Tornado Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY
230 PM MST FRI APR 25 1986

 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FT TONIGHT...
   AND SATURDAY...
   ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE POWELL CONTINUED TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR UTAHS NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 6000 FOOT ELEVATIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM A MAJOR WINTER STORM WHICH WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHERN UTAH TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY. A FOOT OR MORE
OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE SATURDAY. ALSO A FEW
INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE TO THE LOWER VALLEYS OF THE CACHE AND
WASATCH FRONT COMMUNITIES LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH BETWEEN 5 AND
6PM THIS EVENING. WASATCH FRONT COMMUTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL
ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL THUNDERSHOWER BAND.

LIVESTOCK AND SHEEP RANCHERS SHOULD PROTECT THEIR ANIMALS AND NEWBORNS
FROM WET COLD WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE COMMON
THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN UTAH AND IN THE LAKE POWELL AREA AND SHOULD
PERSIST TONIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THUNDERSHOWERS.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY SUNDAY MORNING OVER WESTERN UTAH.
ALL FRUIT AND GARDENING INTERESTS SHOULD STAY TUNE TO LATEST
AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS FOR PROBABLE WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPECTED
PLUNGE IN TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

SIU/2130Z

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CST   FRI APR 25 1986

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT.

AT 600 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF SAN ANGELO AND NORTHWEST OF ABILENE.  MOVEMENT
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED OVER EITHER STEPHENS OR
EASTLAND COUNTY DURING THE LAST HOUR..ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS DO REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.  HAIL
RANGING IN SIZE FROM GOLFBALLS: TO BASEBALLS HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED
IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF ABILENE.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN
YOUR AREA AND TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING ISSUED.