Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA HAS SUBSIDED TO ABOUT
20 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH STRONGER GUSTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
719 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE..HILL..LIMESTONE..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..FALLS..BELL AND ROBERTSON...

AT 710 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
SCATTERED THROUGH LIMESTONE AND FALLS COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST
40 MPH. ALSO POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS...
INCLUDING ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES THROUGH THESE COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PERCHED JUST TO THE WEST OF CENTRAL TEXAS
...AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR OR! TWO.

THESE AREAS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMETNS
OR WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX AND THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY...SULPHUR SPRINGS....CANTON...CORSICANA...CLEBURNE...AND
WEATHERFORD ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 725 AM...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
STRONG...EXTENDING FROM BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND GAINESVILLE SOUTHWARD
TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS AND FARTHER SOUTH TO BETWEEN COMANCHE AND HAMILTON.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE MAINLY EAST OF A WACO...BONHAM
LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE SAFETY MEASURES.

STAY TU<NED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
755 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR LIMESTONE
COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
100 PM CST...

AT 750 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED
NORTH/SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST 40
MPH.

OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE SCATTERED JUST TO THE WEST OF CENTRAL TEXAS...10 TO 20 MILES
WEST OF BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING
SLOWLY TO THE EAST...WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
40 MILESd AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN LIMESTONE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLASH FLOODING  OF
LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING ROADWAYS AND STREAM BEDS.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
911 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR
BOSQUE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR
CORYELL COUNTY...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL
1045 AM CST...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 905 AM CST POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN
CORYELL...SOUTHERN BOSQUE AND WESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS SCATTERED THROUGH BRAZOS...LEON
AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE AREAS MENTIONED SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS TO FLASH FLOODING
AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.

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

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THODAY OVER THE
NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS... GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE THROUGH
PARIS...DALLAS...AND WACO. THIS INCLUDES THE GREENVILLE...
SUPPHUR PRINGS... CORSICANA... PALESTINE...JACKSONVILLE...
AND TYLER/LONGVIEW AREAS.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY.
THE AIRMASS NEAR THE SURFACE IS CHARACTERIZED BY DEEP MOISTURE...
WARM AIR... AND STRONG WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS...
ALONG WITH A STRONG DIVERGENT JET ALOFT... CREATES AND VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHER AND IS CONSIDERED FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL... STRONG WINDS... AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

AT MID MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACTIVE IN A BROAD BAND ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM TEXARKANA TO NEAR DALLAS AND WACO. A BOUNDARY
AIR EXTENDED FROM NEAR TEXARKANA TO TYLER AND WEST TO NEAR WACO.
IT IS NEAR AND ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR
MOST LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... AND A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF THE AREA UNTIL 100 PM.

EARLIER THIS MORNING... STRONG WINDS OCCURRED IN A NARROW BAND FROM
THE WACO AREA NORTHEAST THROUGH PARTS OF ELLIS...NAVARRO...HENDERSON...
AND SMITH COUNTIES. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH WERE COMMON WITH
SOME DAMAGE REPORTED TO TREES AND POWER LINES. THIS WAS CAUSED BY
A STRONG DIFFERENCE IN THE PRESSURE FIELD THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND A LOW PRESSURE AREA
OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS PRODUCED A STRONG JET OF LOW LEVEL
WINDS AT THE SURFACE THAT CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE STRONG
WINDS DIMINISHED AROUND 700 AM AS THE THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST TEXAS
WEAKENED AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXED.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...SPOTTERS... AND RESIDENTS OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WILL WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY. ACTIVATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE EAST
CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MIDDAY...AND OVER THE EASTERN
PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS BY MID AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY...
SO RESIDENTS AND SPOTTERS WILL WANT TO AVOID FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
FOR TODAY.

OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA... THE
SEVERE WEATHER RISK SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS COOLER
AND DRIER AIR MOVES INKTO THE REGION.