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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 19, 1994Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1994, 3:32 PM CST for Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 1994, 3:32 PM CST (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1994, 4:26 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Throckmorton County, TX

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 19, 11:10 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ091>167-192000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1110 AM CST SAT FEB 19 1994

...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN THREE QUARTERS OF NORTH TEXAS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 1100 AM SURFACE REPORTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS INDICATED THAT
SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.
HOWEVER...MORNING DATA FROM WEATHER BALLOONS...SURFACE BASED WIND
PROFILERS...AND DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN
HOUR WERE PRESENT WITHIN 2000 TO 3000 FEET OF THE SURFACE.

THE THICK CLOUD COVER OVER THE AREA WAS PREVENTING SUFFICIENT SURFACE
HEATING NEEDED TO ESTABLISH VERTICAL AIR CURRENTS.  WITHOUT THOSE
VERTICAL MOTIONS...THE TRANSPORT OF HIGH VELOCITY AIR TO THE SURFACE
WILL NOT OCCUR.  ALTHOUGH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR
ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND CAUTION IS ADVISED ON
ALL AREA LAKES
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 11:11 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ091>167-192000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1110 AM CST SAT FEB 19 1994

...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN THREE QUARTERS OF NORTH TEXAS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 1100 AM SURFACE REPORTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS INDICATED THAT
SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.
HOWEVER...MORNING DATA FROM WEATHER BALLOONS...SURFACE BASED WIND
PROFILERS...AND DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN
HOUR WERE PRESENT WITHIN 2000 TO 3000 FEET OF THE SURFACE.

THE THICK CLOUD COVER OVER THE AREA WAS PREVENTING SUFFICIENT SURFACE
HEATING NEEDED TO ESTABLISH VERTICAL AIR CURRENTS.  WITHOUT THOSE
VERTICAL MOTIONS...THE TRANSPORT OF HIGH VELOCITY AIR TO THE SURFACE
WILL NOT OCCUR.  ALTHOUGH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR
ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND CAUTION IS ADVISED ON
ALL AREA LAK ES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones53 min
Feb 19, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford57 min
Feb 19, 3:22 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDJones, Shackelford32 min
Feb 19, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung68 min
Feb 19, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack60 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.