Tornado Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986

   ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO..AS YET UNCONFIRMED.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WEST LATE THIS
MORNING NEAR A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITUATED JUST WEST OF
ABILENE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF NEW
MEXICO IS ALSO SUPPORTING THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN A HIGHLY
UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS.

THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY
INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY..
INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL WANT TO STAY
ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL
BE ISSUED AS THIS SITUATION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1125 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH
TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE..HILL..AND MCLENNAN...

AT 11:20 PM CST..RADAR SHOWED INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES. OTHER
LIGHT SHOWERS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 60 MILE WIDE
RADIUS OF WACO.

FURTHER NORTH AND WEST..RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NORTH OF THE MINERAL WELLS AREA SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF ABILENE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR LOCAL TV/RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS
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SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1125 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH
TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES O

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1125 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH
TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE..HILL..AND MCLENNAN...

AT 11:20 AM CST..RADAR SHOWED INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES. OTHER
LIGHT SHOWERS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 60 MILE WIDE
RADIUS OF WACO.

FURTHER NORTH AND WEST..RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NORTH OF THE MINERAL WELLS AREA SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF ABILENE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR LOCAL TV/RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS
SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1240 PM CST SAT APR 19 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR LARGE PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 12:30 PM CST..WACO RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSHOWERS FORMING WEST OF THE WACO AREA BETWEEN LAMPASAS
AND WALNUT SPRINGS. OTHER LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
THE MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTH OF ABILENE
TO SOUTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..AND SOUTHEAST TO NEAR
PALESTINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF
MINERAL WELLS TO DENTON WITH MOST MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES IN THE EVENT
WARNINGS ARE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
140 PM CST SAT APR 19 1986

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WACO FROM THE WEST...

AT 1:35 PM CST...RADAR SHOWED AN INCREASING LINE OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.15 MILES WIDE..FROM LAKE TRAVIS NORTHWEST
OF AUSTIN..NORTH TO JUST OF WACO NEAR CLIFTON..AND NORTHEAST TO
DALLAS AND BEYOND.  THE LINE WAS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND MOVING
EAST.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE JUST WEST OF VALLEY MILLS
AND NORTHWEST OF ITALY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS INCREASING BY THE MINUTE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WATCH AREA..LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WITHIN T;HE NEXT HOUR.

OTHERWISE A TORNADO WATCH  CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY.