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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 1994Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1994, 8:40 PM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Kaufman County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Terrell, TX	A brief tornado touchdown was reported on the north side of Terrell with no damage 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 6.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 300141
TORFTW
TXC257-300215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
840 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...KAUFMAN COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TERRELL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADO
THREATENS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAWRENCE...TERRELL AND ELMO.
 
 
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 INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis	53 min
Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	65 min
Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	65 min
Apr 29, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	55 min
Apr 29, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	62 min
Apr 29, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	20 min
Apr 29, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Rains	44 min
Apr 29, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	53 min
Apr 29, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wood	37 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.