Tornado Warning 65, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
6 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE AIR MASS OVER NORTH TEXAS CONTINUES TO BE VERY UNSTABLE WITH
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WAS THE FOCUS FOR LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGING
ON THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH WHICH EXTENDED EAST ALONG THE RED
RIVER.

A DRY LINE IN WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY
EVENING AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE TODAY APART FROM
THE DRY LINE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO CONVERGE ACROSS THE
AREA. THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION...HOWEVER...WILL BE ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL ACT AS SURFACES
TO LIFT THE MOISTURE. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES THE ACTIVITY SHOULD
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD AS THE BOUNDARIES SPREAD SOUTH.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ASSIST IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
TODAY AS IT MAKES ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL WANT TO KEEP
IN TOUCH WITH LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR QUICK
MOBILIZATION THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SINCE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP SHOULD BECOME SEVERE VERY QUICKLY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
841 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 830 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE
SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.  THE LEADING
EDGE OR THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF FORT WORTH TO NEAR LAKE
WHITNEY TO WESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY...TO KILLEEN TO LLANO.  MOVEMENT OF
ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN ERATH...HOOD AND SOMMERVILLE COUNTIES...
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BOSQUE COUNTY WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR.  THE GENERAL TREND OVER THE PAST HOUR HAS SHOWN SOME
DECREASE IN INTENSITY...HOWEVER THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...GUSTY WIND...
FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  REPORTS
FROM THE IREDELL AREA IN WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY AT 835 AM CDT SHOW
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTY.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WEVERE WEATHER
FORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS
SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
947 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
HILL COUNTY...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
BOSQUE...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 940 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WERE SCATTERED FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA...SOUTH...THROUGH
CENTRAL TEXAS...TO NEAR LLANO.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MILE AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1040 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
BOSQUE...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1035 AM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF
GATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH.

OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
SCATTERED FROM FORT WORTH...SOUTHWEST...THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING
WACO...TO 25 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 45 MPH.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.

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