Tornado Warning 25, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1115 AM CDT WED OCT 7 1992

...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKES IN THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS HAVE INCREASED RAPIDLY
THIS MORNING AND ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.  OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WINDS
ARE ALREADY GUSTING TO OVER 20 MPH AND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH
AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON.  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH
AND GUSTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WEST AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS.

THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS WEST OF A LINE
FROM PARIS TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE.

BOATERS ON LAKES IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FROM THE
STRONG WINDS AND ASSOCIATED WAVES. REMEMBER THAT WINDS ON THE LAKES
OVER WATER.  LAKES WITH LONG FETCHES IN THE NOXRTH-SOUTH DIRECTION WILL
BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
235 PM CDT WED OCT 7 1992

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM
GRAHAM TO GREENVILLE AND INCLUDES THE GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENTON
AND MCKINNEY AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DALLAS-
FORT WORTH AREA AT THIS TIME.

AT 210 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM WICHITA
FALLS TO GRAHAM. THIS AREA IS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WAS
PUSHING THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

INSTABILITIES AND MOISTURE WERE SOMEWHAT LIMITED AHEAD OF THE FRONT...
BUT STRONG TURNING OF THE WINDS IN THE VERTICAL WILL PROVIDE A
FAVAORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR TORNADIC STORMS. LARGE HAIL
IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF COOKE-DENTON-
AND TARRANT COUNTIES BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM....AND GRAYSON...
COLLIN...AND DALLAS COUNTIES BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE INTO EAST TEXAS AFTER 600 PM.

BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WERE PICKING
UP CONSIDERABLE DUST. SOME DUST CAN BE EXPECTED BRIEFLY INTO NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WILL WANT TO KEEP IN
TOUCH WITH LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
335 PM CDT WED OCT 7 1992

       ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 330 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WEST OF GAINESVILLE TO MINERAL WELLS TO
EAST OF EASTLAND.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN EASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY
NEAR SAINT JO.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE
GAINESVILLE AREA...AND INTO WESTERN DENTON...AND PARKER COUNTY AREAS
BY 400 PM...AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE METROPLEX BY 430 PM.

THE STRONGER ACTIVITY WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DALLAS/FT.WORTH
METROPLEX.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES.