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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 10:27 PM CDT for Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erath County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 KFTW 270331 TORFTW TXC143-270400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1027 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ERATH COUNTY AT 1028 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF STEPHENVILLE... MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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, 5 hours 31 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, 4 hours 20 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, 1 hour 36 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, 1 hour 28 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 10:10 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1009 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...OUTFLOW WINDS MOVE THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...SOMETIMES GUSTING TO ABOVE 35 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX UNTIL 1100 PM. THESE WINDS ARE THE OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF ERATH...BOSQUE...SOMERVELL..HOOD...AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA. WHILE THESE WINDS ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THUNDERSTORMS...THE HIGHEST GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. IN ADDITION... DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPErCTED TO DIMINISH BY 1100 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 10:22 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ091>167-270415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1009 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...OUTFLOW WINDS MOVE THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...SOMETIMES GUSTING TO ABOVE 35 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX UNTIL 1100 PM. THESE WINDS ARE THE OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF ERATH...BOSQUE...SOMERVELL..HOOD...AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA. WHILE THESE WINDS ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THUNDERSTORMS...THE HIGHEST GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. IN ADDITION... DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 1100 PM.
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, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 62 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, 10:42 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 |
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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.