Tornado Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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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TXZ031-260037-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
636 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 626 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE...
FROM MCKINNEY....TO GRANBURY...TO SAN SABA. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS IN COMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTY...WITH A
TORNADO REPORTED IN ERATH COUNTY.
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IN CENTRAL TEXAS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED OVER
BOSQUE COUNTY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED.

ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE WERE IN CORYELL COUNTY...AROUND
FT HOOD.

CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY CURRENT ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY AS THE
EVENING WEARS ON. ALSO...MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE WEST AND
NORTH SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING...AS HEAVY RAINS AND SOME ROADL
CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...AND
WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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TXZ031-260146-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
746 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 735 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE...
FROM DECATUR...TO STEPHENVILLE...TO JUST WEST OF SAN SABA.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER CORYELL
...BELL AND SOUTHERN FALLS COUNTY.<
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY CURRENT ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY AS THE
EVENING WEARS ON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...AND
WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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