Tornado Warning 20, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1230 PM CDT  THU MAY 28 1987

 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...EASTLAND...PALO PINTO...PARKER...ERATH...
STEPHENS.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO
CENTERVILLE LINE.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALLAS FORT WORTH
...SHERMAN...GAINESVILLE...AND PARIS.

AT 1230 PM RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY
NORTH OF A MARSHALL..WACO..ABILENE LINE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER DENTON AND MINERAL WELLS.  MOVEMENT OF THESE
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE DURING
THE PAST HOUR.  HOWEVER THERE IS A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT EXTENDED FROM WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH ABILENE.
THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT THIS RATE THE LINE COULD
BE MOVING INTO STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES IN TWO TO THREE
HOURS.

THE WEATHER SITUATION IS BEING CLOSELY MONITOTRED.  LISTEN TO YOUR
LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
135 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...EASTLAND...PALO PINTO...PARKER...ERATH...
STEPHENS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO
CENTERVILLE LINE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALLAS...FORT WORTH
...SHERMAN...GAINESVILLE...AND PARIS.

AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS...THROCKMORTON AND ABILENE. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. MOVEMENT OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

GAINESVILLE REPORTED ALMOST 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING.

MOTORIST SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD AS THIS HOW
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR. WATER CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND ALLOW YOU
NO ESCAPE.

THE WEATHER SITUATION IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED. STAY TUNED TO THIS
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
210 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...EASTLAND...PALO PINTO...PARKER...ERATH...
STEPHENS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO
CENTERVILLE LINE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALLAS...FORT WORTH
...SHERMAN...GAINESVILLE...AND PARIS.

AT 210 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDER-
STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS...THROCKMORTON AND ABILENE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF
STEPHENS COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER DALLAS AND PALO PINTO
COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

MOTORIST SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD AS THIS
HOW MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR. WATER CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND ALLOW
YOU NO ESCAPE.

THE WEATHER SITUATION IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED. STAY TUNED TO THIS
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 310 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..
THE WATCH INCLUDES MCLENNAN...HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH
OF NORTH TEXAS...INCLUDING MCLENNAN...LEON...HILL...LIMESTONE AND
BOSQUE...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM WEST OF
WACO NEAR HAMILTON SOUTHWARD TO GATESVILLE AND KILLEEN MOVING NORTHEAST
15 MPH.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH OF THE WACO
AREA FROM NEAR CLEBURNE NORTHWEST TO ABILENE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST
AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH ME<ANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOS IN THE WATCH AREA. ALL PERSONS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS.

THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TO
CENTERVILLE LINE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALLAS...FORT WORTH
...SHERMAN...GAINESVILLE...AND PARIS.

AT 320 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDER-
STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONTAGUE...JACKSBORO...BRECKENRIDGE AND ON
TO NEAR ABILENE. THIS AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY
TO THE EAST. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN DALLAS AND
WEATHERFORD.

MOTORIST SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD AS THIS IS
HOW MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR. WATER CAN RI>SE RAPIDLY AND ALLOW
YOU NO ESCAPE.

THE WEATHER SITUATION IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED. STAY TUNED TO THIS
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
450 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..
THE WATCH INCLUDES MCLENNAN...HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH
OF NORTH TEXAS...INCLUDING MCLENNAN...LEON...HILL...LIMESTONE AND
BOSQUE...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER CORYELL COUNTY FROM
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPPERAS COVE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF GATESVILLE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASLO EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF GROESBECK
IN LIMESTONE COUNTY TO 20 MILES NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION.

THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AND FOR HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING.  BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION
OF LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD THE NEED OCCUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.