Tornado Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX
205 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF DEL RIO...

AT 200 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS OR RAINSHOWERS IN VAL
VERDE COUNTY. HOWEVER WITH THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND MOIST
SOUTHEAST FLOW THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS 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
322 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF DEL RIO...

AT 315 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LANGTRY AND
WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING IN VAL VERDE COUNTY.

CAMPERS AND FISHERMEN ON THE RIO GRANDE AND PECOS RIVERS NEAR THE
PECOS HIGH BRIDGE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY
IF THE STORM BECOMES THREATENING.

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
QUITE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS 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
408 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF DEL RIO...

AT 339 PM CDT LAUGHLIN RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ALONG
THE VAL VERDE AND TERREL COUNTY LINE MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 90S CROSSING POINT OF THE
COUNTY LINE.

MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR DECREASED
VISIBLITY IN HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WITH THE UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE AND MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE) FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS 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
438 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF DEL RIO...

AT 430 PM CDT LAUGHLIN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS  FROM THE VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE EAST TO LANGTRY MOVING
EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THE STORMS WERE OVER AND CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 90.
MOTORISTS IN THE LANGTRY AREA HAVE REPORTED HAIL.

MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR
DAMAGING HAIL DECREASED VISIBLITY IN HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WITH THE UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE AND MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEM9ENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
610 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU ALONG AND NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
JUNCTION TO UVALDE TO DEL RIO.  THE CITIES OF JUNCTION...UVALDE AND
DEL RIO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR PERSONS IN VAL
VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT THIS EVENING.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
INDICATED BY RADAR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COMSTOCK MOVING TO THE EAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.  IN ADDITION...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP THIS EVENING FROM WEST OF DEL RIO NORTHWARD TO SAN ANGELO...
EXTENDING INTO THE ABILENE AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE
INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL CONURTY AND THE EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS
EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE INTO THESE AREAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN TORNADOES. IN ADDITION TO THESE
FORMS OF SEVERE WEATHER...THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY FREQUENT
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.  CAMPERS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL AND NEARBY SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST STATEMENTS
AS WELL.  MOTORISTS SHOULD TRAVEL CAUTIOUSLY WHEN NEAR THE MORE INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS...VISIBILITY MAY LOWER RAPIDLY...STREETS AND ROADS MAY
BECOME SLICK AND WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AT TIMES.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR THESE INTENSE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.