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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 1994Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 4:54 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cooke County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1994-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1994-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 262158
TORFTW
TXC097-262230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
454 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...COOKE COUNTY
 
AT 454 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORNADOES JUST NORTHEAST OF VALLEY
VIEW AND 5 MILES WEST OF VALLEY VIEW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Delta, Fannin, Hunt65 min
Apr 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant65 min
Apr 25, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant40 min
Apr 25, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker60 min
Apr 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall63 min
Apr 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar63 min
Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant63 min
Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt63 min
Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River63 min
Apr 25, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant55 min
Apr 25, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas63 min
Apr 25, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant35 min
Apr 25, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River62 min
Apr 25, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains62 min
Apr 25, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Johnson67 min
Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant98 min
Apr 25, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant27 min
Apr 25, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman57 min
Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis30 min
Apr 25, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis29 min
Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis60 min
Apr 26, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson68 min
Apr 26, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis65 min
Apr 26, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman54 min
Apr 26, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson62 min
Apr 26, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson41 min
Apr 26, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor67 min
Apr 26, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton35 min
Apr 26, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung33 min
Apr 26, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague50 min
Apr 26, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague63 min
Apr 26, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise52 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise44 min
Apr 26, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague42 min
Apr 26, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke62 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague45 min
Apr 26, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche51 min
Apr 26, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke39 min
Apr 26, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath69 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson37 min
Apr 26, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto56 min
Apr 26, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke37 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche35 min
Apr 26, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche51 min
Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson46 min
Apr 26, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath34 min
Apr 26, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson68 min
Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath64 min
Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton58 min
Apr 26, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson68 min
Apr 26, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin68 min
Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath66 min
Apr 26, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton63 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque63 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.