Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

TIME    COUNTY          EVENT

1240A   COLLIN          PEA SIZE HAIL IN FARMERSVILLE
 215A   COOKE           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT MUENSTER
 307A   COOKE           BASEBALL SIZE HAIL W OF GAINESVILLE
 325A   COOKE           FLOODING IN MUENSTER, MOBILE HOMES
                        FLOODED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF COUNTY
 340A   COOKE           LOCAL FLOODING PECAN CREEK.  STREET
                        FLOODING IN GAINESVILLE
 412A   GRAYSON         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WESTSIDE OF SHERMAN
 421A   GRAYSON         GOLFBALL AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN
                        SHERMAN.  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN.
 425A   COOKE           WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF HOMES IN GAINES-
                        VILLE.
 430A   GRAYSON         60+ MPH WINDS, 3/4 - 1" HAIL COVERING
                        GROUND AT HOWE.
 433A   GRAYSON         WINDOWS IN SHERMAN BEING BROKEN BY HAIL
 438A   GRAYSON         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN LEULLA.  1" RAIN
                        IN SHERMAN PAST 30 MINUTES.
 457A   FANNIN          QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT SAVOY.
 430A   RED RIVER       PEA SIZE HAIL IN CLARKSVILLE.
 507A   COOKE           I-35 FROM DENTON TO GAINESVILLE AND 82
                        WEST TO ST JO CLOSED.  EXTENSIVE FLOOD-
                        ING OF HOMES.  WIND DAMAGE AT CALLISBURG
 515A   FANNIN          NORTHWEST OF RAVENA, AND WEST OF BONHAM,
                        WIND DAMAGE.  HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND
                        LARGER BREAKING OUT WINDOWS THROUGHOUT
                        TOWN.
 517A   GRAYSON         NURSING HOME IN WHITEWRIGHT EVACUATING
                        DUE TO FLOODING.
 530A   COOKE           GAINESVILLE POLICE REPORTS 7.26 " OF RAIN
 535A   TARRANT         2 MILES SW CROWLEY, 50 MPH WINDS AND
                        MARBLE HAIL.
 543A   FANNIN          HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE AT LAKE BONHAM.
                        ROOF COLLAPSED AT THE VA HOSPITAL.  NO
                        REPORTED INJURIES.  WIND DAMAGE SCATTERED
                        AROUND CITY AND COUNTY.  1.9" RAIN IN
                        APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES.
 550A   LAMAR           FUNNEL SIGHTED 10 WSW PARIS.
 520A   GRAYSON         LATE REPORTS - HAIL DAMAGE ALL AROUND
                        AREA.  WINDOWS OUT OF HOMES AND WIND-
                        SHIELDS OUT OF CARS.  ROOF OF POLICE
                        DEPARTMENT COLLAPSED.  6" OF WATER IN
                        BUILDING.  NO COMMUNICATIONS.
 700A   FANNIN          LATE REPORT - SCHOOL ROOF IN ECTOR
                        COLLAPSED.
 725A   WOOD            PEA SIZE HAIL AT QUITMAN
 735A   KAUFMAN         TERREL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS TREES
                        DOWN AND DAMAGE TO HOUSES.
 820A   TARRANT         45-50 MPH WINDS, 1.39 " RAIN IN
                        WEDGEWOOD.
 828A   WOOD            SEVERAL STREETS UNDER WATER IN QUITMAN.
 835A   DALLAS          MESQUITE POLICE RESCUING PEOPLE OUT OF
                        FLOODED CARS.
 855A   FANNIN          US HIGHWAY 82 BETWEEN SAVOY AND ECTOR
                        CLOSED FROM HIGH WATER.
 900A   MONTAGUE        BOWIE 10.25 " RAIN; ANTELOPE 11.18"
 955A   SMITH           SOME TREES DOWNED AND ROADS CLOSED IN
                        TYLER.
1055A   ANDERSON        SMALL HAIL REPORTED IN NECHES.
1127A   DALLAS          DALLAS EOC REPORTS 12-15 HOUSES WITH
                        WATER, MAINLY IN THE PLEASANT GROVE AND
                        SOUTH DALLAS AREAS.
1225P   CHEROKEE        HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CLOSED FM 2274 OFF OF
                        HIGHWAY 79 NEAR NEW SUMMERFIELD.
1225P   SMITH           STR:EET FLOODING IN TYLER.  WATER OVER
                        ROADS IN EASTERN PART OF COUNTY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1250 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED
FROM THE WACO AREA OF CENTRAL TEXAS...EASTWARD DEEP INTO THE PINEY
WOODS OF EAST TEXAS. AT 12:45 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM EAST OF MARLIN IN FALLS COUNTY...TO NEAR CENTERVILLE IN LEON
COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR CORSICANA
AND SOUTH OF FORT WORTH NEAR BURLESON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

TO THE WEST...WACO RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING
BOTH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THIS ACTIVITY LAY WEST OF THE
HAMILTON AREA AND EXTENDED WESTWARD BEYOND COLEMAN. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING GENERALLY TOWARD THE EAST AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL
TEXAS REGION DURING THE NEXT ONE TOH TWO HOURS.
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RESIDENTS OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
145 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1:40 PM WACO RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...INCREASING GRADUALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NORTH
THROUGH WEST OF BROWNWOOD...EAST ACROSS THE WACO AREA...INTO EAST CENTRAL
TEXAS BEYOND TYLER AND LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

INTENSITIES AND COVERAGE HAVE INCREASED SLOWLY DURING THE PAST HOUR.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN FALLS COUNTY. OTHER
STRONG STORMS WERE NORTH OF CORSICANA AND NORTH OF BROWNWOOD.
THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION DURING THE NHEXT
<FEW HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
248 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

AT 245 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED
HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A
LINE FROM MINERAL WELLS TO STEPHENVILLE TO BROWNWOOD. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER CONTINUES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
345 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...
LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...LEON...AND ROBERTSON...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH TEXAS NORTH
OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO KILLEEN...TO LUFKIN. THIS INCLUDES
MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES PLUS LEON COUNTY...

AT 3:40 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SHOWERS INCREASING OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE THE WACO AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR
WHILE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING MONITORED WEST THROUGH
<NORTHWEST OF THE WACO AREA BETWEEN MINERAL WELLS AND COMANCHE
AND WESTWARD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...
HOWEVER THE GENERAL AREA WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL BE AFFECTING
THE WACO AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE LEADING EDGE COULD REACH
BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES BY 5 PM.  SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS
MAY CONTAIN LARG<E HAIL.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THAT
PART OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO KILLEEN TO LUFKIN.
THIS INCLUDES MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES PLUS LEON COUNTY...

AT 4:55 PM CDT...WACO RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
SOUTH END OF LAKE WHITNEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY
OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN HILL COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
A POSSIBLE WARNING SHOULD THIS STORM CONTINUE TO BECOME STRONGER.

ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE FORT WORTH
AREA AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO WEATHERFORD TO WEST OF
HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.