Tornado Warning 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
950 AM CST TUE MAR 11 1986

      ...THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY...

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS MORNING..WEATHER
SERVICE FORECASTERS CONTINUED TO MONITOR A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THAT WILL BE TRACKING INTO WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE..WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE
GULF AIR WAS MOVING NORTHWARD BEHIND A WARM FRONT THAT STRETCHED
ALONG A LONGVIEW TO ABILENE LINE.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON..THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY..CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS..WHICH SEPARATED
DRIER AIR OVER WEST TEXAS FROM THE WARM..MOIST..AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER
THE REST OF TEXAS.

THE MOST THREATENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMANGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.  DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS BOTH TODAY AND THIS EVENING.  RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP A
WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY AND CONTINUE MONITORING THE6 LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1255 PM CST TUE MAR 11 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
   MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1250 PM CST..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF ABILENE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN COOKE COUNTY ALONG THE RED RIVER. ALL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN NORTHERN COOKE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN
STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTH OF THE RED RIVER DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

RESIDENTS OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED
ABOUT DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN YOUR AREA THE REMAINDER OF
THIS AFTERNOON AND TO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WAR$NING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
200 PM CST TUE MAR 11 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THIS EVENING
   FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 200 PM CST..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF ABILENE AND EXTENDING NORTH
TO THE RED RIVER WEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THIS LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PRESENT MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING STEPHENS..EASTLAND..PALO PINTO..WISE..COOKE..COMANCHE..
AND ERATH COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER YOUR
AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPAWN VIOLENT TORNADOES..DAMANGING WINDS..
AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
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RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AREA AND TO SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

REMEMBER IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION..ABAdNDON
YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME FOR A REINFORCED SHELTER. IF IN BUILDING OR
HOUSE..THE CENTRAL INTERIOR SECTION ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OFFERS THE
BEST POSSIBLE PROTECTION.