Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 19, 1987, 11:59 AM CST for Burleson County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 1987, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 1987, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burleson County, TX, Lee 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 191759 TORAUS TXC051-287-191900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1159 AM CST SAT DEC 19 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF TEXAS...BURLESON AND LEE AT 1150 AM CST A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 5 TO 6 MILES EAST OF ELGIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY ! THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. DAMAGE REPORTED EAST OF ELGIN...DPS IS CHECKING AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.
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, Dec 19, 7:29 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 725 AM CST SAT DEC 19 1987 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 569 IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 12 NOON FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS...IT INCLUDES TRAVIS AND SOURROUNDING COUNTIES. AUSTIN RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DEL RIO TO LAKE BUCHANAN TO STEPHENVILLE WITH MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO INTENSITY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS ITS MOVES EASTWARD. A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES UNDER A LIGHT RAIN AREA...BUT THE EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOPE ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW TO THE NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Dec 19, 7:42 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 0740 CST SAT DEC 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HILL COUNTRY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE LEADING EDGE NEAR A LINE FROM KERRVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR UVALDE AND SOUTH TO EAGLE PASS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE HILL COUNTRY THIS MORNING. BASED ON PRESENT MOVEMENT THIS LINE SHOULD BE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AROUND 10 AM. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Dec 19, 8:52 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 850 AM CST SAT DEC 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO AREA DURINT THE PAST HOUR THIS LINE IS NOW IN FAR EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY MOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO THE EAST. WIND GUST TO 32 MILES AN HOUR AND 0.23 INCHES OF RAIN WERE MEASURED AT THE SAN ANTONIO WEATHER SERVICE BETWEEN 8 AND 830 AM THIS MORNING. HONDO RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF SAN ANTONIO MOVING TO THE EAST WHICH SHOULD BE IN THE SAN ANTONIO WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. MORE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INDICATTIONS ARE THAT THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE IN THE SAN ANTONIOO AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Dec 19, 8:54 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 855 AM CST SAT DEC 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS LINE IS NOW IN FAR EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY MOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO THE EAST. WIND GUST TO 32 MILES AN HOUR AND 0.23 INCHES OF RAIN WERE MEASURED AT THE SAN ANTONIO WEATHER SERVICE BETWEEN 8 AND 830 AM THIS MORNING. HONDO RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF SAN ANTONIO MOVING TO THE EAST WHICH SHOULD BE IN THE SAN ANTONIO WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. MORE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INDICATTIONS ARE THAT THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE IN THE SAN ANTONITO AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Dec 19, 9:06 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 900 AM CST SAT DEC 19 1987 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 569 IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 12 NOON FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS...IT INCLUDES TRAVIS AND SOURROUNDING COUNTIES. AT 855 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 TO 8 MILES WIDE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADAMSVILLE...LAMPASAS...10 MILES WEST OF MARBLE FALLS...10 MILES WEST OF FREDERICKSBURG...KERRVILLE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NE AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS WITH GUST IN ECESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRfUCTIVE WEATHER. FOR YOUR PROCTION MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN YOUR HOMES OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY...SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADS.
Special weather statement, Dec 19, 9:31 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX 930 AM CST SAT DEC 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL...EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THAT PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS ALONG AND 60 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF PARIS TEXAS TO 60 MILES EAST OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. THE AUSTIN AND BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION METROPOLITAN AREAS ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. HONDO RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF LAMPASAS TO SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS THIS LINE IS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NEAR LAKE BUCHANAN SOUTHWARD INTO THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TO THE EAST...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO GAIN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 59 min |
| Dec 19, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 53 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.