Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1994, 3:18 PM CST for Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 1994, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 1994, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shackelford County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Albany, TX | A brief tornado formed in open country on the Nail Ranch. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
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, Feb 19, 11:10 AM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ091>167-192000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1110 AM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN THREE QUARTERS OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1100 AM SURFACE REPORTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS INDICATED THAT SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. HOWEVER...MORNING DATA FROM WEATHER BALLOONS...SURFACE BASED WIND PROFILERS...AND DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE PRESENT WITHIN 2000 TO 3000 FEET OF THE SURFACE. THE THICK CLOUD COVER OVER THE AREA WAS PREVENTING SUFFICIENT SURFACE HEATING NEEDED TO ESTABLISH VERTICAL AIR CURRENTS. WITHOUT THOSE VERTICAL MOTIONS...THE TRANSPORT OF HIGH VELOCITY AIR TO THE SURFACE WILL NOT OCCUR. ALTHOUGH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND CAUTION IS ADVISED ON ALL AREA LAKES
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 11:11 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 53 min |
| Feb 19, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 54 min |
| Feb 19, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 68 min |
| Feb 19, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 60 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.