Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1994, 5:52 PM CST for Bosque County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1994, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1994, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bosque County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 262353 SVRACT TXC035-270100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 552 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTH CENTRAL BOSQUE COUNTY WACO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BOSQUE SOMMERVILLE COUNTY LINE 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REM>AIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Mar 26, 4:32 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>161-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 425 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 420 PM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...HOWEVER VERY STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTH OF DALLAS TO FORT WORTH TO NEAR GLEN ROSE TO WEST OF COMANCHE. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COLD FRONT NOW MOVING INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS REMAIN FAVORABLE THE THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.06
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:33 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 430 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ERATH...HOOD...AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM... AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY WEST OF PLANO...ACROSS FORT WORTH...TO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF HOOD AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES BETWEEN GRANBURY AND GLEN ROSE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN COOKE COUNTY NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE EXTENDING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NEAR ARDMORE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LARGE HAIL. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR BENBROOK AT 430 PM. IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A HENRIETTA...COMANCHE LINE AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE...LONGVIEW LINE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WITHIN THIS AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHERf RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:53 PM CST, 59 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM... AT 455 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN TARRANT COUNTY WEST OF I-35 AND SOUTH OF LOOP 820...INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY WEST OF BURLESON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOMERVELL COUNTY NEAR GLEN ROSE AND EXTENDED INTO WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A HENRIETTA...COMANCHE LINE AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE...LONGVIEW LINE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WITHIN THIS AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:24 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 525 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM... AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY NEAR CARROLLTON AND FARMERS BRANCH...TO SOUTHWEST OF CLEBURNE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST JOHNSON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM IRVING TO MANSFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTHERN HOOD COUNTY NEAR HILL CITY TO JUST WEST OF DUBLIN IN WESTERN ERATH COUNTY AND IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FROM SOUTHEAST MONTAGUE COUNTY BETWEEN FORESTBURG AND NEW HARP...ACROSS CENTRAL COOKE COUNTY BETWEEN MUENSTER AND GAINESVILLE...AND INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A HENRIETTA...COMANCHE LINE AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE...LONGVIEW LINE. SEVERE THUN DERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WITHIN THIS AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:29 PM CST, 23 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>161-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 525 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 520 PM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF DALLAS TO THE JOHNSON ...HILL COUNTY LINE TO GLEN ROSE TO JUST EAST OF COMANCHE. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST WEST OF GRANDVIEW ALONG THE HILL...BOSQUE COUNTY LINE ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE ERATH ...SOMMERVILLE...BOSQUE COUNTY LINE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT SPRINGS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. WITH THEIR POSITION AND CURRENT MOVEMENT THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY SKIRT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE STRONG TO INTENSE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN SOME ROTATION ON DOPPLER RADAR IN FORT WORTH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.06
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:35 PM CST, 17 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>161-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 525 PM CST SAT MAR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 520 PM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF DALLAS TO THE JOHNSON ...HILL COUNTY LINE TO GLEN ROSE TO JUST EAST OF COMANCHE. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST WEST OF GRANDVIEW ALONG THE HILL...JOHNSON COUNTY LINE ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE ERATH ...SOMMERVILLE...BOSQUE COUNTY LINE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT SPRINGS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. WITH THEIR POSITION AND CURRENT MOVEMENT THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY SKIRT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE STRONG TO INTENSE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN SOME ROTATION ON DOPPLER RADAR IN FORT WORTH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT WILL BE ISSUED $AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 1:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.