Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1994, 1:39 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1994, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stonewall County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 11, 8:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 11, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ091>167-112300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS...TO DENTON...TO TYLER...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO CENTERVILLE. ABILENE...GRAHAM...BROWNWOOD...WACO...CORSICANA...STEPHENVILLE... FAIRFIELD...BELTON...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS WAS UNSTABLE AND RICH WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN EAST-WEST STATIONARY FRONT WAS NEAR A MIDLAND...WACO...LUFKIN LINE. > STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE FORCED ABOVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO HENRIETTA. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER AREA OF PREFERRED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...CAUSING A DIFFLUENT WIND PATTERN OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS. THIS TOO...WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TURNING THROUGH THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TXZ091>167-112300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS...TO DENTON...TO TYLER...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO CENTERVILLE. ABILENE...GRAHAM...BROWNWOOD...WACO...CORSICANA...STEPHENVILLE... FAIRFIELD...BELTON...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS WAS UNSTABLE AND RICH WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN EAST-WEST STATIONARY FRONT WAS NEAR A MIDLAND...WACO...LUFKIN LINE. > STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE FORCED ABOVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO HENRIETTA. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER AREA OF PREFERRED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...CAUSING A DIFFLUENT WIND PATTERN OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS. THIS TOO...WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TURNING THROUGH THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 64 min |
| May 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| May 10, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 68 min |
| May 10, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 57 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 59 min |
| May 10, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 63 min |
| May 11, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| May 11, 1:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 4 hr |
| May 11, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 118 min |
| May 11, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 118 min |
| May 11, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Nolan | 2 hr |
| May 11, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 66 min |
| May 11, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 61 min |
| May 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 65 min |
| May 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 55 min |
| May 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 59 min |
| May 11, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell, Stonewall | 19 min |
| May 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 67 min |
| May 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 62 min |
| May 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 60 min |
| May 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 53 min |
| May 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 56 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.