Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Fort Worth, TX

TX027-032-033-190100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT               ...CORRECTION FIRST PARAGRAPH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
645 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

AT 640 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINS...WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
GENERALLY EAST OF A SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO WACO LINE.  THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST FREESTONE COUNTY BETWEEN STREETMAN AND
FAIRFIELD...AND IN ANDERSON COUNTY NORTH OF PALESTINE.  ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY EAST
OF MABANK.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS
...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL.

MOST OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM$S SHOULD START TO DISSIPATE OR DECREASE
IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE AROUND SUNSET.  IN THE MEAN TIME...STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

TXZ031-037-190230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
728 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS WILL EXPIRE AT
800PM CDT....

AT 715 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER MODERATE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED THROUGH PARTS OF THE
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY NORTH AND WEST OF AUSTIN.  ONE VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS IN BELL COUNTY BETWEEN TEMPLE AND KILLEEN.  MOVEMENT
OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OR DETECTED BY RADAR DURING THE
PAST HOUR OR SO...HOWEVER THE STORMS IN THE HILL COUNTRY ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE BRIEF FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD
PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE
STRONG STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER FORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS
SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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

TXZ031-037-190235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
840 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED AND IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT...

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS HAS EXPIRED...

AT 835 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY HAS
WEAKENED RAPIDLY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO MCLENNAN COUNTY.

ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
EXTENDED FROM LOMETA IN LAMPASAS COUNTY TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GATESVILLE.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE BRIEF FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD
PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE
STRONG STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER FORMATION 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 STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06

TXZ031-037-190235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
840 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED AND IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT...

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS HAS EXPIRED...

AT 835 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY HAS
WEAKENED RAPIDLY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO MCLENNAN COUNTY.

ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
EXTENDED FROM LOMETA IN LAMPASAS COUNTY TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GATESVILLE.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.

TX027-032-033-190300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
845 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

AT 840 PM...RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANDERSON COUNTY
JUST TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF PALESTINE.  OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR ATHENS TO
EAST OF DALLAS...AND FROM NEAR GILMER TO CLARKSVILLE.  MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE REMAINING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

TX027-032-033-190400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
935 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

AT 930 PM CDT...TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL INDICATED BY RADAR
OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH OF FRANKSTON AND IN
CHEROKEE COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE.  OTHER SCATTERED
SHOWERS WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS IN AN AREA GENERALLY EAST OF A SHERMAN...DALLAS...PALESTINE LINE.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE REMAINING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.