Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 19, 1994, 3:22 PM CST for Jones County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 1994, 3:54 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jones County, TX, 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 nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 192123 TORABI TXC253-417-192230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 322 PM CST SAT FEB 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY ...NORTHWESTERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY AT 320 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF ANSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AT 253 PM CST...THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE INCH HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS OR CLOTHING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS. IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 12 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 11 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 LAK ES
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, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 57 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.