Tornado Warning 81, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
150 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTION OF THE METROPLEX...

AT 1:50 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINS WERE MOVING THOUGH SOUTHERN DENTON AND COLLIN COUNTIES. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO DALLAS
AND TARRANT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH ARE EXPECTED AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

MEANWHILE..THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER NORTH TEXAS ALONG
THE RED RIVER AND IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME GUSTY WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
350 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
BOSQUE..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LEON..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 345 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..EXTENDED FROM 70 MILES EAST OF DALLAS TO 20 MILES NORTH
OF HILLSBORO TO 20 MILES EAST OF MINERAL WELLS.  THE LINE WAS MOVING
TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE REPORTED IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT
LIFEI AND PROPERTY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER OCCUR.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

THE SEVERE STORMS CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A
LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING.
THIS INCLUDES THE DALLAS..FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE TYLER VICINITY.

AT 4:05 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD REACHED
A CANTON..CORSICANA..GLEN ROSE LINE. PRECIPITATION EXTENDED BACK NORTH
BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE METROPLEX AND HUNT
AND COLLIN COUNTIES. SMITH..HENDERSON..AND NAVARRO COUNTIES ARE NEXT IN
LINE TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHbER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
5 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH
INCLUDES THE DALLAS..FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE TYLER VICINITY.

AT 4:55 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR QUITMAN IN WOOD COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR WACO THEN
NORTHWESTWARD TO NEAR THROCKMORTON. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM NEAR TYLER TO NEAR QUITMAN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER
EXTREME EAST TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. AS
THE THUNDERSTORM LINE MERGES WITH THESE EAST TEXAS THUNDERSTORMS..
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR.

REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND
DAMAGING WINDS 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 OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
520 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY OF
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
BOSQUE..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LEON..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 515 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS TO  JUST NORTH OF
WACO TO MERIDIAN.  THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 47 MILES AN HOUR AT
THE MADISON COOPER AIRPORT IN WACO DURING THE PAST 10 MINUTES.
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PERSONS IN MCLENNAN COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV S/TATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
535 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH AXIS IS ALONG
AND 60 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ABILENE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TYLER. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS
FORT WORTH METROPLEX. NACOGDOCHES COUNTY..IN EAST TEXAS..WHICH WAS
EARLIER OMITTED FROM THE WATCH..HAS NOW BEEN ADDED.

AT 530 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS HAD REACHED AN COMMANCHE..HAMILTON..WACO..FAIFFIELD..
TYLER LINE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN THE LAKE PALESTINE AREA..
SOUTHWEST OF TYLER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE METROPLEX THEY PRODUCED WIND
GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 62 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH BRIEF INTENSE RAINFALL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
PERSONS  IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTENING..
AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP INFORMEDED
OF DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIONS BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATH<ER RADIO..
COMMERCIAL RADIO..OR TV.