Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1015 PM CST FRI DEC 25 1987

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT
WHILE A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST
AND WEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG
AND WEST OF A MONTAGUE...TO BRECKENRIDGE...TO COLEMAN LINE.

LATE THIS EVENING...A MIXTURE OF WINTER-TYPE WEATHER CONTINUED TO FALL
OVER THE ALREADY GLAZED ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTHWEST PORTION
OF NORTH TEXAS. WHILE THE ABILENE AREA CONTINUED TO OBSERVE FREEZING
RAIN WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET WAS FALLING AROUND THE
WICHITA FALLS VICINITY. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING AND FROZEN
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AREA ARE POSSIBLE
GENERALLY NEAR AN ABILENE TO WICHITA FALLS LINE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
THE EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE ALREADY ICE COVERED ROADWAYS
IN THESE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS INTO SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING.
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ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS...OCCASIONAL RAIN AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DAMPEN SOME HOLIDAY EXPECTATIONS FOR MORE
TRANQUIL WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA.  THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY FOR
RAIN BECOMING MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS BY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. SOME STREETS AND
OVERPASSES COULD BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FROM THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH
AREA NORTHWARD BY SATURDAY MORNING BUT AS TEMPERATURES RECOVER JUST
ABOVE FREEZING BY MID-MORNING SATURDAY...MOST ROADWAYS SHOULD BE IN
GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY ISOLATED SLICK SPOTS REMAINING.

TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTHWEST PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CHECK
THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED
FOR WINTER'S WORST CONDITIONS SUCH AS ICY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES.
PERSONS LIVING IN THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED
FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS ARE STILL WET
FROM THE CURRENT RAINY WEATHER PATTERN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR UPDATES
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1030 PM CST FRI DEC 25 1987

AT 1025 PM CST A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
TO VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WAS FROM MOODY...TO WACO...TO LAKE NAVARRO
MILLS. PERSONS IN SOUTHEASTERN HILL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE AND
NORTHERN FALLS COUNTY CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1135 PM CST FRI DEC 25 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL MOVE THROUGH
THE WACO AREA...

AT 11:30 PM CST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS
OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A FEW OF THE
STRONGER STORMS ARE DUMPING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN IN MCLENNAN
...FALLS...BELL...LIMESTONE...AND HILL COUNTIES.

MOST OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE ALONG A BAND BETWEEN ROGERS IN
EASTERN BELL COUNTY...TO NORTH OF MARLIN IN FALLS COUNTY...TO WEST
OF MEXIA IN LIMESTONE COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
EAST OF ITASCA IN HILL COUNTY. THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING
EAST WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAINFALL FELL IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES AT MADISON COOPER
AIRPORT EARLIER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING
HAS BEEN RECEIVED...MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION SINCE SOME
MINOR FLOODING MAY BE IN PROGRESS AT UNDERPASSES OR WHERE PONDING
USUALLY OCCURS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
110 AM CST SAT DEC 26 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY RAIN CONTINUING OVER BELL COUNTY IN
CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1:00 AM CST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS
ACROSS MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN SOME COUNTIES
IS APPROACHING ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS APPEAR
TO HAVE BEEN IN BELL AND NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES. WACO DPS REPORTED
SOME MINOR FLOODING 2 MILES NORTH OF COOLIDGE ON HIWY 171 IN LIMESTONE
COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAS BEEN
RECEIVED.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED IN WESTERN BELL COUNTY
WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. BELL COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT
NO FLOODING AT THIS TIME. NEVERTHELESS...SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY BE
ALREADY IN PROGRESS IN RURAL AREAS.
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OTHERWISE...RADAR SHOWED RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING
MUCH OF THE AREA BOUNDED BY GREENVILLE...LLA;NO...AUSTIN...AND TYLER.
THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING EAST.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
IN BELL...FALLS...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
110 AM CST SAT DEC 26 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER BELL COUNTY IN
CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1:00 AM CST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS
ACROSS MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN SOME COUNTIES
IS APPROACHING ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS APPEAR
TO HAVE BEEN IN BELL AND NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES. WACO DPS REPORTED
SOME MINOR FLOODING 2 MILES NORTH OF COOLIDGE ON HIWY 171 IN LIMESTONE
COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAS BEEN
RECEIVED.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED IN WESTERN BELL COUNTY
WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. BELL COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT
NO FLOODING AT THIS TIME. NEVERTHELESS...SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY BE
ALREADY IN PROGRESS IN RURAL AREAS.
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OTHERWISE...RADAR SHOWED RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING
MUCH OF THE AREA BOUNDED BY GREENVILLE...LLANO...AUSTIN...AND TYLER.
THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING EAST.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
IN BELL...FALLS...AND LIDMESTONE COUNTIES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
220 AM CST SAT DEC 26 1987

...HEAVY RAINS EASING OUT OF BELL COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN MCLENNAN
AND WESTERN FALLS COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 2:15 AM CST RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CORYELL...
MCLENNAN...BELL...AND FALLS COUNTIES. INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SUCH FAST MOVING STORMS ARE NOT USUALLY A
THREAT TO FLOODING...HOWEVER THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS
PORTIONS OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE PRESENTLY FALLING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF
GATESVILLE IN CORYELL COUNTY...TO MARLIN IN FALLS COUNTY...TO
ROGERS IN SOUTHEAST BELL COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE ESTIMATED TO
BE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...POSSIBLY GREATER IN SOME LOCATIONS. THESE
VALUES ARE APPROACHING FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. BELL COUNTY OFFI~CIALS
REPORT LEVY CROSSING CLOSED ON NOLAN CREEK NEAR NOLANVILLE DUE TO
HIGH WATER.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.