Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 9:43 PM CDT for Bosque County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 26, 1994, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bosque County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Morgan, TX | A brief touchdown destroyed a mobile home and heavily damaged two houses. |
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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 KACT 270244 TORACT TXC035-270345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 943 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BOSQUE COUNTY AT 940 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF IREDELL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER IREDELL BY AROUND 950 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIORH ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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 26, 4:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-162-175-262300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 455 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 450 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH TEXAS. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM GAINESVILLE TO STEPHENVILLE TO BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. fSTAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-162-175-270005 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 605 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 555 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM STEPHENVILLE TO COMANCHE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD AND PERSONS IN IREDELL OF NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY COULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN AROUND 630 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
TXZ091-167-270245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 848 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE METROPLEX... STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH FORT WORTH. THESE WINDS ARE SWEEPING WEST AND WILL AFFECT THE METROPLEX BETWEEN 845 PM AND 930 PM. THESE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:59 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED COUNTY CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 848 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE METROPLEX... STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH FORT WORTH. THESE WINDS ARE SWEEPING WEST AND WILL AFFECT THE METROPLEX BETWEEN 845 PM AND 930 PM. THESE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDJERSTORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lamar | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Somervell | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Fannin, Grayson | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar, Red River | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Red River | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 61 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.