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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1994, 5:04 PM CDT for Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1994, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coleman County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 102203 TORABI TXC083-102230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 504 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...COLEMAN COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WESTNORTHWEST OF COLEMAN MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS OR CLOTHING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS AND SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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, May 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ144-157-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 321 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 315 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER BURNET COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF BURNET AND MILAM COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER WESTERN COLEMAN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF COLEMAN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ144-157-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 321 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 315 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER BURNET COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF BURNET AND MILAM COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER WESTERN COLEMAN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF COLEMAN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ091>167-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM... AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM WESTERN YOUNG COUNTY...SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...AND CONTINUING INTO WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE COLEMAN...CALLAHAN COUNTY LINE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF EASTLAND...STEPHENS...AND COMANCHE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY...POSSIBLY FLOODING RAINS WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE TORNADO WATCH IS VALID FOR THOSE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...HAMILTON LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...BRECKENRIDGE...AND EASTLAND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ091>167-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM... AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM WESTERN YOUNG COUNTY...SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...AND CONTINUING INTO WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE COLEMAN...CALLAHAN COUNTY LINE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF EASTLAND...STEPHENS...AND COMANCHE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY...POSSIBLY FLOODING RAINS WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE TORNADO WATCH IS VALID FOR THOSE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...HAMILTON LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...BRECKENRIDGE...AND EASTLAND. V STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:35 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ144-157-158-159-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 435 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 430 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES SOUTH OF KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE IN CORYELL COUNTY AND NEAR MCGREGOR IN SOUTHWEST MCLENNAN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF KILLEEN TO NORTH OF COPPERAS COVE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS A SURFACE STATIONARY FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH A WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:35 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ144-157-158-159-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 435 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 430 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES SOUTH OF KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE IN CORYELL COUNTY AND NEAR MCGREGOR IN SOUTHWEST MCLENNAN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF KILLEEN TO NORTH OF COPPERAS COVE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS A SURFACE STATIONARY FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH A WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 55 min |
| May 10, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 58 min |
| May 10, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan, Taylor | 58 min |
| May 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 60 min |
| May 10, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 66 min |
| May 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.