Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Fort Worth, TX

TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-170200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
355 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL SUNRISE
TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO MEXIA
TO FRANKLIN. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PARIS...SHERMAN...
GAINESVILLE ...MINERAL WELLS...THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX
...GREENVILLE...STEPHENVILLE...HAMILTON...AND WACO/TEMPLE/KILLEEN.
THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A WARM...MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS WITH DEEP MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM THE SURFACE TO 10,000 FEET.
AN UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
WAS MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND WILL RESULT IN FURTHER
DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A WEAK SURFACE WINDSHIFT BOUNDARY
EXTENDED FROM NEAR GAINESVILLE SOUTHWESTWARD TO ABILENE...AND THIS
BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
EARLY EVENING.

AS THE ATMOSPHERE COOLS ALOFT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE RISK AREA TO NEAR A PARIS TO DALLAS
TO WACO LINE BY MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE SLIGHT RISK AREA DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY.

SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE PRESENT FOR A FEW TORNADOES
...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA...BUT THE
GREATER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL BE ANOTHER CONCERN...ESPECIALLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORMS ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY DEEP LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS WEST OF A
MONTAGUE TO STEPHENVILLE TO LAMPASAS LINE MAY BE ACTIVATED BETWEEN 5
AND 7 PM...WEST OF A PARIS TO KAUFMAN TO CAMERON LINE BETWEEN 7 PM
AND MIDNIGHT..AND ELSEWHERE IN THE RISK AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-170200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
355 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL SUNRISE
TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO MEXIA
TO FRANKLIN. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PARIS...SHERMAN...
GAINESVILLE ...MINERAL WELLS...THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX
...GREENVILLE...STEPHENVILLE...HAMILTON...AND WACO/TEMPLE/KILLEEN.
THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A WARM...MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS WITH DEEP MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM THE SURFACE TO 10,000 FEET.
AN UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
WAS MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND WILL RESULT IN FURTHER
DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A WEAK SURFACE WINDSHIFT BOUNDARY
EXTENDED FROM NEAR GAINESVILLE SOUTHWESTWARD TO ABILENE...AND THIS
BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
EARLY EVENING.

AS THE ATMOSPHERE COOLS ALOFT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE RISK AREA TO NEAR A PARIS TO DALLAS
TO WACO LINE BY MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE SLIGHT RISK AREA DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY.

SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE PRESENT FOR A FEW TORNADOES
...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA...BUT THE
GREATER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL BE ANOTHER CONCERN...ESPECIALLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORMS ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY DEEP LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS WEST OF A
MONTAGUE TO STEPHENVILLE TO LAMPASAS LINE MAY BE ACTIVATED BETWEEN 5
AND 7 PM...WEST OF A PARIS TO KAUFMAN TO CAMERON LINE BETWEEN 7 PM
AND MIDNIGHT..AND ELSEWHERE IN THE RISK AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.