Tornado Warning 11, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

May 23, 1987, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)

Expired

May 23, 1987, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Kinney County, TX

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

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1017 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...KINNEY
 
AT 1015 PM CDT...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN BRACKETTVILLE REPORTED
SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST SOUTH OF BRACKETTVILLE.  THE
THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF BRACKETTVILLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
TOWARD THE TOWN OF BRACKETTVILLE AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  ALTHOUGH THE
SIGHTINGS ARE OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ALOFT...DUE TO DARKNESS...THESE FUNNEL
CLOUDS MAY NOT BE VISIBLE OR GIVE MUCH WARNING IF THEY SHOULD DEVELOP
INTO TORNADOES AND TOUCH GROUND.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
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LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
830 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY INCLUDING DEL RIO...

AT 825 PM CDT RAINSHOWERS WERE OBSERVED AT THE DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 90 MILES SOUTH OF
DEL RIO TO 40 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE
EAST.

HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

BOATERS ON LAKE AMISTAD SHOULD KEEP A LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PEOPLE IN VAL VERDE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
930 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1987

...SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT...

AT 925 PM CDT THE RIVER GAGE AT DRYDEN ROSE FROM 6.44 FEET TO
13.22 FEET.

CAMPERS AND CANOEISTS ALONG THE THE RIO GRANDE AND PECOS RIVERS
SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SOME FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS
THE EXCESS RUNOFF COMES DOWN THE RIVERS. PARENTS SHOULD KEEP ALL
CHILDREN AWAY FROM THESE DANGEROUS FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
CROSSINGS AS ROADS COULD POSSIBLY BE WASHED OUT.

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