Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Fort Worth, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1020 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOWED A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TRACKING
ACROSS N CNTRL TX AT THIS TIME.  ELEVATED CONVECTION BLOSSOMED NORTH
OF THE STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED NEAR A TEXARKANA TO HILLSBORO TO
BROWNWOOD LINE...WHERE MODERATE MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY EXISTED.

UPDATED ZONE PACKAGE TO RAISE FIRST PERIOD POPS.  WITH ALL THE RAIN
SCOOLED AIR...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REACH PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY.

.FTW...NONE.

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ZCZC FTWWRKSPS 000
TTAA00 KFWD DDHHMM
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
925 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS...TO CANTON.
LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ...ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
LAMPASAS...TO HILLSBORO...TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS.

THIS AFTERNOON...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH
NORTH TEXAS FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MEANWHILE THE STATIONARY FRONT
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AS A COLD FRONT. FORECAST VERTICAL WIND AND
INSTABILITY PROFILES SUGGEST THAT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS
ENHANCED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA...WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE
MAXIMIZED.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD MONITOR
THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITION. ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE DAY.

&&

FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER/THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOKS FOR ADJACENT AREAS...SEE
OKCSPSOKC (NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA)...
NEWSPSSHV (NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS)...SATSPSHOU
(SOUTHEAST TEXAS)...SATSPSSAT (SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS)...AND LBBSPSSJT
(WEST CENTRAL TEXAS).

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1202 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 AM    SOUTH BEND                TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   YOUNG                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

0829 AM    5 NNE RISING STAR         TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   EASTLAND                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY COOP. OBSERVER.

0956 AM    5 NNW TOLAR               TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   HOOD                           QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S
                                          OFFICE.

1010 AM    KELLER                    TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TARRANT                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER.

1030 AM    CLEBURNE                  TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   JOHNSON                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

1045 AM    IRVING                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/10/00   DALLAS                         NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
                                          WIND DAMAGE BETWEEN HWY
        F                                  161 AND 114. ROOF OFF OF
                                          APARTMENT BUILDING AND
                                          DAMAGE TO AUTO PARTS
                                          STORE.