Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1035 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1987

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND
SAN SABA COUNTIES FOR TODAY.

AT 1025 AM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN
AREA OF LAMPASAS COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SCATTERED
OVER THE AREA FROM NEAR ROCKDALE WESTWARD THROUGH THE ROUNDROCK AND
GEORGETOWN AREAS TO NEAR BURNET. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWER HAS BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM MENARD
TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO PEARSALL TO UVALDE AND BACK TO MENARD. STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF CANYON LAKE AND SOUTH OF JUNCTION. THESE
rTHUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED IN THE WATCH AREA SO USE CAUTION.
NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1110 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1987

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY
AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.  MANY OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...ESPECIALLY MEDINA...
CANYON...BRAUNIG...CALAVERAS AND MCQUEENEY...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AT A
MOMENTS NOTICE.  DUE TO THE HAZY SKIES...APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS
OR THREATENING AND DEVELOPING CLOUDS MAY NOT BE VISIBLE UNTIL THE
STORMS ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU.

GOLFERS SHOULD ALSO BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE
READY TO GET OFF THE COURSE AND TO PROTECTION INDOORS.

CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD NOT CAMP NEAR FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS OR RIVERS.
SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN.  EVEN THOUGH HEAVY RAIN MAY
NOT BE OCCURRING RIGHT AT YOUR LOCATION...FLASH FLOODING IS A THREAT
SINCE RUNOFF FROM DISTANT STORMS MOVE INTO PREVIOUSLY DRY CREEKS...
RIVERS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS QUITE RAPIDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING.

MOTORISTS WILL ALSO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
IN THESE HEAVY RAIN AREAS...SO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS ACCORDINGLY...
DRIVE WITH YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON AND...IF POSSIBLE...POSTPONE TRAVEL
INTO THREATENED AREAS UNTIL THE DANGER PASSES.  LOW-WATER CROSSINGS
POSE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS HAZARDS TO UNSUSPECTING MOTORISTS...
SO APPROACH THEM WITH CAUTION AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THEM IF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATERS ARE EVIDENT.

STAY TUNED.  ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.  AT THE PRESENT TIME...A VERY HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND ADJACENT
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.  RADIO AND TV BROADCASTERS SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THIS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
1215 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1987

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND
SAN SABA COUNTIES FOR TODAY.

RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE
FROM SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD SOUTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF THE AUSTIN AREA
TO NEAR BRENHAM. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST
SOUTH EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWER WAS OVER AN AREA ABOUT 30 MILES
WIDE FROM NEAR MENARD SOUTHEAST THROUGH FREDERICKSBURG...JOHNSON CITY
AND NEW BRAUNFELS AREAS TO NEAR LULING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LOCAL HERAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
140 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1987

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MILLS...LAMPASAS AND
SAN SABA COUNTIES FOR TODAY.

RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE
FROM NEAR LAMPASAS THROUGH LAKE L B J...DRIPPING SPRINGS...SAN MARCOS
...LOCKHART AREAS TO EAST OF COLUMBUS. THIS WAS IN A LAGRE AREA OF
MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS THAT COVERED ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE
AREA WITHIN 100 MILES OF AUSTIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LOCAL HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS.

ADDITIONAL STATMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRENT.