Tornado Warning 57, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
435 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE
NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTH
OF A FORT WORTH TO GILMER LINE.  THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX
IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 430 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A DEVELOPING SMALL AREA
OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH
OF GAINESVILLE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF
NORTH TEXAS JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF TEXARdKANA.  MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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

AT 431 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER WAS DEVELOPING NEAR GROESBECK.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILEjS AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
645 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
THE NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTH
OF A FORT WORTH TO GILMER LINE.  THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...
PARIS...CLARKSVILLE...GREENVILLE...SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOUNT PLEASANT...
AND THE DALLAS/FORT METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA...

AT 640 PM CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER COLLIN COUNTY
NEAR PLANO AND IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FANNIN COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BONHAM.  OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS EXTENDING FROM WRIGHT PATMAN RESERVOIR INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.