Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
645 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1987

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EDWARDS PLATEAU...

AT 640 AM CDT THIS MORNING...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...
FROM JUST EAST OF DEL RIO TO NEAR LEAKEY TO UVALDE AND BACK TO NEAR DEL
RIO.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY
CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.  LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS
MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF FLOODING AS THE STORMS PASS.  IN ADDITION TO THE
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN OR NEAR THE MORE
INTENSE STORMS...VISIBILITY CAN DROP TO NEAR ZERO WITHOUT WARNING IN
THE HEAVY RAIN...AND THE GUSTY WINDS AND SLICK ROADS MAY MAKE DRIVING
EVEN MORE HNAZARDOUS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
730 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1987

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE INDICATED
BY RADAR AT 725 PM FROM NEAR BRACKETTVILLE TO LEAKEY TO UVALDE AND BACK
TO BRACKETVILLE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

REPORTS FROM NEAR THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS INDICATE VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.  NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
REPORTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE.  BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS
MAY OCCUR AS THE STORMS MOVE EASTWARD...MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT
TO DRIVE INTO AREAS OF HIGH WATER.

LIGHTNING IS OF THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS IN
SOUTH TEXAS.  FOR THE BEST PROTECTION FROM LIGHTING...MOVE INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.  THE INSIDE OF A CAR OR BUS OR THE CAB OF A
TRUCK GIVES BETTER LIGHTNING PROTECTION THAN BEING OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN.
MOST OF ALL...DO NOT STAND NEAR TALL OBJECTS SUCH AS POLES OR TREES AND
STAY AWAY FROM METAL SUCH AS METAL SHEDS...FENCES...BIKES...TOOLS OR
SPORTS EQUIPMENT.  REMEMBER ALSO THAT LIGHTNING CAN BE DISCHARGED FROM
THE SIDE OF THE STORM OR EVEN THE HIGH CLOUD BLOWING OUT AHEAD OF THE
STORM...IT DOES NOT HAVE TO DEVELOP FROM UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM BASE.