Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1037 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR A PORTION
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...HOUSTON..
TRINITY..WASHINGTON..GRIMES..POLK..AND WALKER.

RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS...MOVING RAPIDLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT
SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH.  THE LINE HAS ALREADY PASSED WACO AND STRETCHED
NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE TYLER AREA.

ON THE CURRENT TRACK...THE  LEADING OF THE THE LINE OF STORMS
WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHORTLY
...MOVING INTO HOUSTON COUNTY BEFORE 11 AM..AND INTO TRINITY AND
SAN JACINTO COUNTY AND NEAR THE LUFKIN AREA BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON.

BOATERS ON AREA LAKES IN HOUSTON AND TRINITY AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES
...INCLUDING LAKE LIVINGSTON...SHOULD BE BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST...AND BE READY TO QUICKLY HEAD
FOR SAFE HARBOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE GUSTY WINDS
NEAR 50 MPH OR BETTER...AND WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO SMALL
CRAFT.

CAMPERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THESE STORMS WILL
BE MOVING INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS...AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SAFETY IN STRONG BUILDINGS SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SIGHTED
OR A WARNING ISSUED.

THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SOUTHERN MOST PART OF THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE HOUSTON AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
AT THIS TIME THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LINE APPEARS TO BE WEAKER
THAT THE REST OF THE LINE...BUT THE SITUATION COULD CHANGE OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO..AND TV FOR FURTHER
BULLETINS ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS SQUALL LINE.