Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Nov 16, 1987, 7:04 AM CST (13:04 UTC)

Expired

Nov 16, 1987, 8:00 AM CST

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Victoria 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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
704 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          ...VICTORIA
 
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH VICTORIA COUNTY. THIS
LINE STARTS FROM NEAR REFUGIO TO VICTORIA TO HALLETTESVILLE. THESE
STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT LIGHTHEING.
 
 
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
IF THREATING 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.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
149 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY
OF DEL RIO UNTIL 800 AM THIS MONDAY MORNING...

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A
LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST OF COTULLA TEXAS TO COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.

AT 145 AM RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. ISOLATED
RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO
IN OLD MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAa.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
225 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

TIME         EVENT
BETWEEN      POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS
2 AM AND     TOOK ROOF OFF STORE IN INGRAM TEXAS.  INGRAM LOCATED JUST
205 AM CST   NORTHEAST OF KERRVILLE ON IH 10.  REPORT RECEIVED FROM
             KERR COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
402 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...VAL VERDE COUNTY IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH
AREA ISSUED EARLIER THIS MONDAY MORNING...

AT 355 AM RADAR INDICATED ALL PRECIPITATION HAD MOVED EAST OF VAL
VERDE COUNTY. RAINSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF DEL RIO TO 35
MILES SOUTH IN OLD MEXICO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOP IN THE VAL VERDE COUNTY AREA.

THE NATION@AL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT THE DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT RECIEVED ONLY .02 INCH OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 32 MPH
DURING THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PASSED THROUGH THE DEL RIO AREA AROUND
MID-NIGHT.

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

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