Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1994, 10:25 PM CDT for Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1994, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 180327 RRA SVRFTW TXC251-180415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1025 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF STEPHENVILLE TO TOLAR TO GODLEY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Aug 17, 4:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ091>167-180300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 435 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO ATHENS TO TEMPLE TO BRADY TO ABILENE TO CHILDRESS. THIS INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX ...SHERMAN/DENISON...WACO...TEMPLE/KILLEEN...AND ABILENE AREAS. LATE THIS AFTERNOON A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. THESE STORMS WERE TRIGGERED BY THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO SHERMAN,TEXAS, AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS. THERE IS A GOOD TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES OVER 100 DEGREES TO THE WEST AND IN THE LOW TO MID 90S EAST...WHICH WILL TEND TO MAINTAIN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AFTER SUNSET. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO TEXAS BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS GOOD DIRECTIONAL TURNING OF THE WIND. MID LEVEL WIND SPEEDS ARE 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER SUNSET...INCREASING THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILE. AS A RESULT A FEHW TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION AFTER 9 PM.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>105-115>122-129>134-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 730 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH TEXAS... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR ARDMORE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT COUNTIES...THESE STORMS WILL CROSS THE RED RIVER BY 8 PM CDT...AND MOVE TO NEAR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A BENJAMIN...JACKSBO ...DALLAS LINE. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>105-115>122-129>134-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 730 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH TEXAS... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR ARDMORE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT COUNTIES...THESE STORMS WILL CROSS THE RED RIVER BY 8 PM CDT...AND MOVE TO NEAR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A BENJAMIN...JACKSBO ...DALLAS LINE. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>105-115>122-129>134-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 730 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH TEXAS... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR ARDMORE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT CONTINUES...THESE STORMS WILL CROSS THE RED RIVER BY 8 PM CDT...AND MOVE TO NEAR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A BENJAMIN...JACKSBO ...DALLAS LINE. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Aug 17, 10:09 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1010 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR NORTH TEXAS FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING
AUGUST 17TH...
TIME OF
EVENT COUNTY EVENT
(CDT)
--------- ------------ -----------------------------------------
815 PM MONTAGUE HAIL TO 1" DIAMETER NEAR NORTHERN COUNTY
LINE. ALSO GRASS FIRES IGNITED BY LIGHT-
NING. REPORTED BY MONTAGUE SD.
815 PM MONTAGUE 60-70 MPH WINDS IN BOWIE. REPORTED BY
BOWIE FD.
845 PM JACK / WISE 60 MPH WINDS SOUTH OF CRAFTON NEAR JACK/
WISE COUNTY LINE. REPORTED BY DPS MINERAL
WELLS.
845 PM WISE 70 MPH WINDS 7 MILES WEST OF DECATUR. RE-
PORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
850 PM WISE POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR RUNAWAY BAY. ROOF
BLOWN OFF CONDOMINIUM. REPORTED BY WISE SD.
908 PM JACK WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AT PERRIN.
915 PM PARKER 70 MPH WINDS JUST WEST OF SPRINGTOWN. RE-
PORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
915 PM WISE DIME- TO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NEAR PARADISE.
REPORTED BY WISE CO. RACES.
920 PM PARKER 75 MPH WINDS IN SANCTUARY.
940 PM PALO PINTO 60 MPH WINDS IN MINERAL WELLS. REPORTED
BY MINERAL WELLS PD.
950 PM HOOD 60 MPH WINDS IN THORP SPRINGS.
955 PM PARKER 60 MPH WINDS IN WEATHERFORD. REPORTED BY
PARKER SD.
1005 PM HOOD 70 MPH WINDS 1 MILE SOUTH OF HOOD/PARKER
COUNTY LINE ON TX 51.
70Local storm report, Aug 17, 10:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1010 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR NORTH TEXAS FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING
AUGUST 17TH...
TIME OF
EVENT COUNTY EVENT
(CDT)
--------- ------------ -----------------------------------------
815 PM MONTAGUE HAIL TO 1" DIAMETER NEAR NORTHERN COUNTY
LINE. ALSO GRASS FIRES IGNITED BY LIGHT-
NING. REPORTED BY MONTAGUE SD.
815 PM MONTAGUE 60-70 MPH WINDS IN BOWIE. REPORTED BY
BOWIE FD.
845 PM JACK / WISE 60 MPH WINDS SOUTH OF CRAFTON NEAR JACK/
WISE COUNTY LINE. REPORTED BY DPS MINERAL
WELLS.
845 PM WISE 70 MPH WINDS 7 MILES WEST OF DECATUR. RE-
PORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
850 PM WISE POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR RUNAWAY BAY. ROOF
BLOWN OFF CONDOMINIUM. REPORTED BY WISE SD.
908 PM JACK WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AT PERRIN.
915 PM PARKER 70 MPH WINDS JUST WEST OF SPRINGTOWN. RE-
PORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
915 PM WISE DIME- TO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NEAR PARADISE.
REPORTED BY WISE CO. RACES.
920 PM PARKER 75 MPH WINDS IN SANCTUARY.
940 PM PALO PINTO 60 MPH WINDS IN MINERAL WELLS. REPORTED
BY MINERAL WELLS PD.
950 PM HOOD 60 MPH WINDS IN THORP SPRINGS.
955 PM PARKER 60 MPH WINDS IN WEATHERFORD. REPORTED BY
PARKER SD.
1005 PM HOOD 70 MPH WINDS 1 MILE SOUTH OF HOOD/PARKER
COUNTY LINE ON TX 51.
70The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 68 min |
| Aug 18, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 67 min |
| Aug 18, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 63 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.