Tornado Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS..INCLUDING MCLENNAN
AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

AT 2:50 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH
OF CORSICANA TO NORTH OF ABILENE. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS
INDICATED IN THE MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES AT THE
PRESENT TIME. INTENSE STORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP FROM NEAR
ABILENE TO THE MINERAL WELLS AREA AND MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV/RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES IN
THE EVEYNT WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
655 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BELL..BOSQUE..
CORYELL..HILL..FALLS..MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..LEON..BRAZOS..ROBERTSON..
AND MADISON...

AT 6:50 PM..THE WACO RADAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE.  HOWEVER OTHER
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN FREESTONE
COUNTY BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO LEON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS LIKELY
TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HAIL..
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTEAST
MADISON COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST.

FURTHER WEST..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF THE STEPHENVILLE
AREA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
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PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR<
WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
825 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIOINS OF
CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING..INCLUDING THE WACO
AND BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREAS.

AT 8:10 PM..THE WACO RADAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE. OTHER WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF
MADISON..BRAZOS..AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
BETWEEN FRANKLIN..HEARNE..AND NEW BADEN IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. THIS
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEGUN TO SLOW DOWN IN FORWARD SPEED AND
SHOWING ONLY A SLOW SOUTHEAST DRIFT. WITH INTENSITIES BEGINNING
TO INCREASE..THIS COMBINATION OF SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAIN WILL
INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

IN ADDITION..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND HAIL WILL
ACCOMPANY THE LARGER STORMS.
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FURTHER WEST..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESS IN THE
COMMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING
HAMILTON COUNTY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD CORYELL COUNTY AT
15 MPH. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LAMPASAS
COUNTY.

PERSONS IN CORYELL..ROBERTSON..BRAZOS..AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WATCH
AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR UPDATES AS THIS WEATHER CONTINUES
TO DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.