Tornado Warning 71, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
425 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 AM THIS MORNING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..HILL..
LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...

AT 420 AM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL EXTENDED 50 MILES WEST OF ABILENE TO NEAR aFORT WORTH TO 50
MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
520 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 AM THIS
MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS..EXCEPT
THE SOUTHEAST PART..GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LAMPASAS..LONGVIEW LINE.

THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX..PARIS..SHERMAN AREAS AND THE TYLER..LONGVIEW VICINITIES.

AT 5:15 AM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN
AREA BOUNDED BY WICHITA FALLS AND SWEETWATER ON THE WEST AND TEXARKANA
..DAINGERFIELD..KAUFMAN AND STEPHENVILLE ON THE EAST. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM AREAS AFFECTED
BY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE EASTWARD MOVING STORMS DURING THE PAST
COUPLE OF HOURS.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES ON
THE PRESENT WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
610 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 AM THIS MORNING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..HILL..
LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...

AT 605 AM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTLAND TO 40 MILES NORTH OF
WACO TO NORTH OF TYLER.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED
FROM NORTHWEST OF EASTLAND TO SOUTHWEST OF DENTON AND FROM NORTH OF
GRANBURY TO 25 MILES NORTH OF TYLER.  MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.  PERSONS
IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR GUSTY WINDS
AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO THAT AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
745 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 AM THIS
MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS..EXCEPT
THE SOUTHEAST PART..GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LAMPASAS..LONGVIEW LINE.

THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX..PARIS..SHERMAN AREAS AND THE TYLER..LONGVIEW VICINITIES.

AT 745 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SCATTERED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF GRANDBURY..TO FORT WORTH..AND
CONTINUING NORTHEAST TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEEN PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

RAPID RUNOFF OF RAINFALL IN URBAN AREAS CAN PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS
OF HIGH WATER.

ELSEWHERE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN A 50 TO 100 MILE
WIDE BAND FROM TEXARKANA TO ABILENE. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA CONTINUED TO
SHIFT SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES ON
THE PRESENT WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
735 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 AM THIS MORNING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..HILL..
LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...

AT 730 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..WERE OCCURRING OVER A LARGE SECTION OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE
AREA WAS LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM WEST OF BROWNWOOD TO 20 MILES
NORTH OF WACO TO TYLER.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
FROM SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE TO NEAR WEATHERFORD TO FORT WORTH TO
NORTHEAST OF DALLAS.  THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
POSSIBLITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SUSTAINED HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD
PR%ODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
855 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BELL..BOSQUE..CORYELL..
FALLS..HILL..LEON..LIMESTONE..MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 300 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..HILL..
LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOR TODAY...

AT 850 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..WERE OCCURRING OVER A LARGE SECTION OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE
AREA EXTENDED 80 MILES NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BRADY TO BROWNWOOD
TO WACO TO SOUTHEAST OF TYLER.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING
IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAINS.  PERSONS IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF FLASH FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE
AND LOW LYING AREAS.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS PAND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.