Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
1245 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS WEST OF GAINESVILLE-DALLAS-
MERIDIAN-LAMPASAS LINE. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES ABILENE...
BRECKENRIDGE...STEPHENVILLE...COMANCHE...BROWNWOOD...AND DALLAS-FORT
WORTH.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL
BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.  A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF A LINE FROM NOCONA
TO NEAR BRIDGEPORT TO PLANO AND ATLANTA.  AREAS WITHIN THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH WERE SATURATED OVERNIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD 1 OR 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED 4 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS.

A WARN FRONT EXTENDED FROM A TEXARKANA-WAXAHACHIE-SAN ANGELO-EL PASO
LINE AT 11 AM. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR DOMINATED AREAS
SOUTH OF THE FRONT...WITH THE WARM AIR BEING LIFTED NORTHWARD ABOVE
THE FRONT BY SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE 3000 FOOT LEVEL.  AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST AND NORTH TEXAS LATER TODAY.

THE PRESENCE OF UNSTABLE AIR ABOVE THE FRONT INDICATES A THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONTAL POSITION...BUT THE
MAIN THREAT SHOULD OCCUR NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH AFTERNOON
HEATING.

THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE MINIMAL AT THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF THE FRONT DUE TO COOL SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND NORTHERLY
WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE.  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS SIMILAR TO
YESTERDAY...WHEN THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS OF 60
TO 70 MPH AND A FEW REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE.

AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOIL-SATURATING RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 24
HOURS...PARTICULARLY IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...APPEAR TO HAVE
THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING SHOULD HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOP
TODAY.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE COUNTIES
ALONG THE RED RIVER SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...AND BY LATE AFTERNOON IN WEST AND CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

AT 100 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM BOWIE TO WICHITA FALLS AND
FROM GRAHAM TO OLNEY TO BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND THROCKMORTON. STRONGEST
STORM WAS IN JEAN IN YOUNG COUNTY. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OUT OF YOUNG COUNTY BY 130 PM...BUT
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA BY 200 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.
PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

TXZ099-100-101-102-103-116-117-118-119-134-251915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
148 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN A SHORT LINE FROM ANTELOPE TO JACKSBORO. SMALL HAIL WAS
INDICATED NEAR JACKSBORO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WISE AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES BY 200 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WER6E DEVELOPING NEAR DENTON...MINERAL WELLS AND
MIDLOTHIAN.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
215 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

AT 214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN A SHORT LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO BOWIE. PEA-SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN JACKSBORO AT 210 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH...WHICH WILL CARRY THE STORMS ACROSS BRIDGEPORT BY 245 PM.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM
COMANCHE TO THE DALLAS-FT WORTH METROPLEX.

TXZ091-095-101-107-115-124-129-135-141-146-252145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
339 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SPRINGTOWN TO MUENSTER. MOVEMENT OF THE
STORMS WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 1/4
TO 1/2 INCH HAIL NEAR ALVORD IN WISE COUNTY AT 315 PM CDT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING BETWEEN
BRECKENRIDGE AND GREENVILLE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH
TEXAS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...MCKINNEY...GREENVILLE...CLEBURNE AND THE
DALLAS-FT WORTH METROPLEX. WIDESPREAD RAINS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES
FELL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER MUCH OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...WITH
ISOLATED FOUR TO SIX INCH AMOUNTS. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS THIS AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT...FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS CAN OCCUR RAPIDLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
428 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
PART OF NORTH TEXAS...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH TEXAS
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM GAINESVILLE TO DENTON TO KELLER. THESE STORMS HAD
SLOWED IN THEIR MOVMENT AND WERE NOW MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS SLOWER
SPEED WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR FLASH FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. WITH WIDESPREAD RAINS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES
DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER THIS AREA...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT TO
RECEIVE ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS EVEN
HIGHER.

THESE STORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA-SIZE HAIL
IN WISE AND DENTON COUNTIES. WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY
MOTORISTS...ARE URGED TO STAY INFORMED OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS EVENING. AFTER DARK...WATER DEPTH CAN BE DECEPTIVE...SO DOT NOT
DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...MOST DEATHS FROM FLASH FLOODING
RESULT FROM MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO WATER-COVERED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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