Tornado Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
415 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994

...COMBINED FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR
THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A SHERMAN-
WEATHERFORD-BROWNWOOD LINE.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE.  IN ADDITION...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY BECOME SUBSTANTIAL TONIGHT.

AT 4PM A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A PARIS-DALLAS-LAMPASAS LINE.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WERE FORCING THE FRONT
VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.  THESE STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE
TO A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM MEXICO.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING AT MID-AFTERNOON FROM NEAR ABILENE
TO DEL RIO.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS.  THE
GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT
WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  TORNADOES ARE NOT LIKELY IN THE 40 TO MID 50
DEGREE AIR NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT.  HOWEVER...THESE AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE IN THE WARM SECTOR.  FURTHER...ALTHOUGH
TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT WAS MARGINAL AT 4PM...THE TURNING
FACTOR MAY INCREASE BY EARLY EVENING.  AND...WIND SPEEDS ARE QUITE
STRONG ABOVE THE GROUND...INDICATING A THREAT OF TORNADOES.  AT
LEAST ONE TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THE EARLY ACTIVITY IN EASTERN
PECOS COUNTY...ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE
WEATHE6R COMING AFTER 5PM IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS
...AFTER 7 PM IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS...AND AFTER 10 PM IN THE
EAST.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
438 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE MORNING OF FRI. APR 29 1994...

237 AM CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL AT BYNAM AND MERTENS...HILL FCOUNTY...
             BY HILL COUNTY SHERIFF`S OFFICE.
343 AM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT CHANNEL 6 TV...MCLENNAN COUNTY...
             CHANNEL 6 TV WEATHER MET.

TXZ091>167-300100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
515 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994

...COMBINED FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR
THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A SHERMAN-
WEATHERFORD-BROWNWOOD LINE.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE.  IN ADDITION...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY BECOME SUBSTANTIAL TONIGHT.

AT 4PM A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A PARIS-DALLAS-LAMPASAS LINE.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WERE FORCING THE FRONT
VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.  THESE STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE
TO A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM MEXICO.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING AT MID-AFTERNOON FROM NEAR ABILENE
TO DEL RIO.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS.  THE
GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT
WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  TORNADOES ARE NOT LIKELY IN THE 40 TO MID 50
DEGREE AIR NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT.  HOWEVER...THESE AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE IN THE WARM SECTOR.  FURTHER...ALTHOUGH
TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT WAS MARGINAL AT 4PM...THE TURNING
FACTOR MAY INCREASE BY EARLY EVENING.  AND...WIND SPEEDS ARE QUITE
STRONG ABOVE THE GROUND...INDICATING A THREAT OF TORNADOES.  AT
LEAST ONE TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THE EARLY ACTIVITY IN EASTERN
PECOS COUNTY...ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE
WEATHER COMING AFTER 5PM IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS
...AFTER 7 PM IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS...AND AFTER 10 PM IN THE
EAST.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THAT PART OF NORTH
TEXAS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY AN ABILENE TO MONTAGUE TO KAUFMAN TO TEMPLE
LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS.

AT 550 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER AN AREA GENERALLY WEST OF A SHERMAN TO DECATUR TO
DALLAS TO TEMPLE LINE.  WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
GENERALLY EAST OF A SHERMAN TO COOPER TO TYLER LINE.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAKE WHITNEY MOVING
NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE CLEBURNE
ALVARADO...MAYPEARL AREAS OF JOHNSON AND ELLIS COUNTIES.  ANOTHER
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF BERECKENRIDGE AND 40
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CISCO.  MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
805 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 300 AM CDT FOR ALL THE COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 800 PM CDT...WACO RADAR WAS DETECTING A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
25 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST
OF GATESVILLE.

TORNADO WATCH # 177 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND HAS BEEN REPLACE BY
TORNADO WATCH # 178.  THE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE HILL..BOSQUE..CORYELL..
BELL..MCLENNAN..FALLS..LIMESTONE..ROBERTSON AND LEON OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LA:TER STATEMENTS.
RRR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
902 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 300 AM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 855 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN
WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EVANT TO SAN SABA...MOST OF CENTRAL
TEXAS WAS FREE OF PRECIPITATION. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION. ALSO AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT FURTHER DESTABILIZING
THE ATMOSPHERE.

RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAT OF THIS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.