Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Fort Worth, TX

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-050200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
308 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO WAXAHACHIE TO
EASTLAND.

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PARIS...SHERMAN/DENISON...GREENVILLE...
BOWIE...GAINESVILLE...THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...MINERAL
WELLS...AND BRECKENRIDGE.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF LUBBOCK
TO JUST NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THIS
FRONT HAS REMAINDED STATIONARY MOST OF THE DAY BUT WILL BEGIN
TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND EXTEND FROM
A PARIS TO DENTON LINE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE A DRYLINE
EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE FRONT JUST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS...TO
JUST WEST OF ABILENE TO JUST WEST OF SAN ANGELO.

THE AIRMASS IN NORTH TEXAS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND DRY LINE
REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  TEMPERATURES ALOFT HAVE COOLED
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS RESULTING IN A WEAKER CAP.  THE COOL AIR
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO BREAK THE CAP
ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA BEGINNING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES REACH THEIR HIGHS FOR THE DAY.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE WESTERN PART
OF NORTH TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE RISK AREA TONIGHT. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
INSTABILITY...ONCE STORMS DEVELOP RAPID INTENSIFICATION IS LIKELY.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT
LINE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS GENERALLY WEST OF A HENRIETTA TO EASTLAND LINE
SHOULD EXPECT ACTIVATION BY SUNSET. THOSE EAST OF THIS LINE SHOULD BE
ON STANDBY FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR
YOUR LOCAL CABLE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-050200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
308 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO WAXAHACHIE TO
EASTLAND.

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PARIS...SHERMAN/DENISON...GREENVILLE...
BOWIE...GAINESVILLE...THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...MINERAL
WELLS...AND BRECKENRIDGE.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF LUBBOCK
TO JUST NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THIS
FRONT HAS REMAINDED STATIONARY MOST OF THE DAY BUT WILL BEGIN
TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND EXTEND FROM
A PARIS TO DENTON LINE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE A DRYLINE
EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE FRONT JUST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS...TO
JUST WEST OF ABILENE TO JUST WEST OF SAN ANGELO.

THE AIRMASS IN NORTH TEXAS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND DRY LINE
REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  TEMPERATURES ALOFT HAVE COOLED
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS RESULTING IN A WEAKER CAP.  THE COOL AIR
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO BREAK THE CAP
ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA BEGINNING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES REACH THEIR HIGHS FOR THE DAY.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE WESTERN PART
OF NORTH TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE RISK AREA TONIGHT. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
INSTABILITY...ONCE STORMS DEVELOP RAPID INTENSIFICATION IS LIKELY.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT
LINE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS GENERALLY WEST OF A HENRIETTA TO EASTLAND LINE
SHOULD EXPECT ACTIVATION BY SUNSET. THOSE EAST OF THIS LINE SHOULD BE
ON STANDBY FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR
YOUR LOCAL CABLE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.