Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 315 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...

AT 305 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF WACO TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BELL
COUNTY NEAR BARTLETT MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE WACO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO.
MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NORTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF
NORTH TEXAS...THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. THE WATCH IS ALONG AND 70 STATUE MILES EITHER
SIDE OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TO 50
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. THE CITIES OF ABILENE...
SEYMOUR..HASKELL AND ANSON ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 440 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTH OF
GATESVILLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF CORYELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THR=EATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE QUICK ACTION.

LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF THE LOW ROLLING
PLAINS...THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST PART
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS..AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN
LAMPASAS COUNTY...SOUTHWEST MCLENNAN COUNTY...AND NEAR CANTON IN
CENTRAL VAN ZANDT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH LAMPASAS COUNTY
WAS INTENSIFYING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FORI THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK COVER IN A REINFORCED SHELTER IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.