Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1994, 6:55 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 25, 1994, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tarrant County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Edgecliff Village, TX | A brief tornado touchdown with a debris cloud was observed. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 252359 TORFTW TXC439-260045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 655 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TARRANT COUNTY AT 655 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN FORTH WORTH MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO THREATENS THE EAST FORT WORTH AND THE MID CITIES AREA. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, Apr 25, 1:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 145 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HILL... BOSQUE...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 135 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TO JUST WEST OF FORT WORTH TO GRANBURY TO MERIDIAN TO NORTHEAST OF VALLEY MILLS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN BOSQUE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF MORGAN. OTHER STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTHWEST OF FORT WORTH AND NORTHEAST OF ABILENE. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT. THE STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 240 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HILL... BOSQUE...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 230 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWES AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE RED RIVER TO FORT WORTH TO NEAR CLEBURNE. OTHER STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN ABILENE AND MINERAL WELLS. ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN CENTRAL TEXAS NEAR THE NORTH END OF LAKE WHITNEY ALONG THE HILL/BOSQUE COUNTY LINE. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT. THE STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 337 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HILL... BOSQUE...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS. OTHER SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALON THE RED RIVER NORTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH. ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT. THE STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR STORM MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 337 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HILL... BOSQUE...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS. OTHER SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALON THE RED RIVER NORTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH. ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT. THE STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 453 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE AND FALLS... AT 428 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE...TO MINERAL WELLS TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANBURY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THE AIR IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE DRY LINE AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THUNDERTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.< STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-260015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 553 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE AND FALLS... AT 549 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PILOT POINT...TO 6 MILES WEST OF FT WORTH TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANBURY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THE AIR IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE DRY LINE AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THUNDERTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.< STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Young | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 54 min |
| Apr 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.