Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Fort Worth, TX

TXZ031-260630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1220 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE WACO AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF
A PARIS/TEMPLE LINE INCLUDING MOST OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES.

AT 12:10 AM CDT WACO RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM SHERMAN...TO NEAR FORT WORTH...
TO STEPHENVILLE...TO BRADY. THE PRECIPITATION AREA EXTENDED
NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE TO COLEMAN AND GRAHAM. LITTLE MOVEMENT
TO THE EAST IS INDICATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY EXCEPT OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS IN THE VICINITY OF FORT WORTH AND BEYOND. INDIVIDUAL
STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST WITHIN THIS AREA AT 25 MPH.
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<FURTHER SOUTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER
EASTERN CORYELL AND WESTERN BELL COUNTY AND SOUTHWARD TO AUSTIN.
THIS DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE FORMING A RAIN PATTERN SIMILAR
TO YESTERDAYS.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ031-260730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
125 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRA TEXAS
AT 12:46 AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OFFICIALS IN CORYELL COUNTY FOUND
NO EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF GATESVILLE OVER WHICH
THE STORM PASSED. THE STORM IS NOW ON THE BOSQUE COUNTY LINE MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH TOWARD THE MERIDIAN AREA. BOSQUE COUNTY OFFICIALS
SHOULD BE ALERT IN THE EVENT THIS STORM REINTENSIFIES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE WACO AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF
A PARIS/TEMPLE LINE INCLUDING MOST OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES.

AT 1:15 AM CDT WACO RADAR SHOWED AN INCREASING BAND OF VERY STRONG
<THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF CLIFTON IN BOSQUE COUNTY...SOUTH ACROSS
CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTY...AND THROUGH WESTERN BELL COUNTY TO NORTHWEST
OF GEORETOWN. THIS BAND IS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND WHILE STORMS
MOVE DUE NORTH ALONG THE BAND...AN EARLY INDICATION OF HEAVY RAINS
YET TO COME.

TO FURTHER AGGRAVATE CONDITIONS...THE LARGER AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST HAS NOW BEGAN MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD
TOWARD THE WACO AREA. THE LEADING EDGE WAS LOCATED FROM FORT WORTH...
TO HICO...TO SAN SABA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE ENTERING BOSQUE COUNTY SHORTLY. IT ALSO APPEARS THE TWO
AREAS WILL MERGE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ031-260830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
230 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH THROUGH BOSQUE COUNTY
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE WACO AREA...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF
A PARIS/TEMPLE LINE INCLUDING MOST OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES...

AT 2:25 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT WORTH SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST
BOSQUE COUNTY...AND ACROSS MORGAN AND MERIDIAN TO JONESBORO
IN NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE INCREASING
IN INTENSITY. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF GATESVILLE.
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THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH AND HAVE MERGED WITH
ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED SOUTHEAST. THE STRONGEST
STORMS...AND THE ONES BEING MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER...
EXTEND ACROSS BOSQUE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHERN MOST CORNER TO LAKE
WHITNEY. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST HILL
COUNTY NEAR BLUM.

PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR A EPOSSIBLE
WARNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR SHOULD THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY.

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

TXZ031-260930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
325 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN SETTLING IN OVER BOSQUE COUNTY...
FLOODING POTENTIAL INCREASING...

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL INCLUDING THE
WACO AREA HAS EXPIRED...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF
A PARIS/TEMPLE LINE INCLUDING MOST OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES...

AT 3:15 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY
FROM DALLAS TO NORTH OF WHITNEY IN HILL COUNTY...TO MERIDIAN AND
CRANFILS GAP IN BOSQUE COUNTY.
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THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH ACROSS BOSQUE COUNTY
AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTY. PORTIONS OF THE BAND FROM NORTHERN HILL
COUNTY TO DALLAS HAS BEEN MOVING EAST WHILE THE SOUTHWEST PORTION
ACROSS BOSQUE COUNTY HAS REMAINED IN PLACE. SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS
OBSERVED BY BOSQUE COUNTY EMC ALONG HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MERIDIAN
AND CRAFILS GAP DURING THE PAST HOUR. AS STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS
THIS PORTION OF THE COUNTY...FLOODING WILL LIKELY INCREASE. A
WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED DURING THE NEXT HOUR FOR BOSQUE COUNTY.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTH OF
AUSTIN TO SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD...THEN NORTH TO WEST OF STEPHENVILLE.

RADARS HAVE INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FORT HOOD RESERVATION
OF SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...HOWEVER
THE LARGER STORMS HAVE MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE AREA. OTHER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THAT COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE VERY LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

TXZ019>033-262200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
550 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
BROWNWOOD TO MINERAL WELLS TO PARIS.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF THE SAME LINE.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER WEST TEXAS CONTINUED TO MOVE
SLOWLY EAST. AIR WITH A VERY HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND A STRONG
TENDENCY TO RISE REMAINED OVER NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD OCCUR JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA TODAY BUT
BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS WHERE
ACTIVITY WILL BE AFFECTED BY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.  TORNADOES CANNOT
BE RULED OUT ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS...AND HAIL ARE THE
MOST LIKELY EVENTS.

FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS YESTERDAY AND EARLY THIS MORNING AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR ALMOST ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS
ARE REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH STATE OF READINESS IN CASTE SPOTTER
NETS NEED TO BE ACTIVATED.