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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 29, 1994McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 9:19 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1994, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County McLennan County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 00:00Z on 1994-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2844 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 00:00Z on 1994-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KACT 300220 RRA
SVRACT
TXC309-300315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
919 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...MCLENNAN COUNTY
 
AT 920 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO NEAR CHINA SPRING TO 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WACO.  MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 50 TO 60
MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDColeman49 min
May 29, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland, Palo Pinto62 min
May 29, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown68 min
May 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker65 min
May 29, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise61 min
May 29, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan39 min
May 29, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown49 min
May 29, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDStephens46 min
May 29, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath57 min
May 29, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche63 min
May 29, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson61 min
May 29, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman43 min
May 29, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland34 min
May 29, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan64 min
May 29, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown, Callahan, Coleman54 min
May 29, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise49 min
May 29, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath66 min
May 29, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill64 min
May 29, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton68 min
May 29, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor44 min
May 29, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown, Coleman61 min
May 29, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman61 min
May 29, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone63 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson60 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell60 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.