Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1115 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL...
   SOUTH CENTRAL...AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
   INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...ROBERTSON...
   BRAZOS...AND MADISON...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CORYELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS
   WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES
   HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A NEW WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AN AREA
   EAST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO CENTERVILLE AND IS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

AT 11:10 AM CST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED EAST OF A LINE FROM EAST OF DALLAS...TO NEAR MARLIN...
AND SOUTHWEST TO AUSTIN. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST
OF BRENHAM MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO
TWO HOURS.
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PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
IF YOU SIGHT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF
SEVERE WEATHER...PLACE AN EMERGENCY CALL TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AT ONCE AND RELAY YOUR INFORMATION.

ELSEWHERE...THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR FOR BOSQUE COUNTY REPORTS
THE BOSQUE RIVER AT MERIDIAN IS 2 FEET FROM BANKFULL AND
RISING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1230 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL...
   SOUTH CENTRAL...AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
   INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...ROBERTSON...
   BRAZOS...AND MADISON...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 12:25 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF
LIMESTONE AND FALLS COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
BETWEEN LOTT IN FALLS COUNTY...TO NORTH OF MEXIA IN LIMESTONE
COUNTY. FURTHER SOUTH...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST THROUGH
NORTH OF THORNDALE WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH TOWARD BELL
COUNTY.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EAST OF A LINE FROM AUSTIN TO CORSICANA AND BEYOND TO SULPHUR
SPRINGS. THE PRECIPITAION AREA EXTENDED EASTWARD TO CROCKETT.
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THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CORYELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED WITH FLOODING
RECEDING.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
HAIL...AND FREQUENT DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE LARGER STORMS.

STAYK TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.