Tornado Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1120 AM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS HAS MOVED FAR ENOUGH EAST THAT A PORTION OF THE TORNADO
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS NO LONGER INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CLAY...JACK...MONTAGUE...WISE...ERATH AND PALO
PINTO.  COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA ARE
CARTER AND LOVE COUNTIES.

THE PORTION OF THE WATCH STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM IS EAST OF LINE
FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF ARDMORE TO ARDMORE TO FORT WORTH TO 20 MILES
EAST OF STEPHENVILLE.

AT 1115 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA NEAR DURANT TO DALLAS
AND SOUTH TO WEST OF WACO.  THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
DALLAS NORTH TO DURANT OKLAHOMA.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  IF IN THE VICINITY OF THE
STORMS REMAIN INDOORS OR SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...
PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWER FLOOR.  MOTORIST SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD FLOOD ROADS AND DETERIORATE
DRIVING CONDITIONS RAPIDLY.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

^FTWFFSFTW

URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  FORT WORTH, TX
ISSUED 1131 AM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH TEXAS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS WHICH
HAVE CAUSED MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IN THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA.  THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AND COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN DALLAS
AND COLLIN COUNTIES.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATERS AND SHOULD MONITOR
THIS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING IN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1130 AM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH-
CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES...

AT 1130 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DALLAS TO
CLIFTON TO NEAR EVANT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH.

ALSO...AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN
BELL COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF PRAIRIE DELL. THIS STORM MAY ALSO CONTAIN
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
110 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT.  THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF VICTORIA TEXAS TO 20
NORTH OF LONGVIEW TEXAS.  THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
AREA...TYLER/LONGVIEW...AUSTIN...WACO...COLLEGE STATION...HUNTSVILLE
AND VICTORIA.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

AT 1 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO THE DALLAS/FORT
WORTH METROPLEX TO THE AUSTIN AREA.  THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR PARIS IN LAMAR COUNTY...IN EAST DALLAS COUNTY AND AT WACO IN
MCLENNAN COUNTY.   MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED
RAINFALL REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A COUPLE OF HOURS  FROM COLLIN
COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY
IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON A LOWER FLOOR.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE
EXTREME CAUTION AS HEAVY RAINS COULD FLOOD ROADS AND DETERIORATE
DRIVING CONDITIONS RAPIDLY.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE W7ARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
205 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR BELL..BOSQUE..
FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE..MCLENNAN..BRAZOS..ROBERTSON..AND MADISON
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH TEXAS

AT 200 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST SECTION OF WACO TO 5 MILES NORTH OF MOODY.  THESE THUNDER-
STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
HEWITT AS A THUNDERSTORM PASSED THROUGH THAT TOWN..

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND
MARBLE SIZE HAIL OVER LEON COUNTY BETWEEN NORMANGEE AND CENTERVILLE.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND LEON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE OBSERVED.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
230 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

TIME OF OCCURRENCE       EVENT

1208 PM CST              TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OVER NORTHERN BELL
                         COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF MOODY.  A BARN
                         WAS DEMOLISHED AND A TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED.
                         THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

1230 PM CST              ROOF WAS TAKEN OFF OF A BRICK HOUSE IN THE
                         WHITEHALL COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN BELL COUNTY.

1300 PM CST              MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN CHINA SPRING (15 MILES
                         NORTHWEST OF WACO).

 120 PM CST              DPS SPOTTER REPORTED A DEFINITE FUNNEL CLOUD
                         DUE NORTH OF THE TWIN BRIDGES ON HIGHWAY 6
                         SOUTHWEST OF WACO.  WENT BACK IN CLOUDS WITH
                         NO DAMAGE.

 145 PM CST              VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH POOR VISIBILITY NEAR
                         NORTH ZULCH IN WESTERN MADISON COUNTY.

 200 PM CST              MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF IN
                         CENTERVILLE (LEON COUNTY)