Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR WESTERN AND
NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF MONTAGUE...GRAHAM...ALBANY...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WICHITA
FALLS...SEYMOUR AND ANSON.

ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM
CST AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT WORTH...
STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD.

THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING IN NORTH TEXAS ARRIVED WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND WICHITA FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL AROUND 200 PM NEAR IOWA PARK AND
HENRIETTA.

AT 340 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.
ALSO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN ABILENE AND FORT WORTH. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THERE CONTINUES TO BE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS. THE RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A MARSHALL-LONGVIEW-TEMPLE LINE.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S WILL
STRENGTHEN AND MOVE INTO EASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE
LOW WILL DEEPEN IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE ROTATING
NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE A DRY LINE FRONT...SITUATED NEAR A
VERNON-ABILENE LINE AT 300 PM...TO MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL AND EAST
SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS SHOULD BE
FORMING IN AN AREA FROM SAN ANGELO TO FORT WORTH DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS AND WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST VERY RAPIDLY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD
REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING THUNDERSTORYM CLOUDS THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST
AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT
WORTH...STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD.

AT 425 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS
IN A LINE FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR GRAHAM TO NEAR STEPHENS TO
EASTLAND AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST TO NEAR COLEMAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA FALLS AND NEAR EASTLAND. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE CONTINUES TO BE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS. THE RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A MARSHALL-LONGVIEW-TEMPLE LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD
REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH TZHIS
EVENING AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
505 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST
AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT
WORTH...STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD.

AT 500 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS
IN A LINE FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO JACKSBORO TO BRECKENRIDGE TO NEAR
RISING STAR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR RISING STAR IN EASTLAND
COUNTY. RADAR SIGNATURES INDICATE POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THIS
STORM. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN EASTLAND...NORTHERN
COMANCHE AND NORTHERN ERATH COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ALL STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE. THIS FACTOR
COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD
REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
540 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM
CST AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DALLAS...FORT
WORTH...STEPHENVILLE...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND BROWNWOOD.

AT 535 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED IN A LINE FROM NEAR MONTAGUE TO SOUTHEAST OF GRAHAM TO PALO
PINTO TO JUST EAST OF RISING STAR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST
EAST OF RISING STAR IN SOUTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHERN EASTLAND...NORTHERN COMANCHE...AND NORTHERN ERATH COUNTY
BETWEEN 535 AND 630 PM. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.

ALTHOUGH THE STORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS CONTINUED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE SOME OF THE STORMS TO
BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS EVENING AS A DRY LINE PUSHES INTO THE VERY
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD
REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
935 PM CST THU MAR 21 1991

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS UNTIL 3 AM TOMORROW MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
DALLAS...FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...PARIS...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND
BROWNWOOD.

AT 930 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT STEPHENVILLE INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
ABILENE. THIS LINE WAS SHOWING LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESS WHILE THE
INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE TRACKING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE LINE OF STORMS OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS HAD DEVELOPED
ALONG A COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WERE ALMOST PARALLEL TO SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS ALOFT AND AS A RESULT WERE SHOWING LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESS. THIS
SITUATION IS CONDUCIVE FOR HEAVY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN AREAS
AFFECTED BY THE STORMS AS STORMS TRACK REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA.

THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED STORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST DURING THE
LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVES SLOWLY EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. HEAVY RAINFALL
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS COULD POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT TO
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IF THE
STORMS CONTINUE THEIR PRESENT SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS.

IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS APPEARS TO BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCAL FLASH FLOODING...HOWEVER AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SMPOTTERS SHOULD
REMAIN ON ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

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