Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1987, 1:36 PM CDT for Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1987, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1987, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kendall County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 031836
SVRSAT
TXC259-031930-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
136 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...KENDALL
AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EASTERN KERR COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR. THE CURRENT PATH OF THIS STORM IMMEDIATELY THREATENS
RESIDENTS IN WESTERN KENDALL COUNTY. WITHIN THE PAST FEW
MINUTES...THE STORM WAS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED SOFTBALL TO
GRAPEFRUIT-SIZE HAIL NEAR CENTERPOINT IN EASTERN KERR COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL
3/4 INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A HOME OR
BUILDING AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES.
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 NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.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, May 3, 9:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 915 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS... HAYS...WILLIAMSON...BASTROP...CALDWELL AND ALL THE COUNTIES TO WEST AND NORTHWEST OVER THE HILL COUNTRY. AT 8:48 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LLANO COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER IN SOUTHEAST BURNET COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW PLACES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA IS LOCATED FROM NEAR PALESTINE...SOUTH OF TEMPLE...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN TO THE HILL COUNTRY SOUTH OF KERRIVILLE. THE RAIN AREA IS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 3, 9:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
955 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KERR COUNTY...
AT 950 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF KERR COUNTY...JUST WEST OF
THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN HOME. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOURS.
RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE BRIEF
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. THESE
STATEMENTS WILL BE BROADCAST OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR BEST SOURCE
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, May 3, 10:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 955 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER PORTION OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER FROM LAKE BUCHANAN TO MARBLE FALLS... AT 9:50 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERD ALONG A LINE 5 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MASON COUNTY TO 15 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF KERR COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER FROM LAKE BUCHANAN TO MARBLE FALLS. THESE THUNDER STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WIND AND FLOODING IN LOW PLACES. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. ANOTHER UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 3, 10:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 955 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER PORTION OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER FROM LAKE BUCHANAN TO MARBLE FALLS... AT 9:50 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERD ALONG A LINE 5 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MASON COUNTY TO 15 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF KERR COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER FROM LAKE BUCHANAN TO MARBLE FALLS. THESE THUNDER STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WIND AND FLOODING IN LOW PLACES. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. ANOTHER UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 3, 10:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1055 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987 AT 1050 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERD ALONG A LINE IN THE HILL COUNTRY FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LLANO COUNTY TO HARPER 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERRVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SOUTHEAST OF A HILLSBORO ...FORT HOOD...40 MILES WEST OF KERRVILLE LINE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. RESIDENTS ARE REMINED...HOWEVER...THAT THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME APPR4OACHING SEVERE LIMITS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1255 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THE PAST FEW
HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. THIS LINE EXTENDED
SOUTHWEST FROM NEAR LUFKIN INTO CENTRAL KERR AND REAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH
TEXAS.
DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES...REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE-SIZE HAIL HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED FROM NEAR THE CITY OF HUNT IN KERR COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO
THE HAIL...IT IS LIKELY THAT ISOLATED VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE OCCURRING
WITHIN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THE NEARLY STATIONARY CHARACTER OF
THIS LINE OF STORMS ADDS TO THE THREAT OF AT LEAST LOCALIZED FLOODING.
CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG
THIS LINE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HEATING AND ANOTHER
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACT. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE BROADCAST OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 52 min |
| May 3, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 63 min |
| May 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.