Severe Thunderstorm Warning 389, NWS Fort Worth, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
113 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003

MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS HAS ERODED ENOUGH TO ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM A BIT
MORE THAN EXPECTED WITH MID MORNING UPDATE. COVERAGE OF TSRA HAS
INCREASED ACROSS THE NE AND THUS HAVE ISSUED ANOTHER UPDATE TO BUMP
UP TEMPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL ZONES AND TO INCREASE POPS TO 30 PERCENT
ENTIRE FA. AFTERNOON DISCUSSION WILL BE OUT BY 2 PM. 80

.AVIATION DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 1220 PM...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...EVEN OVER TARRANT AND ROCKWALL COUNTY.  EXPECT THE MOST
COVERAGE OF STORMS TO THE EAST OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES.
HOWEVER...WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY...THERE COULD BE A BRIEF SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AT ANY
OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT MID LEVEL CEILINGS TO
REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.  CEILINGS SHOULD SCATTER
OUT BRIEFLY THIS EVENING BUT RETURN EARLY WEDNESDAY.  THE WIND WILL
REMAIN FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.

942 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003
HAVE UPDATED ONCE AGAIN TO ADJUST TEMPS DOWN IN MOST LOCATIONS AS
MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS LOOKS TO LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS....MAYBE MOST OF THE DAY.

SHRA HAVE LINGERED ACROSS MAINLY THE SW HALF OF N TEXAS THIS MORNING
AND SOME OF THIS IS LIKELY REACHING THE GROUND. HAVE UPDATED ZONES
TO INCLUDE POPS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY FOR ALL OF THE FA. DID SOME MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY TRENDS AS WELL. REST LEFT ALONE. 80

.FWD...
TX...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.  AN ISOLATED...BRIEF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP WITH LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH AS THE MAIN THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE AFTER
SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE.  THERE
WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 400 PM.

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