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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 29, 1994Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 10:30 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1994, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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

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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, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-300040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
635 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...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...
   ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 632 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEST OF
WICHITA FALLS TO NORTHEAST OF ABILENE.  MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.
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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.
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-300145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
   CORYELL...HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 734 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN
BOSQUE COUNTY NORTH OF WALNUT SPRINGS.  ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS
GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA TO NORTHWEST
OF COMANCHE TO WEST OF MINERAL WELLS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST
OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH YOUR AREA.  RESIDENTS OF BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-300145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
   CORYELL...HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 734 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN
BOSQUE COUNTY NORTH OF WALNUT SPRINGS.  ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS
GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA TO NORTHWEST
OF COMANCHE TO WEST OF MINERAL WELLS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST
OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH YOUR AREA.  RESIDENTS OF BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, May 29, 10:09 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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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, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan56 min
May 29, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone63 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson60 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.