Tornado Warning 56, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1030 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. THE WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE...HILL...
MCLENNAN AND LIMESTONE...

AT 1025 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH CENTRAL
TEXAS...EXTENDING FROM DALLAS/FORT WORTH...THROUGH WACO TO AUSTIN.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED AREA CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1100 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH  REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL STRIP OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL NOON.  THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS STILL UNDER THE WATCH
IS GENERALLY  ALONG  AND EAST OF A BONHAM...DALLAS...HILLSBORO LINE...AND
WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE...CORSICANA LINE.

AT 1055 AM CDT...WEATHER  RADAR INDICATED A  BAND OF SHOWERbS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND  NORTHEAST  TEXAS MOSTLY EAST OF A
PARIS...DALLAS...WACO LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

TXZ019>033-162000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
1125 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE AREA
OF RISK IS THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
HENRIETTA /CLAY COUNTY/ TO BRECKENRIDGE /STEPHENS COUNTY/ TO
COLEMAN /COLEMAN COUNTY/.

AT 1100 AM A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY FROM WICHITA FALLS TO
A LITTLE WEST OF SAN ANGELO... MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE WARM UNSTABLE
AIR BY MID AFTERNOON... POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL ...
STONG WINDS... OR TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER
THIS MORNING WERE CONTINUNING AT MIDDAY FROM BETWEEN PARIS AND
TEXARKANA...SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN TYLER AND DALLAS... AND FURTHER
SOUTH TO NEAR AUSTIN. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
THAT WAS MOVING AWAY FROM NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER... THE CLOUDS AND
PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MAY TEND TO ENHANCE
LOW LEVEL WINDS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS LATER TODAY.

STRONGEST INSTABILITES WERE LOCATED ALONG THE FRONT AT MIDDAY.
AS DAYTIME HEATING PROGRESSES... THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. LOW LEVEL
WINDS ALONG THE FRONT ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW TORNADIC STORMS.

CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH A LINE
NEAR HENRIETTA...BRECKENRIGDE... COLEMAN BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
BY THAT TIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH TO INITIATE
THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW OF WHICH COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE GAINESVILLE...DENTON...
DALLAS/FORT WORTH...GRANBURY... COMANCHE AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON...
AND INTO THE SHERMAN...PARIS...TYLER...WACO AREAS BY EARLY EVENING.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WILL WANT TO KEEP
IN TOUCH WITH LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOSQUE...HILL...MCLENNAN AND
LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT...

AT 1150 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED BETWEEN
TYLER AND AUSTIN...WITH A FEW SHOWERS LOCATED IN LIMESTONE AND FALLS
COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1250 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

AT 1245 PM CDT...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN
CAMPBELL AND LONE OAK IN EASTERN HUNT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
TEXARKANA SOUTHWEST TO N5EAR TYLER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45
MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
315 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

THERE CONTINUES A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THE REMANINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.
THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE THROUGH GAINESSVILLE...
FORT WORTH... AND LAMPASAS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WAS PUSHING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TODAY.
AT 300 PM THE FRONT WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY FROM NEAR GAINESVILLE... TO
MINERAL WELLS... TO JUNCTION. TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE WARM IN
THE CLEAR... DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT... WITH READINGS INTO THE
MID 90S AT ABILENE AND SAN ANGELO. THESE WARM TEMPERATURES...
COMBINED WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES EAST OF THE FRONT... ARE
CAUSING LIFTED INDICES INTO THE MINUS TEN TO MINUS TWELVE RANGE...
WHICH IS CONSIDERED MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE.

A PERSISTENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS. AT 300 PM
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SULPHER SPRINGS AND TEXARKANA...
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 130 PM... AND STRONG WINDS DOWNED TREES
WEST OF MT PLEASANT AROUND 250 PM.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ANY TIME THE REMAINDER THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SEVERE THUNDESTORM
WATCH NUMBER 265 WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS WILL WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS.