Tornado Warning 12, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
105 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILTY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

IN FACT...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 400 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THE WATCH AREA IS INCLUDES COOKE..
GRAYSON..WISE..DENTON..AND COLLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL
COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND IN OKLAHOMA.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WATCH AREA.

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS IS THE UNDERLYING
CAUSE FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE STORM
IS PUSHING VERY DRY AIR FROM NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS EAST INTO
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER NORTH TEXAS AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AT MIDDAY
WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL. COLD AIR ALOFT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE
INSTABILITY OF THE AIR MASS...AND IS CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

A LIMITING FACTOR TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER SO FAR HAS BEEN
SURFACE HEATING. LOW CLOUDS HAVE KEPT SURFACE TEMPERATURES FROM
WARMING VERY MUCH TODAY...SO THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY
ONLY IN THE AREA WHERE OTHER FACTORS HAVE COMPENSATED FOR THE
LACK OF HEATING. SHOULD THE LOW CLOUDS BREAK OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE.

THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE DRY AND MOIST AIR IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY..SO
THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER THE METROPLEX AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA UNTIL LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ONE ASPECT OF THIS SLOW MOVEMENT IS THAT
HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS..
EVEN THOUGH CONDITIONS OVER NORTH TEXAS HAVE BEEN VERY DRY.

RESIDENTS OVER NORTH TEXAS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND MONITOR RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
300 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 2:55 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN
WISE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMMUNITIES OF BOYD
..PARADISE..AND RHONE ARE DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM
SOUTH OF STEPHENVILLE NORTH THROUGH PALO/ PINTO..PARKER..AND WISE
COUNTIES.

RESIDENTS OVER NORTH TEXAS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND MONITOR RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
355 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
TEXAS..INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..UNTIL 9 PM THIS
EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO 60 MILES WEST OF PARIS.

AT 3:50 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MINERAL WELLS
VICINITY TO THE RED RIVER NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL
WAS INDICATED JUST NORTH OF DECATUR. ALSO LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FORMING
OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL METROPLEX ALONG THE DALLAS/TARRANT COUNTY LINES.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOURu.

RESIDENTS OVER NORTH TEXAS AREA ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND MONITOR RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

^FTWSPSACT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 500 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR CENTRAL TEXAS..

AT 455 PM CST HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN LIMESTONE COUNTY
MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BOUNDED IN AN AREA FROM CROSICANA TO CROCKETT TO NEAR BRYAN COLLEGE
STATION TO TEMPLE BACK ACROSS WACO TO NEAR CORSICANA.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAMPASAS TO HAMILTON
TO FT WORTH. MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
500 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
TEXAS..INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..AND THE SHERMAN/
PARIS AREAS..UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM 60 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO 60 MILES WEST OF PARIS.

AT 4:55 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH THE STEPHENVILLE AREA
CONTINUING INTO SOMERVELL..HOOD..PARKER..WISE..NORTHEAST DENTON..AND
COOKE COUNTIES. HEAVIEST RAINFALL INDICATIONS WERE IN HOOD..SOMERVELL
..AND COOKES COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL INDICATED WERE MOVING INTO WEST
FREESTONE AND SOUTHWEST NAVARRO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
RESIDENTS OVER THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH
THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND MONITOR RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
520 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
TEXAS..INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..AND THE SHERMAN/
PARIS AREAS..UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM 60 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO 60 MILES WEST OF PARIS.

AT 515 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF
HOOD COUNTY NEAR CRESSON WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PART OF
JOHNSON COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE
QUARTER INCH HAIL SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM JUST SOUTH OF CRESSON. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH BENBROOK ABOUT
5:30 AND DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH AROUND 5:45.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORIST IN TARRANT COUNTY AND THE FORT WORTH AREA SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY ACTIONS IN CASE A WARNING BECOMES
NECESSARY.

RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.