Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 534, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1994, 7:09 PM CST for Camp County, Morris County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 1994, 7:09 PM CST (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 1994, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Camp County, TX, Morris County, TX, Titus County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
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, 4:38 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 436 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 430 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WALNUT SPRINGS TO MERIDIAN...5 MILES EAST OF GROESBECK...5 MILES EAST OF MOODY...AND FROM JONESBORO TO GATESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WHICH COVERED ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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 LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:05 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 605 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM FOR HILL...BOSQUE...CORYELL MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...BELL...FALLS...ROBERTSON...AND LEON COUNTIES. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 546 PM CST...WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NAVARRO MILLS LAKE TO MOUNT CALM TO WACO TO MCGREGOR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGIMG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL...AND TORNADOES. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:06 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 605 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM FOR HILL...BOSQUE...CORYELL MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...BELL...FALLS...ROBERTSON...AND LEON COUNTIES. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 546 PM CST...WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NAVARRO MILLS LAKE TO MOUNT CALM TO WACO TO MCGREGOR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGIMG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL...AND TORNADOES. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAK\E SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:50 PM CST, 19 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 650 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 645 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WACO WAS DETECTING VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN AN AREA 25 MILES WIDE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WACO. ELSEWHERE...A SMALL AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF GROESBECK. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPIITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGIMG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL...AND TORNADOES. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALSO THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR BOSQUE...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...BELL...FALLS... ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES WAS CANCELLED AT 645 PM CST. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RRR
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:52 PM CST, 17 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 650 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 645 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WACO WAS DETECTING VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN AN AREA 25 MILES WIDE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WACO. ELSEWHERE...A SMALL AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF GROESBECK. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPIITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGIMG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL...AND TORNADOES. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALSO THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR BOSQUE...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...BELL...FALLS... ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES WAS CANCELLED AT 645 PM CST. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RRR
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 6:53 PM CST, 16 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 650 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 645 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WACO WAS DETECTING VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN AN AREA 25 MILES WIDE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WACO. ELSEWHERE...A SMALL AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF GROESBECK. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPIITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGIMG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...HAIL...AND TORNADOES. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALSO THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM CST FOR BOSQUE...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...BELL...FALLS... ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES WAS CANCELLED AT 645 PM CST. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 60 min |
| Nov 4, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Coleman, Shackelford | 65 min |
| Nov 4, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith, Van Zandt | 63 min |
| Nov 4, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 63 min |
| Nov 4, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 64 min |
| Nov 4, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 30 min |
| Nov 4, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 32 min |
| Nov 4, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Nov 4, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 63 min |
| Nov 4, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 9:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 36 min |
| Nov 4, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, McLennan | 58 min |
| Nov 4, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 9:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 69 min |
| Nov 4, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 53 min |
| Nov 4, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 65 min |
| Nov 4, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 49 min |
| Nov 4, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Titus | 43 min |
| Nov 4, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Kaufman, Rockwall | 52 min |
| Nov 4, 10:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Nov 4, 10:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
| Nov 4, 10:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Rains, Wood | 4 hr |
| Nov 4, 10:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Titus | 4 hr |
| Nov 4, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 53 min |
| Nov 4, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 61 min |
| Nov 4, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 61 min |
| Nov 5, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Hopkins, Van Zandt, Wood | 58 min |
| Nov 5, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta | 58 min |
| Nov 5, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Titus | 56 min |
| Nov 5, 2:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Titus, Wood | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman | 4 hr |
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.