Tornado Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 AM CDT MON OCT 21 1996

...COLD TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...BRINGING US THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON.

READINGS TONIGHT SHOULD DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S BY TUESDAY MORNING
OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A BOWIE TO
BRECKENRIDGE TO ABILENE LINE.  WEDNESDAY NIGHT SKIES SHOULD BE
GENERALLY CLEAR AND WINDS LIGHT.  OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD
DROP INTO THE 34 TO 40 DEGREE RANGE AREA WIDE.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TAKE PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS FOR THE IMPENDING
OUTBREAK OF COLD WEATHER.  THOSE WITH VEGETATION OR OTHER COLD
WEATHER CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY FROM THE
COLD TEMPERATURES.  TENDER VEGETATION...AS WELL AS VEGETATION THAT IS
COLD SENSITIVE...SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE OR COVERED.

PETS AND LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE PROVIVDED WITH ADDITIONAL FOOD AND
SHELTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 AM CDT MON OCT 21 1996

...COLD TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...BRINGING US THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON.

READINGS SHOULD DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S BY TUESDAY MORNING
OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A BOWIE TO
BRECKENRIDGE TO ABILENE LINE.  TUESDAY NIGHT SKIES SHOULD BE
GENERALLY CLEAR AND WINDS LIGHT.  WEDNESDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES
SHOULD DROP INTO THE 34 TO 40 DEGREE RANGE AREA WIDE.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TAKE PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS FOR THE IMPENDING
OUTBREAK OF COLD WEATHER.  THOSE WITH VEGETATION OR OTHER COLD
WEATHER CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY FROM THE
COLD TEMPERATURES.  TENDER VEGETATION...AS WELL AS VEGETATION THAT IS
COLD SENSITIVE...SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE OR COVERED.

PETS AND LIVESTOCK SdHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL FOOD AND
SHELTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
530 AM CDT MON OCT 21 1996

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY OVER THAT
PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A BOWIE TO STEPHENVILLE TO
LAMPASAS LINE.   TONIGHT..THE MODERATE RISK SHIFTS TO THAT PART OF
NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A PARIS TO ATHENS TO CENTERVILLE LINE.
THE RISK AREA INCLUDES THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND CITIES OF
SHERMAN...WACO...TYLER...LONGVIEW....PALESTINE AND LUFKIN.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND
TORNADOES.

WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS SETTLED OVER THE RISK AREA.
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA HAVE MOVED INTO THE
TEXAS RED RIVER COUNTIES.  A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHWEST
PART OF NORTH TEXAS...FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A STRONGER AND MORE INTENSE
COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY IN THE PANHANDLE.  ALOFT...A SERIES OF UPPER
AIR DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST AND NORTH TEXAS IN A BROAD
UPPER AIR TROUGH THAT HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF OVER THE ROCKIES.  ADDED
TO THESE FEATURES WILL BE DAYTIME HEATING WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING
INTO THE 80S AND A FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE FOR THE FORMATION
OF SUPERCELLS.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FIRST COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THE FRONTS
SHOULD MERGE INTO A SINGLE FRONT NEAR A PARIS TO ATHENS TO
CENTERVILLE LINE BY SUNSET AND MOVE TO NEAR THE TEXAS...LOUISIANA
BORDER BY LATE TONIGHT.  WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER COLD FRONT THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.  THOSE
IN THE CENTRAL THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS AND IN THE RED RIVER COUNTIES
SHOULD EXPECT ACTIVATION ANYTIME TODAY.  THOSE OVER THE EASTERN THIRD
OF NORTH TEXAS` SHOULD EXPECT ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.