Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991

...ADDITIONAL NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR MAY 3 1991...

   TIME OF
  OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

120 AM CDT      TARRANT        HIGH WINDS IN THE HURST-EULESS AREA...
                               NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE

140 AM CDT      TARRANT        60 MPH WINDS IN SEAGOVILLE

150 AM CDT      FANNIN         TREE LIMBS ACROSS ROADS IN LEONARD

230-315 AM CDT  LAMAR          WIND DAMAGE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS
                               LAMAR COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROOFS
                               DAMAGED AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.

300 AM CDT     LAMAR           SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OFF HIGHWAY
                               82 EAST OF PARIS

308 AM CDT     RED RIVER       NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND HOUSE
                               DAMAGE FROM WINDS IN IN BAGWELL AND
                               NEGLEY. NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN
                               ACROSS NORTHEAST COUNTY

415 AM CDT     WOOD            TREE BLOWN ACROSS ROAD IN WINNSBORO

445 AM CDT     SMITH           TREES DOWN IN CHAPEL HILL AREA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1120 AM CDT FRI MAY  3 1991

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BRAZOS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR BELL
   ...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS...HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH
   THIS EVENING...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND
   TONIGHT...

AT 1115 AM CDT NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN THE WACO
OR BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION LISTENING AREAS.  A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE TOWN OF CHEROKEE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN SAN SABA
COUNTY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND
COULD MOVE INTO BELL OR CORYELL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF.

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND A
SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER WEST TEXAS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  WITH ABUNDANT
MOISTURE AND HIGH INSTABILITY...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.  VERY HEAVY
RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY.  BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO
PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1125 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK
AREA IS BOUNDED BY A PARIS...WACO...ABILENE...VERNON LINE. OVER THE
REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.

THE AIRMASS OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RICH WITH LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE TODAY. AS WARM SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE...GULF
MOISTURE WILL BE TAPPED FURTHER. ALSO...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER
THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS...IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON
HEATING...WILL LEAD TO FURTHER DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

LATE THIS MORNING A DRYLINE...A SURFACE FEATURE SEPARATING MOIST AIR
FROM DRIER AIR TO THE WEST...EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM NEAR CHILDRESS TO
THE TEXAS BIG BEND. BY EARLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ON THE DRYLINE...AND SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BE SEVERE. THE VERTICAL PROFILE OF THE WINDS OVER NORTH TEXAS
TODAY IS MARKED BY A SIGNIFICANT TURNING...AND THIS IS INDICATIVE OF
THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PART
OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD WITH THE
DRY LINE AND UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY TONIGHT.
SEVERE WEATHER MAY MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT.  FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY...EXPECIALLY OVER
THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION TODAY...AND BE
READY FOR ACTIVATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991

...SUPPLEMENTAL NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR MAY 3 1991...

   TIME OF
  OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

440 AM CDT      CAMP           60+ MPH WINDS BROKE NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS
                               AND DOWNED SOME TREES IN EASTERN OF
                               COUNTY BY LAKE OF THE PINES.

440 AM CDT      UPSHUR         A FEW LARGE LIMBS BROKEN...60 MPH WINDS
                               IN EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY NEAR
                               LAKE OF THE PINES.

520 AM CDT      UPSHUR         BRIDGE WASHED OUT IN NORTHWEST PART OF
                               COUNTY. TREES DOWN ALONG FM 1844 AND
                               FM 259 IN SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
245 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991

AT 235 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY CONTINUING OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS
WERE IN THE DFW METROPLEX AREA.  STRONGER ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM
WACO TO KILLEEN TO LAMPASAS AND NORTH TO STEPHENVILLE.  THIS WAS A
NEARLY SOLID AREA OF ACTIVITY...THE STRONGEST WAS BETWEEN KILLEEN AND
WACO.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS NOTED IN SOUTHEAST JACK COUNTY ALSO
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  PEOPLE IN WESTERN WISE COUNTY SHOULD STAY
ALERT AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN
PARIS AND TYLER.  ALSO...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN HOUSTON
COUNTY TO THE WEST OF LUFKIN.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO HAVE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.  THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS TO PARIS
AND INCLUDES THE METROPLEX AREA...WACO...BROWNWOOD...AND TEMPLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS...FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT...EAST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO HAMILTON TO SAN SABA.  THE DFW
METROPLEX...WACO...PARIS...LONGVIEW...AND LUFKIN ARE INCLUDED IN THE
WATCH AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAIN IN THE WATCH AREA WILL POSE A DANGER OF
FLASH FLOODING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON TODAY'S WEATHER.