Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1987, 8:28 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1987, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1987, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 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, 1.5 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
- 1600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSAT 200128
TORSAT
TXC029-200230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
828 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH TEXAS
...BEXAR
THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE REPORTED THAT A POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO NEAR LACKLAND AIR FORCE
IS MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO IS REAL. RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR A TORNADO AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF YOU
SHOULD HEAR A LOUD ROARING NOISE.
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.
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHERk 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, May 19, 3:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEL RIO TX 315 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987 AT 310 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED SOUTH OF COMSTOCK AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY LINE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THE LARGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR COMSTOCK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND|S ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 19, 3:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 320 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL SCATTERED AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS... NUMEROUS SMALL... BUT QUITE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHWARD AT 20 MPH OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE ALONG A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM CENTRAL BELL COUNTY TO LAKE TRAVIS... NEW BRAUNFELS AND ON SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO.
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 420 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987 AT 415 PM CDT LOCAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST HAYS COUNTY AND IN EASTERN HAYS COUNTY. THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS HAYS COUNTY AND INTO TRAVIS COUNTY BY 5 PM. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF BURNET AND NEAR JOHNSON CITY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL UNTIL 9 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING. RUSH HOUR MOTORISTS IN AUSTIN SHOULD ANTICIPATE SOME HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMAALL HAIL ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WHILE DRIVING HOME.
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 615 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987 AT 6 PM CDT LOCAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF AUSTIN OVER SOUTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY AND NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS BASTROP COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TOWARDS AND INTO BASTROP COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL UNTIL 9 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING.
Local storm report, May 19, 8:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
800 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987
TIME EVENT
330 PM PEA SIZE HAIL 5 MILE SOOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF US281 AND
LOOP 1604...BEXAR COUNTY
315 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT POTEET...ATASCOSA COUNTY
410 PM PEA SIZE HAIL NE SAN ANTONIO...BEXAR COUNTY
503 PM POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY PATROLMAN 6 MILES SOUTH OF
SEGUIN...GUADALUPE COUNTY.
523 PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUADALUPE COUNTY
544 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO...BEXAR COUNTY
613 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT STINSON FIELD...BEXAR COUTY
630 PM TREE TOPS TWISTED OFF...WILSON COUTY ON JOLLY ROAD 1/Z2
MILE SOUTHEAST OF LOOP 1604
635 PM ROOF LIFTED OFF HOUSE TOWN OF ADKINS OFF US87...WILSON COUTY
705 PM 1/2 INCH HAIL AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE...BEXAR COUNTY
706 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL DESTROYED VEGETATION IN LOSOYALocal storm report, May 19, 8:14 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
800 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987
TIME EVENT
330 PM PEA SIZE HAIL 5 MILE SOOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF US281 AND
LOOP 1604...BEXAR COUNTY
315 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT POTEET...ATASCOSA COUNTY
410 PM PEA SIZE HAIL NE SAN ANTONIO...BEXAR COUNTY
503 PM POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY PATROLMAN 6 MILES SOUTH OF
SEGUIN...GUADALUPE COUNTY.
523 PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUADALUPE COUNTY
544 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO...BEXAR COUNTY
613 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT STINSON FIELD...BEXAR COUTY
630 PM TREE TOPS TWISTED OFF...WILSON COUTY ON JOLLY ROAD 1/2
MILE SOUTHEAST OF LOOP 1604
635 PM ROOF LIFTED OFF HOUSE TOWN OF ADKINS OFF US87...WILSON COUTY
705 PM 1/2 INCH HAIL AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE...BEXAR COUNTY
706 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL DESTROYED VEGETATION IN LOSOYA
725 PM 4 F\UNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED BY PUBLIC...ONE BLOWING UP SHACK
BEHIND A HOUSE IN SUTHERLAND SPRINGS...WILSON COUNTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 60 min |
| May 19, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 55 min |
| May 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 59 min |
| May 19, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 66 min |
| May 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Karnes | 65 min |
| May 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 55 min |
| May 20, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 55 min |
| May 20, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 61 min |
| May 20, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| May 20, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 66 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.