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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 11, 1994Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1994, 3:45 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 1994, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Mitchell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABI 110847
TORABI
TXC335-110930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
345 AM CDT WED MAY 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...MITCHELL COUNTY
 
STORM SPOTTERS IN HOWARD COUNTY REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR COAHOMA
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH INTO WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY. THE PARENT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY AND RADAR
INDICATED LARGE HAIL FALLING NEAR THE CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR.
 
THE TORNADO WILL MOVE EAST ALONG I-20 TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF WESTBROOK
AND WILL BE NEAR WESTBROOK IN 15 MINUTES.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, May 10, 9:45 PM CDT, 6 hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
945 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994

...PRELIMINARY NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR MAY 10 1994 DUE TO FLOODING...

 TIME OF
 OCCURRENCE    COUNTY           EVENT
  (CDT)

6:29 PM         COMANCHE        FM 587 CLOSED BTN DOSTER AND CARBON
                                FM 1477 CLOSED BTN HWY 36 AND SIPE
                                SPRINGS; FM 588 UNDERWATER FOR OVER 1/4
                                MILE NEAR BEATTIE
6:55 PM         COMANCHE        3 FT OF WATER ON HWY 36 AT DELEON; HWY
                                587 AT COMANCHE CLOSED
7:00 PM         COMANCHE        MAJOR FLOODING OF RESIDENCES IN DELEON
7:25 PM         HOOD            4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 377 IN
                                DOWNTOWN GRANBURY AND HWY 144 SOUTH OF
                                GRANBURY
7:55 PM         ERATH           WATER OVER HWY 377 BTWN DUBLIN AND SEP
8:00 PM         EASTLAND        WATER OVER HWY 6 BTWN GORMAN AND DELEON
                                AND HWY 36 CLOSED BTWN RISING STAR AND
                                COMANCHE
8:25 PM         HAMILTON        FLOODING OF SIDE STREETS IN HICO
8:26 PM         ERATH           8 INCHES OF WATER ON ROADS IN SEP
8:26 PM         HAMILTON        4 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 6 IN HICO
8:40 PM         SOMERVELL       2 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 67 IN GLEN ROSE
8:45 PM         SOMERVELL       FLOODING ON HWY 67 WEST OF CHALK MTN,
                                FM 202 AND FM 205

Local storm report, May 11, 1:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
122 AM CDT WED MAY 11 1994

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FROM THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF TUESDAY
   MAY 10 1994...

TIME          COUNTY      EVENT

635 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY CO-OP
                          OBSERVER.

635 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY DPS

642 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN HEWITT..
                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

646 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WEST WACO..
                          REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
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740-742 PM CDT FALLS      TREE DAMAGE IN MARLIN. DIME TO NICKEL
                          SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF MARLIN. REPORTS
                          BY MARLIN P. D.

810 PM CDT     LIMESTONE  DIME SIZE HAIL IN KOSSE. REPORTED BY
                          LIMESTONE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

840-845 PM CDT BOSQUE     QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MORGAN. REPORTED BY
                          MORGAN FIRE DEPT. DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                          IN MERIDIAN. REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER.

858 PM CDT     ROBERTSON  WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH AND GOLF BALL
                          SIZE HAIL 9 MILES EAST OF BREMOND. REPORTED
                          BY ROBERTSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

959 PM CDT     HILL       DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
                          WHITNEY. REPORTED BY HILL COUNTY SHERIFFS
                          OFFICE.

Local storm report, May 11, 1:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
122 AM CDT WED MAY 11 1994

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FROM THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF TUESDAY
   MAY 10 1994...

TIME          COUNTY      EVENT

635 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY CO-OP
                          OBSERVER.

635 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY DPS

642 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN HEWITT..
                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

646 PM CDT    MCLENNAN    DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WEST WACO..
                          REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
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740-742 PM CDT FALLS      TREE DAMAGE IN MARLIN. DIME TO NICKEL
                          SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF MARLIN. REPORTS
                          BY MARLIN P. D.

810 PM CDT     LIMESTONE  DIME SIZE HAIL IN KOSSE. REPORTED BY
                          LIMESTONE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

840-845 PM CDT BOSQUE     QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MORGAN. REPORTED BY
                          MORGAN FIRE DEPT. DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                          IN MERIDIAN. REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER.

858 PM CDT     ROBERTSON  WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH AND GOLF BALL
                          SIZE HAIL 9 MILES EAST OF BREMOND. REPORTED
                          BY ROBERTSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

959 PM CDT     HILL       DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
                          WHITNEY. REPORTED BY HILL COUNTY SHERIFFS
                          OFFICE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	64 min
May 10, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	60 min
May 10, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	68 min
May 10, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	57 min
May 10, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	59 min
May 10, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	63 min
May 11, 12:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton	4 hr
May 11, 1:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	4 hr
May 11, 2:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Mitchell	118 min
May 11, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mitchell	118 min
May 11, 4:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Nolan	2 hr
May 11, 4:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Nolan	66 min
May 11, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jones, Taylor	61 min
May 11, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stonewall	66 min
May 11, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Haskell	65 min
May 11, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stonewall	55 min
May 11, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	59 min
May 11, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Haskell, Stonewall	19 min
May 11, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Taylor	32 min
May 11, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Haskell	67 min
May 11, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jones, Shackelford	43 min
May 11, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Mitchell	43 min
May 11, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	62 min
May 11, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Nolan	60 min
May 11, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Shackelford	53 min
May 11, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	56 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.