Tornado Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE
EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
GAINESVILLE-FORT WORTH-GATESVILLE LINE.  THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...
PARIS...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN...
LUFKIN...AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA.

AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA CONTINUES TO MOVE
EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING.  AHEAD OF THE UPPER
SYSTEM STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE GRADUALLY INCREASING MOISTURE
VALUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

THIS EVENING A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE A STATIONARY DRY
LINE THAT EXTENDED NEAR A VERNON-ABILENE LINE AT 5PM.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AFTER SUNSET... MOST
LIKELY NEAR A WICHITA FALLS-BRECKENRIDGE LINE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL FORM INTO A BROKEN TO SOLID SQUALL LINE NEAR A SHERMAN-DALLAS-
WAXAHACHIE LINE BY MIDNIGHT...THEN MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO EAST TEXAS.

CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND SHORT-RANGE COMPUTER FORECASTS INDICATE THAT
THE COMBINATION OF MODEST INSTABILITIES AND RAPID INCREASE OF WIND
SPEEDS WITH HEIGHT THROUGH 6000 FEET WILL RESULT IN A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE WIND STORMS.  THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL
ASSUME THE RADAR SHAPE OF "BOW ECHOES".  DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WILL BE
THE MOST LIKELY MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER...HOWEVER THE VERY STRONG WIND
FIELDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY WITH THE BOW ECHO
STORMS.  SOME SMALL HAIL ALSO MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY...WITH THE
STORMS LIKELY TO MOVE WITH FORWARD SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH. THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL END WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COOL NORTHWEST WINDS
BEHIND THE FRONT.  OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND BOTH AHEAD AND NORTH
OF THE COLD FRONT ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS WILL CONTINUE QUITE STRONG
TONIGHT.  SOME MINOR DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
DURING THE DAY...AND MORE MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TONIGHT BECAUSE OF
THE STRONG WIND FIELD.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT...MAINLY IN CENTRAL SECTIONS THIS
EVENING...AND IN EAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT.

TXZ093>097-103>112-118>126-131>138-144>153-157>167-174-175-180700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE
EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
GAINESVILLE-FORT WORTH-GATESVILLE LINE.  THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...
PARIS...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...WACO...TEMPLE...KILLEEN...
LUFKIN...AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA.

AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA CONTINUES TO MOVE
EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING.  AHEAD OF THE UPPER
SYSTEM STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE GRADUALLY INCREASING MOISTURE
VALUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

THIS EVENING A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE A STATIONARY DRY
LINE THAT EXTENDED NEAR A VERNON-ABILENE LINE AT 5PM.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AFTER SUNSET... MOST
LIKELY NEAR A WICHITA FALLS-BRECKENRIDGE LINE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL FORM INTO A BROKEN TO SOLID SQUALL LINE NEAR A SHERMAN-DALLAS-
WAXAHACHIE LINE BY MIDNIGHT...THEN MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO EAST TEXAS.

CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND SHORT-RANGE COMPUTER FORECASTS INDICATE THAT
THE COMBINATION OF MODEST INSTABILITIES AND RAPID INCREASE OF WIND
SPEEDS WITH HEIGHT THROUGH 6000 FEET WILL RESULT IN A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE WIND STORMS.  THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL
ASSUME THE RADAR SHAPE OF "BOW ECHOES".  DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WILL BE
THE MOST LIKELY MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER...HOWEVER THE VERY STRONG WIND
FIELDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY WITH THE BOW ECHO
STORMS.  SOME SMALL HAIL ALSO MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY...WITH THE
STORMS LIKELY TO MOVE WITH FORWARD SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH. THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL END WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COOL NORTHWEST WINDS
BEHIND THE FRONT.  OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND BOTH AHEAD AND NORTH
OF THE COLD FRONT ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS WILL CONTINUE QUITE STRONG
TONIGHT.  SOME MINOR DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
DURING THE DAY...AND MORE MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TONIGHT BECAUSE OF
THE STRONG` WIND FIELD.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT...MAINLY IN CENTRAL SECTIONS THIS
EVENING...AND IN EAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
938 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS.  THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
ABILENE TO WAXAHACHIE TO BONHAM. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
SHERMAN...GAINESVILLE...DENTON...BRECKENRIDGE...WEATHERFORD...GRAHAM
...AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

THIS WATCH IS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO
45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AN EXTREMELY STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING.  ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTH ACROSS THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS
ARCTIC AIR SHOULD EXTEND FROM A GRAHAM TO ABILENE LINE SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT...REACHING A PARIS...DALLAS...LAMPASAS LINE BY 200 AM...AND
A CLARKSVILLE....TYLER...CAMERON LINE BY 400 AM.  OVER THE WATCH
AREA...WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 35 TO
45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE.  WIND GUSTS
APPROACHING 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY BEHIND
THE FRONT.  SEVERAL STATIONS IN OKLAHOMA HAVE SEEN TEMPERATURES FALL
AS MUCH AS 30 DEGREES IN 30 MINUTES.

MEANWHILE...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
FOR TONIGHT WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
POSSIBLE.

FORECASTERS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS SITUATION
AND A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS EARLY THIS
EVENING TO PROTECT PROPERTY FROM THE HIGH WINDS EXPECTED LATER
TONIGHT.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE
WATCH AREA AND BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.  DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS
CAMPERS AND TRUCKS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF THESE
WINDS....ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.  BOATERS SHOULD AVOID THE
OPEN AREAS ON LAKES AS WATERS WILL BE VERY CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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