Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
350 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING FOR
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS LOCATED GENERALLY WEST
OF A MONTAGUE TO STEPHENVILLE TO LAMPASAS LINE. MAJOR CITIES INCLUDED
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE:  ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...AND WICHITA
FALLS.

THIS AFTERNOON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS
ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUDARY THAT EXTENDED AT 330 PM FROM NEAR GAGE
OKLAHOMA...TO LUBBUCK...TO HOBBS NEW MEXICO. THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS
BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND CHILDRESS LATER THIS EVENING.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS REMAINS QUITE
WARM AND HUMID WITH AFTERNOON HEATING RESULTING IN LIFTED INDICES IN
-6 TO -10 RANGE. SURFACE DEWPOINTS HAD ALSO WARMED INTO THE MIDDLE
60S WHILE THE BEST MID-LEVEL INSTABILITIES WERE INDICATED OVER THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE.

ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS OF
WIND AND LARGE HAIL IS ANTICIPATED OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED SINCE THE UPPER
LEVEL WIND PROFILE LACKS SIGNIFICANT SHEAR AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
IS LACKING.

EMERGENCY MANAGMENT AGENCIES AND SPOTTERS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
SHOULD KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION
LATER THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
545 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 1992

...FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BETWEEN MCGREGOR AND CRAWFORD SHORT LIVED...

AT 532 PM CDT ISOLATED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE BETWEEN HILLSBORO AND ITASCA
AND BETWEEN KOSSE AND MARQUEZ. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE WELL TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION...NEAR MONTGOMERY...AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTH
TEXAS.

THE WACO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE DISPATCHED STORM SPOTTERS TO THE
CRAWFORD/MCGREGOR AREA AFTER THE PUBLIC REPORT OF THE FUNNEL CLOUD...
HOWEVER...NO ADDITIONAL FUNNELS WERE SIGHTED. THE STORM WAS WEAK AND VERY
SHORT LIVED...WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE WACO OFFICE<

UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS OR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL REDEVELOPS.

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