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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 26, 1994Franklin County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 1994, 6:55 PM CST for Franklin County, Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 1994, 6:55 PM CST (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 1994, 7:45 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, TX, Hopkins County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood45 min
Jan 26, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur32 min
Jan 26, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMorris35 min
Jan 27, 9:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, McLennan57 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.