Tornado Warning 73, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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.

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

   ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTLAND AND COMANCHE COUNTIES...

AT 925 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTLAND AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF EASTLAND SOUTHWARD
TO JUST WEST OF COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE
AREA OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO ERATH AND HAMILTON
COUNTIES DURING THE 30 MINUTES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL
3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS FOR THAT AREA OF NORTH TEXAS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH TO NEAR
MOUNT PLEASANT..AND THEN EASTWAwRD INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. IN ADDITION
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A
LAMPASAS..LONGVIEW LINE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1050 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HAMILTON COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 10:30 AM.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SMITH COUNTY UNTIL 1:15 PM..
AMD FOR HENDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 1:30 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL
3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS FOR THAT AREA OF NORTH TEXAS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH TO
NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT..AND THEN EASTWARD TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST PART
OF NORTH TEXAS.

AT 1050 AM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN JOHNSON COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTH TO BOSQUE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS
ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE WERE FROM NEAR LONGVIEW WEST TO NEAR
WAXAHAXIE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE  EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

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

FOR PEOPLE IN FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREAS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA..DO NOT CROSS OR DRIVE THRU
FLOODED ROADS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1145 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SMITH COUNTY UNTIL 1:15 PM..
AND FOR HENDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 1:30 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL
3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS FOR THAT AREA OF NORTH TEXAS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH TO
NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT..AND THEN EASTWARD TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST PART
OF NORTH TEXAS.

AT 1140 AM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN PALESTINE AND LONGVIEW MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO..NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED
FROM HAMILTON COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO CHEROKEE IN SAN SABA COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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

FOR PEOPLE IN FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREAS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA. DO NOT CROSS OR ;DRIVE THRU
FLOODED ROADS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TELEVISION..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR IF NEEDED..WARNINGS.