Tornado Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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)