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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 1987, 3:55 AM CST for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1987, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 1987, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bexar County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3472 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 160955
TORSAT
TXC029-161100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
355 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...BEXAR...INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA...
AT 355 PM CST...THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD NEAR PLEASANTON ROAD AND SOUTHCROSS...IN THE SOUTH PART OF SAN
ANTONIO. MOVEMENT WAS UNDETERMINED...ALTHOUGH LARGE AMOUNTS OF
DEBRIS WERE REPORTED BEING BLOWN AROUND ON THE GROUND. THE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL CLOUD IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY.
LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YO=UR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 10:49 PM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1045 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 2 AM CST THIS SUNDAY EVEING AND MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEAXS... BURNET...BASTROP...BURLESON...HAYS...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...LEE...MILAM... TRAVIS AND WILLIASON. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. . AT 1040 PM CST...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF BRYAN NEAR MERIDIAN. WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS. TO THE WEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WEST OF JUNCTION. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME LOOK FAVORABLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE AREA TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE EASTWARD. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS@.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:05 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1105 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS BURNET...BASTROP...BURLESON...HAYS...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...LEE...MILAM... TRAVIS AND WILLIASON. AT 1040 PM CST...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF BRYAN NEAR MERIDIAN. WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS. TO THE WEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WSEST OF JUNCTION. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:50 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1150 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE DEL RIO AREA... AT 1145 PM RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO...NORTH TO JUNO TO LOMA ALTA AND SOUTH TO EAGLE PASS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE THROUGH THE DEL RIO AREA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN OCCUR SOME DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM CLOUD...SO DON`T BE CAUGHT UNAWARE...ALLOW YOURSELF PLENTYu OF TIME TO REACH A PLACE OF SAFETY IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 12:58 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 1258 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987 AT 1250 AM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT NORTH AND NORTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOMA ALTA TO PANDALE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO . MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN OCCUR SOME DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM CLOUD...SO DON`T BE CAUGHT UNAWARE...ALLOW YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH A PLACE OF SAFETY IF CONDITIONS BECOME9 THREATENING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 1:49 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 149 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF DEL RIO UNTIL 800 AM THIS MONDAY MORNING... THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST OF COTULLA TEXAS TO COLLEGE STATION TEXAS. AT 145 AM RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN VAL VERDE COUNTY. ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO IN OLD MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAa. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:28 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
225 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987
TIME EVENT
BETWEEN POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS
2 AM AND TOOK ROOF OFF STORE IN INGRAM TEXAS. INGRAM LOCATED JUST
205 AM CST NORTHEAST OF KERRVILLE ON IH 10. REPORT RECEIVED FROM
KERR COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Calhoun | 50 min |
| Nov 16, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 67 min |
| Nov 16, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 69 min |
| Nov 16, 2:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 55 min |
| Nov 16, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Uvalde | 59 min |
| Nov 16, 2:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 64 min |
| Nov 16, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 62 min |
| Nov 16, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 62 min |
| Nov 16, 3:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 55 min |
| Nov 16, 3:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 67 min |
| Nov 16, 5:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 5:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 7:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Victoria | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 7:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Jackson | 54 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.