Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 345AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF
   CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR MOST OF
   CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS...

AT 335AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHWEST HILL COUNTY 15 MILES WEST OF ITASCA.  STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE IN WESTERN CORYELL...NORTHERN BOSQUE
AND SOUTHERN BELL COUNTIES.  OTHER LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE THROUGH
MUCH OF THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING CORYELL...BOSQUE
HILL...BELL...FALLS AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

IT IS LIKELY ANOTHER WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA BEGINNING AT 4AM
CDT.  THIS IS DUE TO THE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.  THE STORMS
NOW IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS... 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  WITH THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THE
PRECIPITATION AREADY RAINSOAKED GROUNDS LY INTHE PATH OF THE ONCOMING
RAINS.  PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE STRONGER STROMS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENNTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 445 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOOD CDT TODAY FOR PERSONS IN BELL
   BOSQUE...CORYELL...HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TIS MORNING FOR MOST OF EAST
   AND CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 435AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS MODERATE SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDESTORMS THROUG MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE HEAVIEST
RAINS WERE IN PARTS OF MCLENNAN...BOSQUE...CORYELL...BELL AND FALLS
COUNTIES.  OTHER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PARTS OF
LIMESTONE...ROBERTSON...BRAZOS AND HILL COUNTIES.  ALL THE PRECIPITATION
WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
HAIL.  PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED. 
STAY TUED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.06

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 545AM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOSQUE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED
   THE THUNDERSTORM HAS BECOME LESS INTENSE AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR PART OF CENTRAL
   TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
   NORTH TEXAS...

AT 535AM CDT WACO WEATHR RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS...SCATTERED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN HILL
COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSBORO AND IN
MCLENNAN COUNTY 10 MILES EAST AND 18 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WACO.
MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE STRONGER
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...FLASH FLOODING
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.
 
THE ALREADY RAINSOAKED GROUNDS ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL NOW OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  IN BOSQUE
COUNTY BRIDGES ARE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER ON FM 927 BETWEEN MORGAN
AND LAKESIDE.  PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE HEAVIER RAINFALL ARE URGED TO
NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS.  ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES COULD
BE DAMAGED OR WASHED AWAY...SO DO NOT ASSUME THE AREA WOULD BE SAFE TO
CROSS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS)
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06