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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 1994Hood County, Somervell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 11:01 PM CDT for Hood County, Somervell County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hood County, TX, Somervell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 30 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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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, Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-162-175-270005

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
605 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PERSONS
   IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 555 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM STEPHENVILLE
TO COMANCHE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD AND PERSONS IN IREDELL OF
NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY COULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN AROUND
630 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ091-167-270245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
848 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE METROPLEX...

STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH FORT WORTH. THESE WINDS
ARE SWEEPING WEST AND WILL AFFECT THE METROPLEX BETWEEN 845 PM AND
930 PM.

THESE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED COUNTY CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
848 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE METROPLEX...

STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH FORT WORTH. THESE WINDS
ARE SWEEPING WEST AND WILL AFFECT THE METROPLEX BETWEEN 845 PM AND
930 PM.

THESE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDJERSTORM.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 10:10 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1009 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

...OUTFLOW WINDS MOVE THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX...

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...SOMETIMES GUSTING TO ABOVE 35 MPH...CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX UNTIL 1100 PM.  THESE WINDS ARE THE
OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF ERATH...BOSQUE...SOMERVELL..HOOD...AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE DALLAS-FORT
WORTH AREA.

WHILE THESE WINDS ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THUNDERSTORMS...THE
HIGHEST GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS.  IN ADDITION...
DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE GUSTY
WINDS.

THESE WINDS ARE EXPErCTED TO DIMINISH BY 1100 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 10:22 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton25 min
Apr 26, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar48 min
Apr 26, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill69 min
Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Somervell62 min
Apr 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Fannin, Grayson69 min
Apr 26, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque58 min
Apr 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar, Red River60 min
Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood54 min
Apr 26, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRed River46 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath60 min
Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath28 min
Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque56 min
Apr 26, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath47 min
Apr 26, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell52 min
Apr 26, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque62 min
Apr 26, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath59 min
Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell43 min
Apr 26, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath33 min
Apr 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto48 min
Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker61 min
Apr 27, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto60 min
Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.