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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 10, 1994Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1994, 4:15 PM CDT for Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1994, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eastland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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, May 10, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ144-157-102130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
321 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BELL AND CORYELL
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 315 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER BURNET COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF BURNET AND
MILAM COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER WESTERN
COLEMAN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF COLEMAN.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND
BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ144-157-102130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
321 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BELL AND CORYELL
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 315 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER BURNET COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF BURNET AND
MILAM COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER WESTERN
COLEMAN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF COLEMAN.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND
BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
TXZ091>167-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF NORTH
TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A
LINE FROM WESTERN YOUNG COUNTY...SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF
BRECKENRIDGE...AND CONTINUING INTO WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE COLEMAN...CALLAHAN
COUNTY LINE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF EASTLAND...STEPHENS...AND COMANCHE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY...POSSIBLY FLOODING RAINS WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO
HOURS.

THE TORNADO WATCH IS VALID FOR THOSE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A
BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...HAMILTON LINE.  THIS INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...BRECKENRIDGE...AND EASTLAND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:33 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
TXZ091>167-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF NORTH
TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A
LINE FROM WESTERN YOUNG COUNTY...SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF
BRECKENRIDGE...AND CONTINUING INTO WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE COLEMAN...CALLAHAN
COUNTY LINE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF EASTLAND...STEPHENS...AND COMANCHE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY...POSSIBLY FLOODING RAINS WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO
HOURS.

THE TORNADO WATCH IS VALID FOR THOSE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A
BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...HAMILTON LINE.  THIS INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...BRECKENRIDGE...AND EASTLAND.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell55 min
May 10, 10:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan58 min
May 10, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan, Taylor58 min
May 10, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDColeman44 min
May 10, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDColeman26 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan66 min
May 10, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.