Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 6:28 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1994, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 29, 4:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 423 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... HILL...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 415 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ALONG THE LEON/ MADISON COUNTY LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE TO NEAR MIDWAY. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MINERAL WELLS...BETWEEN DALLAS AND ATHENS AND SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS...AS WELL AS ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES... SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. BOATERS AND GOLFERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF LIGHTNING OR HIGH WINDS ARE OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WWUS35KGRB -
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ091>167-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A DENINSON...DALLAS...TEMPLE LINE. AT 455 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN JACK AND YOUNG COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED SHORTLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV...FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ091>167-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A DENINSON...DALLAS...TEMPLE LINE. AT 455 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN JACK AND YOUNG COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED SHORTLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV...FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:39 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-292345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 540 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... HILL...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 532 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE ...TO NEAR RANGER TO 25 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WEST OF MASON INTO THE SAN ANGELO AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED LAST HOUR IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAD MOVED INTO FAR SOUHTEAST TEXAS. < ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORPMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 07
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-292345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 540 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... HILL...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 532 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE ...TO NEAR RANGER TO 25 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WEST OF MASON INTO THE SAN ANGELO AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED LAST HOUR IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAD MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. < ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 07
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-292345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 540 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... HILL...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 532 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE ...TO NEAR RANGER TO 25 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WEST OF MASON INTO THE SAN ANGELO AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED LAST HOUR IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAD MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. < ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 59 min |
| May 29, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 65 min |
| May 29, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt | 65 min |
| May 29, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 43 min |
| May 29, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 60 min |
| May 29, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 62 min |
| May 29, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 62 min |
| May 29, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton, Hunt | 48 min |
| May 29, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 48 min |
| May 29, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 55 min |
| May 29, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 65 min |
| May 29, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 65 min |
| May 29, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 69 min |
| May 29, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 65 min |
| May 29, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 35 min |
| May 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 35 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 56 min |
| May 29, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 55 min |
| May 29, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 47 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 65 min |
| May 29, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 64 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 56 min |
| May 29, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 68 min |
| May 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 50 min |
| May 29, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 63 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.