Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Fort Worth, TX

NORTH TEXAS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987

THERE IS A CONTINUING MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND A
SLIGHT RISK TONIGHT.

RAIN AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD INTENSIFIED
DUE TO AFTERNOON HEATING IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE SLIDING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY TONIGHT.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS AS SATELLITE AND SURFACE BASED DATA INDICATE A
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THESE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THE UPPER
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAVE STABILIZED SOMEWHAT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
320 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 200 PM CDT UNTIL
800 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
SOUTHERN TEXAS. THE WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON...ROBERTSON...BRAZOS AND MADISON.

AT 315 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN THESE
COUNTIES.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 200 PM CDT UNTIL
800 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
SOUTHERN TEXAS. THE WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON...ROBERTSON...BRAZOS AND MADISON.

AT 440 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN THESE COUNTIES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LONGVIEW TO GALVESTON.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF KERRVILLE.  MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN BRAZOS..LEON..MADISON OR
ROBERTSON COUNTIES..CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION
OF* SEVERE WEATHER UNTIL 8 PM CDT.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
550 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

AT 550 PM...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CORSICANA IN NAVARRO COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES IN CORSICANA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.

EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS THIS THUNDERSTORM
PASSES. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
550 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

   TIME OF
  OCCURRENCE                       EVENT

 NORTH TEXAS SEVERE REPORTS FROM MORNING OF SUNDAY...MAY 3 1987.

 315 AM CDT     RANGER...EASTLAND CO. - GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

 335 AM CDT     STRAWN...PALO PINTO CO. - DIME SIZE HAIL.

 355 AM CDT     POOLVILLE...PARKER CO. - 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL.

 400 AM CDT     BEATTIE...COMANCHE CO. - 3/4 INCH HAIL (TIME APPROX).

 440 AM CDT     POOLVILLE AND AURORA...WISE CO. - LOTS OF 3/4 INCH HAIL.

 445 AM CDT     COMANCHE...COMANCHE CO. - 3/4 INCH HAIL. (TIME APPROX).
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 530 AM CDT     SANGOR...DENTON CO. - HAIL...SIZE UNKNOWN ATTM.

 537 AM CDT     ARLINGTON...TARRANT CO. - 3/4 INCH HAIL.

 555 AM CDT     HICO...HAMILTON CO. - 1/2  IN. HAIL AND "A FEW TO DIME
                SIZE".

 630 AM CDT     BURLESON...JOHNSON CO. - QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

 800 AM CDT     ABOUT 2 N EDGEWOOD...VAN ZANDT C"O. - POSSIBLE TORNADO
                OR DOWNBURST...DAMAGE TO 1 HOME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
645 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

SELS WATCH #81 IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NOT A TORNADO WATCH.
THE AREAL OUTLINE ISSUED AT 605 PM WAS IN ER&ROR. REPEAT SELS WATCH
#81 IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE AREAL OUTLINE ISSUED AT 635
PM IS CORRECT.