Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

May 20, 1987, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)

Expired

May 20, 1987, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Frio County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KSAT 202244
SVRSAT
TXC163-202345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
544 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...FRIO
 
AT 545 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER
DILLEY AND DERBY IN SOUTHERN FRIO COUNTY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH ALONG IH 35...TOWARD PEARSALL...AT 10 MPH.
PEA- TO OCCASIONALLY MARBLE-SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AT DERBY
DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.
 
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.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
515 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1987

HONDO RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN THE DILLEY AREA...
IN SOUTHERN FRIO COUNTY...DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS IN AND AROUND DILLEY AND SOUTHERN FRIO COUNTY.  THE
FRIO RIVER MAY COLLECT SOME OF THIS RUNOFF AND REFLECT SMALL RISES
DOWNSTREAM BELOW DILLEY TONIGHT.

THE MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM IS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...WHICH WILL
TRACK IT ALONG INTERSTATE 35.  TRAVEL BETWEEN DEVINE...PEARSALL AND
DILLEY MAY BE RESTRICTED BY HEAVY RAIN...SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.

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

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.