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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 1994Dallas County, Texas

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant61 min
Apr 29, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton41 min
Apr 29, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague53 min
Apr 29, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque48 min
Apr 29, 1:26 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant26 min
Apr 29, 1:26 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas49 min
Apr 29, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis47 min
Apr 29, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke46 min
Apr 29, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson43 min
Apr 29, 2:11 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman49 min
Apr 29, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill57 min
Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall53 min
Apr 29, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro50 min
Apr 29, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt50 min
Apr 29, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins42 min
Apr 29, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro50 min
Apr 29, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan64 min
Apr 29, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro42 min
Apr 29, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt39 min
Apr 29, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin30 min
Apr 29, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor28 min
Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman64 min
Apr 29, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill62 min
Apr 29, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson70 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.