Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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.

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

HONDO RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO
AND FLORESVILLE...IN EXTREME WESTERN WILSON COUNTY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND FLORESVILLE.  FISHERMEN AND
BOATERS CLOSE TO BRAUNIG LAKE AND CALAVERAS LAKE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
AND MOVE TO SHORE AND AWAY FROM THE WATER AT ONCE.

THE MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL TAKE IT ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN
BEXAR COUNTY...TO THE EAST OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.  MOTORISTS ON
US 181 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN...AS
WELL AS SLICK AND WET ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

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

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
700 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1987

TIME         EVENT

 540 PM      PEA SIZE HAIL AT DERBY...FRIO COUNTY
 618 PM      MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN DILLEY...FRIO COUNTY
 619 PM      MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT FAIRVIEW...WILSON COUNTY
 625 PM      PEA SIZE HAIL IN CHARLOTTE...ATASCOSA COUNTY
 626 PM      PEA SIZE HAIL AT LAKE CALAVARAS...BEXAR COUNTY
 630 PM      HAIL SIZE UNKNOWN...WESTERN WILSON COUNTY
 635 PM      S4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT DILLEY...FRIO COUNTY
 647 PM      PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CALAVARAS
             ...BEXAR COUNTY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
718 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1987

AT 715 PM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ABOUT 35 MILES
WEST OF DEL RIO...BETWEEN COMSTOCK AND LANGTRY...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST INTO VAL VERDE COUNTY AT 15 MPH.  AN ENTENSE THUNDERSTORM
WITHIN THIS AREA WAS SOUTHEAST OF COMSTOCK AN JUST SOUTH OF THE RIO
GRANDE RIVER.  PERSONS LIVING BETWEEN BETWEEN COMSTOCK AND LANGTRY
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IF THIS STORM MOVES
INTO THEIR VICINITY.

BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD...RIO GRANDE...PECOS AND DEVILS RIVERS SHOULD
BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL DANGEROUS STORM AND CONSIDER MOVING TO A
SAFE HARBOR. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNINhG HAS BEEN REPORTED
OUT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
QUITE LIKELY FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
740 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1987

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF SAN
ANTONIO SPREADING NORTH AND EASTWARD.

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONLY 50 TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN
...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET
AS THEY APPROACH CALDWELL AND HAYS COUNTIES.

RESIDENTS IN HAYS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE MOVMENT
OF THESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.