Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
316 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987

AT 305 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS FROM
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO IN OLD MEXICO TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST AND
EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO SOUTH OF SONORA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING qAND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND THE RIO GRANDE RIVER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT
NOT ONLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS BUT ALSO LIGHTNING POSES A THREAT TO
SAFETY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
340 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HONDO, TEXAS WAS INDICATING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF DEL RIO...ACROSS
VAL VERDE COUNTY...NORTHWEST EDWARDS COUNTY...NORTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS
INTO THE HILL COUNTRY...WEST AND NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION.

OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER OTHER SECTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
510 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987

AT 505 PM AUSTIN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILLS
AND SAN SABA COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY
TO THE NORTHEAST.  RAINFALL RATES FROM THESE STORMS ARE INTENSE..
1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS..LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..
SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING.  SOME FLOODING MAY
BE OCCURRING ON ROADWAYS AND SMALL STREAMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
512 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987

AT 500 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE COMSTOCK AREA
AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO SONORA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS
WERE DEVELOPING 10 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF DEL RIO.
THE STRONGEST STORM REMAINED NEAR COMSTOCK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT COMSTOCK. SINCE THESE STORMS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE SAME AREA AROUND COMSTOCK FLOODING OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL STREAMS IS LIKELY.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD AND THE SURROUNDING RIVERS SHOULD
CONTINE TO REMAIN ALERT AND PLAN TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF
CONDITIONS WORSEN.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
625 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OBSERVED IN THE DEL RIO AREA...

AT 620 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINSHOWERS...>GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE OBSERVED AT THE DEL RIO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN DEL RIO IS
LIKELY AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
655 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EAGLE PASS TEXAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF MEXICO AND IS LOCATED NEAR
EAGLE PASS TEXAS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.  THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTH ABOUT 15 MPH
AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CITY IN ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FOhRM OVER MEXICO AND ARE MOVING EAST
TOWARDS TEXAS.