONS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY ALERT TO THIS POSSIBILITY.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH
MUCH OF TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BEFORE
MORNING.  ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL ]BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THESE WILL BE BROADCAST OVER LOCAL RADIO...TV AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1225 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY...

AUSTIN RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF
GILLISPIE COUNTY...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED TO THE WEST
OF LLANO AND SAN SABA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT
NEAR 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATING A HEAVY RAINFALL RATE OF UP TO THREE
INCHES PER HOUR. THE RATE AT WHICH RAIN IS FALLING MAY PRODUCE TEMPORARY
FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND URBAN STREETS IN SOME LOCATIONS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS POSSIBILITIES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1225 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 1987

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY...

AUSTIN RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF
GILLISPIE COUNTY...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED TO THE WEST
OF LLANO AND SAN SABA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT
NEAR 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATING A HEAVY RAINFALL RATE OF UP TO THREE
INCHES PER HOUR. THE RATE AT WHICH RAIN IS FALLING MAY PRODUCE TEMPORARY
FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND URBAN STREETS IN SOME LOCATIONS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS POSSIBILITIES.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.