Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
540 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2000

STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA APPROACHING N CNTRL TX.  ISSUED TAF PACKAGE TO
REFLECT STRONG WIND POTENTIAL WITH GUST FRONT.  WE'LL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FOR SEVERE WIND AND HAIL LATER THIS EVENING.  64

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305 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2000

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS THE
WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON NEAR UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK.  A SECOND
AND MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG THE
DRY LINE...EAST OF A CHILDRESS TO SNYDER TO IRRAN LINE OR ABOUT 200
MILES WEST OF FORT WORTH.  EXPECT THIS LINE TO HOLD TOGETHER AND
REACH THE WESTERN ZONES THIS EVENING.  EXPECT THE SQUALL LINE TO
REACH THE METROPLEX BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM.  WILL KEEP ALL POPS 60
PERCENT OR GREATER TONIGHT.  THE SHORT WAVE WILL EJECT OUT TO THE
NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER TEXAS.  EXPECT
CLOUDS TO BE ON THE DECREASE WEDNESDAY AS LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE
SETS IN.  NOT SEEING MUCH COOLING BEHIND SURFACE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY
SO WILL KEEP MOST TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S.  UPPER RIDGE WILL
DOMINATE THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE THE NEXT SHORT WAVE AFFECTS NORTH
TEXAS EARLY IN THE EXTENDED.

NGM MOS NUMBERS LOOK REASONABLE AND WILL NOT STRAY MUCH.

DFW  51/74/50/73  7000  ACT 53/76/50/75 6000

IN THE EXTENDED...NEXT SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON
FRIDAY AND BRING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BE MORE LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM DUE TO SLOW
RETURN FLOW.  BY SATURDAY...SHORT WAVE SHOULD MOVE OFF TO THE EAST
WITH HIGH PRESSURE TAKING ITS PLACE.

.FTW...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TONIGHT...ALL ZONES.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2000

THE MODERATE RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN
REDUCED TO AN AREA WEST OF A JACKSBORO...TO WEATHERFORD...TO
GOLDTHWAITE LINE THIS EVENING.  NEVERTHELESS...A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER THE REMAINDER
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR TONIGHT.  THIS RISK AREA INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF GRAHAM...MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...LAMPASAS...
SHERMAN...PARIS...WACO...TEMPLE...PALESTINE...AND THE DALLAS/FORT
WORTH METROPLEX.

THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME FROM LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED ROTATING STORMS COULD STRENGTHEN
INTO THE LOWER LEVELS AND MAY SPIN UP A FEW TORNADOES.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED
OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE ALREADY FORMED ALONG THE APPROACHING DRYLINE...WHICH EXTENDED
FROM A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR CHILDRESS...TO A SAN
ANGELO...TO DEL RIO LINE.  AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL
FURTHER DESTABLIZE THE AIRMASS AS IT PULLS WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD
THE DRYLINE.  COLDER AIR ALOFT SHOULD ALSO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES...
ENHANCING THE UPDRAFT POTENTIAL.

HOWEVER...THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER OVER THE AREA MAY HAVE
REDUCED ENOUGH OF THE DAYTIME HEATING NEEDED TO OVERCOME THE DEPTH OF
THE CAPPING INVERSION.  AS A RESULT...THE MODERATE RISK AREA WAS
PUSHED FURTHER WEST TO AREAS WHERE HEATING WAS NOT LIMITED.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS LOCATED WEST OF AN
INTERSTATE 35 LINE MAY BE ACTIVATED BEFORE 10 PM.  THE REMAINDER OF
THE AREA COULD BE ACTIVATED LATER TONIGHT.

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