Tornado Warning 33, NWS Fort Worth, TX

TXZ020>022-025>027-029>031-260200

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
225 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 220 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINS...WERE IN A BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM GAINESVILLE TO MINERAL
WELLS TO STEPHENVILLE TO SAN SABA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER
WISE...PARKER AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES.  OTHER RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS.  MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE
A POSSIBILITY.  PERSONS LIVING IN LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA.  IF
RISING WATER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  KEPT ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ031-252100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
259 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS..CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM BOWIE..EASTLAND AND COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS.

AT 250 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE
FROM DENTON...SOUTHWEST...TO STEPHENVILLE...AND BRADY. MOVEMENT OF
THIS LINE WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGH BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..MCLENNAN AND BELL
COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR ADVISORIES.

TXZ019>033-252115

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM TONIGHT. THE AREA INCLUDES THE PARIS/SHERMAN AREAS... DALLAS/
FORT WORTH AREAS... AND THE STEPHENVILLE/COMANCHE AREAS.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AREA.

AT 315 PM CDT... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FROM
SHERMAN SOUTHWEST TO DECATUR... WEATHERFORD... AND STEPHENVILLE.
INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH... WHILE THE
AREA WAS DRIFING EAST VERY SLOWLY.

STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DECATUR... AND ON THE HOOD- PARKER COUNTY LINE ABOUT 15 MILESS
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WEATHERFORD.

MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED A LITTLE SOUTH OF WEATHERFORD AROUND 310
PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN AN AIRMASS THAT WAS VERY MOIST
AND UNSTABLE. LIFTED INDICES... A MEASURE OF INSTABILITY... WERE IN
THE MINUS 6 TO MINUS 8 RANGE... WHICH IS CONSIDERED MODERATELY
UNSTABLE. LOW LEVEL INFLOW INTO THE STORMS WAS QUITE STRONG WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES... HOWEVER...
WERE ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S... LIMITING TO SOME EXTENT...
THUNDERSTORM SEVERITY... SO FAR.

HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO A STRONG POSSIBILITY... PRIMARILY DUE TO THE HIGH
MOISTURE CONTENT AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT
TRENDS INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
AREA BETWEEN 400 AND 600 PM... POSING PROBLEMS FOR RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.
REMEMBER... MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES... SO
MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE RELAYED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP.

TXZ031-252200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
350 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS..CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM BOWIE..EASTLAND AND COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS.

AT 345 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE
FROM DENTON...SOUTHWEST...TO STEPHENVILLE...AND BRADY. LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS INDICATED.

OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
WIDELY! SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING NORTHEAST 30
MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR ADVISORIES. 08

TXZ019>033-252215

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM TONIGHT. THE AREA INCLUDES THE PARIS/SHERMAN AREAS... DALLAS/
FORT WORTH AREAS... AND THE STEPHENVILLE/COMANCHE AREAS.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AREA.

AT 350 PM CDT... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN A LINE
FROM SHERMAN SOUTHWEST TO DECATUR... WEATHERFORD... STEPHENVILLE AND
COMANCHE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AHEAD OF THE
LINE FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TO GARLAND...AND FROM ARLINGTON TO CLEBURNE.

INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH... WHILE THE
AREA WAS DRIFING VERY SLOWLY EAST.

STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR DECATUR IN EASTERN WISE COUNTY... AND
BETWEEN WEATHERFORD AND GRANBURY SOUTHWEST OF FORT WORTH.

HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS REMAIN A
POTENTIAL PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS FAIRLY WET AND DUE TO THE
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS... FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS
POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO AVOID FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS.

;ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE RELAYED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP.

TXZ031-252320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
520 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM BOWIE...TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS.

AT 507 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER
MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE
OVER BOSQUE AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES
SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.<

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY WEST OF HAMILTON AND IN THE
DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA AND NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP
ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER (3/4 INCH OR GREATER HAIL,
OR, WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR) TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIUO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...OR
WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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