Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas 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, Apr 29, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ091-167-300100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 415 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...COMBINED FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A SHERMAN- WEATHERFORD-BROWNWOOD LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY BECOME SUBSTANTIAL TONIGHT. AT 4PM A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A PARIS-DALLAS-LAMPASAS LINE. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WERE FORCING THE FRONT VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. THESE STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM MEXICO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING AT MID-AFTERNOON FROM NEAR ABILENE TO DEL RIO. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. TORNADOES ARE NOT LIKELY IN THE 40 TO MID 50 DEGREE AIR NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. HOWEVER...THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE IN THE WARM SECTOR. FURTHER...ALTHOUGH TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT WAS MARGINAL AT 4PM...THE TURNING FACTOR MAY INCREASE BY EARLY EVENING. AND...WIND SPEEDS ARE QUITE STRONG ABOVE THE GROUND...INDICATING A THREAT OF TORNADOES. AT LEAST ONE TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THE EARLY ACTIVITY IN EASTERN PECOS COUNTY...ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHE6R COMING AFTER 5PM IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ...AFTER 7 PM IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS...AND AFTER 10 PM IN THE EAST.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
438 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE MORNING OF FRI. APR 29 1994...
237 AM CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL AT BYNAM AND MERTENS...HILL FCOUNTY...
BY HILL COUNTY SHERIFF`S OFFICE.
343 AM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT CHANNEL 6 TV...MCLENNAN COUNTY...
CHANNEL 6 TV WEATHER MET.Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ091>167-300100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 515 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...COMBINED FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A SHERMAN- WEATHERFORD-BROWNWOOD LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY BECOME SUBSTANTIAL TONIGHT. AT 4PM A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A PARIS-DALLAS-LAMPASAS LINE. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WERE FORCING THE FRONT VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. THESE STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM MEXICO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING AT MID-AFTERNOON FROM NEAR ABILENE TO DEL RIO. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. TORNADOES ARE NOT LIKELY IN THE 40 TO MID 50 DEGREE AIR NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. HOWEVER...THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE IN THE WARM SECTOR. FURTHER...ALTHOUGH TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT WAS MARGINAL AT 4PM...THE TURNING FACTOR MAY INCREASE BY EARLY EVENING. AND...WIND SPEEDS ARE QUITE STRONG ABOVE THE GROUND...INDICATING A THREAT OF TORNADOES. AT LEAST ONE TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THE EARLY ACTIVITY IN EASTERN PECOS COUNTY...ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE WEATHER COMING AFTER 5PM IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ...AFTER 7 PM IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS...AND AFTER 10 PM IN THE EAST.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:02 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
TXZ091>167-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 600 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY AN ABILENE TO MONTAGUE TO KAUFMAN TO TEMPLE LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS. AT 550 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER AN AREA GENERALLY WEST OF A SHERMAN TO DECATUR TO DALLAS TO TEMPLE LINE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF A SHERMAN TO COOPER TO TYLER LINE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAKE WHITNEY MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE CLEBURNE ALVARADO...MAYPEARL AREAS OF JOHNSON AND ELLIS COUNTIES. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF BERECKENRIDGE AND 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CISCO. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 29, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 2:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 70 min |
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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.