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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 433, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 17, 1994Jones County, Shackelford County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1994, 11:22 PM CDT for Jones County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 1994, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 1994, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jones County, TX, Shackelford County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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, Aug 17, 7:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 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, 1 hour 13 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.

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 10:41 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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The 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, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	50 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 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.