Tornado Warning 28, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1215 PM CDT THU OCT 15 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WEST OF A PARIS...WAXAHACHIE...LAMPASAS LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR A
MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...DALLAS/
FORT WORTH TO CLEBURNE LINE.

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT HAD ENTERED THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
PART OF NORTH TEXAS WITH A TRAILING DRY LINE LOCATED OVER THE EXTREME
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. IN ADVANCE OF THESE BOUNDARIES...
SOUTH WINDS OF 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF 25 MILES AN HOUR
WERE INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE AS IT MOVES EASTWARD THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AN INTRUSION OF DRY AIR IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN
COMBINATION WITH A COLD POCKET OF AIR ALOFT WILL RESULT IN LIFTED
INDICES OF MINUS 8 TO MINUS 11 BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE RISK
AREA.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS ISOLATED
TORNADOES. FACTORS THAT WILL LIMIT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER ARE AN
INITIAL STRONG CAPPING INVERSION IN THE LOWER LEVELS...LIMITED
AFTERNOON HEATING...AND THE INITIAL LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE
REGION.

UPPER AIR DATA THIS MORNING INDICATES THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INTITIALLY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRY LINE OVER THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND MOVE IN THE CENTRAL SECTIONS THIS
EVENING BEFORE EXITING EAST TEXAS BY MORNING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SHOULD KEEP BE READY FOR
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
425 PM CDT THU OCT 15 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR PERSONS
IN PALO PINTO COUNTY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY NEAR GRAFORD. PERSONS
NORTH OF THE MINERAL WELLS AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AT 410 PM JUST WEST OF JERMYN ON
THE JACK AND YOUNG COUNTY BORDERS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT
AND SOUTHWEST OF BOWIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM WICHITA FALLS...TO STEPHENVILLE...TO WAXAHACHIE... TO MOUNT
PLEASANT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES.