Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
313 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JONESBORO...TO 5 MILES EAST
   OF HICO...TO GLEN ROSE...

AT 255 AM CST A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS FROM JONESBORO...INTO WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF GLEN
ROSE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN CORYELL
COUNTY...NEAR EVANT.

RESIDENTS IN CORYELL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY TO VERY
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST
ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR...OTHER STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST
AND SOUTHWEST...AND CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREAS OF PREVIOUS
HEAVY RAINS. MINOR STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN AREAS
OF BOSQUE COUNTY ESPECIALLY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND KNOWN FLOOD PRONE
AREAS WITH EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER.
ALSO...VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.

ALSO...BOATERS OR FISHERMAN THAT HAVE PLANNED TRIPS THIS MORNING ON
CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LAKES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO GUSTY
WINDS AND LIGHTNING.

ELSEWHERE...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM JOHNSON CITY...TO GATESVILLE...TO GRANDVIEW
...TO DALLAS TO EAST OF BONHAM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RAEDIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
410 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING.

AT 405 AM... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM
SHERMAN/PARIS TO FORT WORTH/DALLAS TO LAMPASAS.  THE STRONGER STORMS
WERE LOCATED FROM WEST FORT WORTH TO NORTHWEST OF WACO.  ANOTHER
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM BONHAM TO GREENVILLE.
THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS AT THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF
MODERATE RAIN WHICH STRETCHED TO WICHITA FALLS AND ABILENE.

HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL ACCOMPANY
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS STORMS
REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.
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ALSO... STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS... PROMPTING THE WEATHER SERVICE TO ISSUE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING.  THE FORT WORTH/DALLAS AREA IS NOT INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
435 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS TUESDAY
   MORNING...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH
   TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS...TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITIES OF
   WACO...DALLAS/FT WORTH AND EASTWARD UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS EVENING...

AT 415 AM CST A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY
TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS INDICATED BY WACO RADAR FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF
COPPERAS COVE...TO NEAR CLIFTON TO CLEBURNE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN HILL COUNTY.

RESIDENTS IN CORYELL...BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES CAN EXPECT GREATLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER STORMS.
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EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD ALSO EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...IF VENTURING
OUT.

ELSEWHERE...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM LLANO...TO KILLEEN...TO 15 MILES WEST OF
WACO...TO ITASCA...TO MESQUITE...AND EXTENDS WELL INTO WEST AND NORTH-
WEST TEXAS. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH
THE AREA AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY BEING REPORTED...STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
605 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 600 PM CST
   THIS EVENING...

AT 600 AM CST A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO AUSTIN. THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCLENNAN
AND EXTREME WESTERN BELL COUNTIES CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 30 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN
...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GRfOUND
LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
720 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 600 PM CST
   THIS EVENING...

AT 715 AM CST RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS. AT 700 AM CST A THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
A GUST TO 46 MPH TO WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
NOW EXTEND FROM THE WACO AREA NORTH TO NEAR WHITNEY...IN HILL COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 35 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN MCLENNAN AND HILL COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HAMILTON AND
EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTIES DURING THE NIGHT.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
850 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
COVERED THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND MOST OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS
THIS MORNING.

OVERNIGHT RAINFALL...ACROSS THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...AVERAGED
ABOUT THREE INCHES WITH FIRE STATION #9 NEAR MEACHAM FIELD...IN NORTH
FORT WORTH...TOPPING OUT AT FIVE INCHES.

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN STREAMS AND RIVERS...IN THE FORT WORTH
AREA...TO RISE RATHER RAPIDLY. MARYS CREEK...NEAR BENBROOK WAS NEARING
BANKFULL AT 8 AM BUT WAS STARTING TO RECEDE SLIGHTLY. THE TRINITY RIVER
...JUST WEST OF THE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH...WAS ALMOST OUT OF
ITS BANK NEAR FOREST PARK AND SEVENTH STREETS. BIG AND LITTLE FOSSIL
CREEKS IN THE AREAS OF HALTOM CITY AND RICHLAND HILLS WERE ALSO NEARING
BANKFULL.

AT 8:45 AM CST...RAIN AND ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND MOST OF
NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

AROUND 8:30 AM A THUNDERSTORM OVER BRISTOL...IN NORTHEAST ELLIS COUNTY
...WAS PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND
50 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX
AND NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. ALSO...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS STREETS AND ROADS OR LOW AREAS COVERED
BY WATER. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN PERSONS ATTEMPT TO CROSS
THROUGH WATER COVERED AREAS EITHER BY CAR OR ON FOOT.