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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 528, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 4, 1994Haskell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1994, 4:22 PM CST for Haskell County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1994, 4:22 PM CST (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1994, 5:30 PM CST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Haskell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2471 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
2471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
13.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Nov 4, 2:01 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:09 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
309 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994

AT 305 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
5 MILES EAST OF WACO.  ELSEWHERE ELSEWHERE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN WITH A
FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS WAS OCCURRING GENERALLY NORTH OF A
KILLEEN TO MARLIN TO MEXIA LINE MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT.  A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT.  THIS BOUNDARY WILL INTERACT WITH A
VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE THE CHANCE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.
>
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>111-115>125-129>137-141-143-146>149-042200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
310 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 310 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED
THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUED OVER EXTREME NORTH TEXAS
NORTHEAST OF A SEYMOUR...WICHITA FALLS LINE.

LARGE AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WERE ALSO OVER
NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COLEMAN...DENTON
...SHERMAN LINE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST
SOUTH OF PITTSBURG TO ARP TO JUST NORTH OF ATHENS.  SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR AND SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A MINERAL WELLS...TO PARIS LINE HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.  ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA...THE LIKELIHOOD OF TORNADOES HAS DECREASED FOR NOW.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO
STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
309 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994

AT 305 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
5 MILES EAST OF WACO.  ELSEWHERE ELSEWHERE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN WITH A
FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS WAS OCCURRING GENERALLY NORTH OF A
KILLEEN TO MARLIN TO MEXIA LINE MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT.  A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT.  THIS BOUNDARY WILL INTERACT WITH A
VERY WARM AND UNSZTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE THE CHANCE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.
>
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:13 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>111-115>125-129>137-141-143-146>149-042200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
310 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 310 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED
THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUED OVER EXTREME NORTH TEXAS
NORTHEAST OF A SEYMOUR...WICHITA FALLS LINE.

LARGE AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WERE ALSO OVER
NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COLEMAN...DENTON
...SHERMAN LINE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST
SOUTH OF PITTSBURG TO ARP TO JUST NORTH OF ATHENS.  SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR AND SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A MINERAL WELLS...TO PARIS LINE HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.  ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA...THE LIKELIHOOD OF TORNADOES HAS DECREASED FOR NOW.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR R^ADIO
STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains69 min
Nov 3, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar, Red River64 min
Nov 4, 4:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson52 min
Nov 4, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Nolan68 min
Nov 4, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt53 min
Nov 4, 5:06 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFreestone54 min
Nov 4, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor57 min
Nov 4, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson67 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.