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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1994, 2:11 AM CDT for Dallas County, Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 29, 1994, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1994, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dallas County, TX, Kaufman County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:15 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mesquite, TX | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 290713 TORFTW TXC113-257-290800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 211 AM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DALLAS COUNTY...KAUFMAN COUNTY AT 211 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO DETECT A TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS IN LANCASTER...WILMER...HUTCHINS AND SEAGOVILLE TAKE COVER NOW!! 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.
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 28, 10:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ091>167-290500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1025 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 1020 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HICO IN HAMILTON COUNTY AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH...NORTHEAST AT 3O MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR...AND SOUTHEASTERN ERATH AND SOUTHERN SOMERVELL COUNTY BY 11:00 PM. SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ091>167-290500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1055 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 1055 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF HICO...MOVING INTO SOUTHERN ERATH COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH...NORTHEAST AT 3O MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN ERATH AND WESTERN SOMERVELL COUNTIES BY 11:30 PM. SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY...IN NORTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY...AND ON THE HAMILTON...BOSQUE COUNTY LINE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ091>167-290700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1155 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 1155 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH JACK...STEPHENS...SOMERVELL...AND JOHNSON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY NORTHEAST OF BRECKENRIDGE AND IN SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY WEST...SOUTHWEST OF CLEBURNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH...NORTHEAST AT 3O MILES AN HOUR. THE STEPHENS COUNTY STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN YOUNG COUNTY BY 12:15 AM NEAR ELIASVILLE AND THE JOHNSON COUNTY STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN TARRANT COUNDTY BY 12:45 AM. SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-300730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 103 AM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1250 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF FORT WORTH THROUGH BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SOUTH INTO MCLENNAN AND BELL COUNTIES AND INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY NEAR AUSTIN. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL BOSQUE COUNTY NEAR MERIDIAN AND IN CENTRAL BELL COUNTY BETWEEN TEMPLE AND KILLEEN. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REPORTS OF PEA SIZE IN THE CITY OF MERIDIAN DURING THE PAST HOUR WERE JUST RECIEVED FROM THE BOSQUE COUTNY SHERIFFS OFFICE. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER FORMATION. THESE STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 70 min |
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 60 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.