Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 1994, 4:07 PM CDT for Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 1994, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hill County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KACT 242109 RRA SVRACT TXC217-242215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 407 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...HILL COUNTY AT 405 PM CDT...WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS DETECTING A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO IN NORTHERN HILL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Oct 24, 11:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ091>167-241730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1133 AM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 AT 230 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL PALO PINTO COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN JACK COUNTY.. AND SOUTHEAST OF ARCHER CITY. OTHERWISE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM STEPHENVILLE TO WAXAHACHIE TO MT PLEASANT. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ091>167-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1234 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 AT 1230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG AN AZLE TO RICHARDSON TO GREENVILLE LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS TARRANT...DALLAS AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES BETWEEN 1230 AND 130 PM SO RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR MORE UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ091>167-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1234 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 AT 1230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG AN AZLE TO RICHARDSON TO GREENVILLE LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS TARRANT...DALLAS AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES BETWEEN 1230 AND 130 PM SO RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD PRBEPARE FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR MORE UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 1:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ091>167-241930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 140 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 AT 135 PM...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A WEATHERFORD TO FORT WORTH TO DALLAS TO ROCKWALL LINE HAD WEAKENED AND SLOWED DOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVED OUT 30 TO 40 MILES AHEAD OF THE STORMS AND HAVE CUTOFF THE INFLOW THAT IS NEEDED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS SHOULD DECREASE RAINFALL INTENSITY AND THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO JOHNSON AND ELLIS COUNTY BY 2 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN GRAHAM AND MINERAL WELLS DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR MORE UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 3:59 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
TXZ144-145-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 359 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 AT 350 PM CDT...WACO WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...THAT EXTENDED FROM WES OFORT WORTH TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF HILLSBORO AND TO THE WEST OF GRANDVIEW. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 4:02 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ144-145-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 359 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994 AT 350 PM CDT...WACO WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...THAT EXTENDED FROM WES OFORT WORTH TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF HILLSBORO AND TO THE WEST OF GRANDVIEW. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATE<ST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 53 min |
| Oct 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 62 min |
| Oct 24, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 56 min |
| Oct 24, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 66 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.