Tornado Warning 47, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
525 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN WESTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS...

AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS. RESIDENTS OF STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES CAN EXPECT GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL FROM THESE STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
810 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 1986

 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS TUESDAY EVENING.  THE
WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..MINERAL WELLS/
WEATHERFORD AREA AND THE DENTON/GAINSVILLE VICINITY...

AT 805 PM CDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME INTENSE..EXTENDED FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO
TO COLEMAN..NORTHWARD TO ALBANY..THROCKMORTON AND WICHITA FALLS.
MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN COLEMAN AND SOUTHERN
CALLAHAN COUNTIES.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN
THROCKMORTON AND YOUNG COUNTIES.

THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS..DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE LARGE
HAIL.

REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND kPOSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
905 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 1986

THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN NORTH TEXAS.

AT 845 PM CDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF COLEMAN NORTHEASTWARD INTO
OKLAHOMA. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY WITH ONLY
ONE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF COLEMAN WHERE
IT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR COLEMAN AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
ABILENE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLEMAN COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.