Tornado Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1240 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992

THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH TEXAS.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR.

AT NOON A SLOW-MOVING COOL FRONT EXTENDED NEAR A LITTLE ROCK-WICHITA
FALLS-MIDLAND LINE.  MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS
APPROACHING THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA FROM THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS.  AN EXPLOSIVELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS HAS BEEN SITUATED OVER
NORTH TEXAS FOR SEVERAL DAYS...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING
EACH AFTERNOON.  THIS INSTABILITY REMAINS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REFORM BY LATE AFTERNOON...INITIALLY ALONG THE COOL
FRONT...AND POSSIBLY ALONG THE REMNANTS OF A WEAK DRY LINE EXTENDING
FROM MIDLAND INTO THE BIG BEND AT NOON.  NORTH OF THE COOL FRONT...
ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WAS POOLING FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WESTWARD
INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.  THUS...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM IN THE HIGH PLAINS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND APPROACHING FROM
THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT WILL BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY'S STORMS.  THE THREAT OF TORNADO
ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE REMOTE.  ALTHOUGH GOOD TURNING OF THE LOW-
LEVEL  WINDS IS IN PLACE...WIND VELOCITIES IN THE LOWER 10,000 FEET
OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE QUITE WEAK.  THEREFORE...ANY TORNADOES WHICH
OCCUR LIKELY WOULD BE VERY SMALL...WEAK...AND SHORT-LIVED.  THIS
SITUATION COULD CHANGE IF AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL WINDS
OCCURS...SOMETHING THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE MONITER4ING THIS
AFTERNOON.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY
FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
240 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART
OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

AT 230 PM...WEATHER RADARS DOES NOT INDICATE ANY SIGNIFICANT
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
MOVEMENT WAS NOT DETERMINED.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
335 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE
EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 325 PM
CDT.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT
FOR THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH AREA
ARE THE CITIES OF ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...COMANCHE AND BRECKENRIDGE.

AT 330 PM...WEATHER RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE DEVELOPING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS
INCLUDING THOSE AREAS NEAR ABILENE...BROWNWOOD AND ABILENE. THERE HAS
HAS BEEN LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ALSO DEVELOPING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA JUST NORTH OF THE RED
RIVER...NORTH OF PARIS TEXAS.

SKIES WERE GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS.
HOWEVER...THE HIGH CIRRUS CLOUD SHIELD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE HILL COUNTRY WERE STARTING TO COVER THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS INCLUDING BROWNWOOD.

A WEAK AND NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED EAST-WEST
NEAR AND ALONG THE RED RIVER. AT THE UPPER LEVELS...A WEAK RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER THE LONE STAR STATE.

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAILED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH SPEEDS
IN THE 5 TO 15 MILE AN HOUR RANGE. AT 3 PM...TEMPERATURES WERE
IN THE MID 80S TO THE MIDDLE 90S. THE HIGHEST READINGS WERE IN THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA.

              ...FORECAST FOR NORTH TEXAS...

...TORNADO WATCH WESTERN PORTIONS TIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...A FEW SEVERE MAINLY THIS EVENING.
PARTLY CLOUDY...WARM...AND HUMID WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT 65 TO 70.  HIGHS
BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 87 TO 92.  LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT 65 TO 72.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
440 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE...EASTLAND...
PALO PINTO...AND STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT.

AT 440 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE IN STEPHENS COUNTY. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA JUST NORTH OF BOTH SHERMAN
AND PARIS. LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLE DAMAGING
WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGTNING.

PERSONS LIVING NEAR BRECKENRIDGE...AND BETWEEN SHERMAN AND PARIS SHOULD
BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPES OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED.