Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
315 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 1989

AT 310 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG THE RED RIVER FROM
NEAR TEXARKANA WEST TO JUST NORTH OF SHERMAN.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF PARIS TEXAS.  THE AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PERSISTING IN THE AIR OVERRUNNING A WARM FRONT
LOCATED FROM HOUSTON TO STEPHENVILLE TO CHILDRESS.  THE WARM FRONT
WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD.

MEANWHILE...VERY UNSTABLE AIR WAS OVER THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS
ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE WARM FRONT.  THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY FORT WORTH...TO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...TO NORTHWEST
OF ABILENE...AND BACK TO FORT WORTH...LATER THIS EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 7 PM.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
440 PM CDT TUE MAY 02 1989

...SEVERE WEATHER FOCUS SHIFTS FROM NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS TO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL SECTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS
GENERALLY WEST OF A WICHITA FALLS-ABILENE LINE. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THE WICHITA FALLS AREA EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...INCLUDING THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH
AND THE SHERMAN-DENISON AREAS. AT 4 PM A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER
WAS SITUATED NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK...WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING
EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOW NEAR A MINERAL WELLS-CORSICANA-LUFKIN
LINE.

STRONG CONVERGENCE OF HEAT...MOISTURE...AND WIND WAS OCCURRING EAST
OF THE LOW AND ALONG THE WARM FRONT. THESE LOW LEVEL FACTORS WERE
COMBINING WITH A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PROFILE
AND STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEARS TO CREATE A LOCALIZED HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER EAST OF THE LOW AND NEAR THE WARM FRONT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY WEST OF WICHITA FALLS AT
430 PM...WITH HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL ALREADY BEING REPORTED BETWEEN
WICHITA FALLS AND VERNON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A VERY STRONG THREAT OF
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS..ESPECIALLY WITH STORMS NEAR THE WARM
FRONT. TORNADOES ARE A GREATER THREAT TODAY THAN IN THE PREVIOUS
SEVERAL DAYS OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...THERFORE STORM
SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED FOR JUST ABOUT ANY
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS IN WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH TEXAS
DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

RESIDENTS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH jAREA SHOULD BE READY FOR A
RELATIVELY HIGH PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE EVENING
HOURS AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING...TO INCLUDE BOSQUE COUNTY...

AT 505 PM CDT AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM ABILENE...TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS...TO NEAR GAINSVILLE.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS INDICATED OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA
...RESIDENTS ARE UREGED TO KEEP ABEAST OF THE LATEST SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
721 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
   ...TO INCLUDE BOSQUE COUNTY...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1200 PM MIDNIGHT
   FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...TO INCLUDE CORYELL COUNTY...

AT 711 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTH
OF A LINE...FROM CISCO...TO BURLESON TO 10 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE.
AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN STEPHENS COUNTY...
SOUTHEAST OF CADDO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM
GRAHAM...TO JACKSBORO...TO SOUTHWEST OF DENTON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN cHOUR.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA...
RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ALERT...SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER MOVE INTO THE
CENTRAL TEXAS AREA.
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