Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Apr 26, 1994, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Montague County, TX

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.

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TORFTW
TXC337-262015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
233 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...MONTAGUE COUNTY
 
AT 234 PM...A TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF BOWIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES A SECOND TORNADO BETWEEN ALVORD AND SUNSET ON
HIGHWAY 287 MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1994Every tornado warning in 1994Tornadoes in 1994

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.