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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 25, 1994Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1994, 8:35 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1994, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Tarrant County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2249 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
14.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 260138
TORFTW
TXC439-260230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...TARRANT COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS DEVELOPED
NEAR BENBROOK MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS TORNADO THREATENS
RESIDENTS IN SOUTH FORT WORTH AND RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
 
 
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...SEE"K SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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 25, 3:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
337 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HILL...
   BOSQUE...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 330 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS.  OTHER SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALON THE RED RIVER NORTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH.
ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT.  THE STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR STORM MOVEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
337 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HILL...
   BOSQUE...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 330 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS.  OTHER SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALON THE RED RIVER NORTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH.
ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT.  THE STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-252300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
453 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
   IN CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE
   AND FALLS...

AT 428 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE...TO MINERAL WELLS TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GRANBURY.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
THE AIR IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
FORM ALONG THE DRY LINE AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LATER
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

THUNDERTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.<

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-260015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
553 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
   IN CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE
   AND FALLS...

AT 549 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PILOT POINT...TO 6 MILES WEST OF FT WORTH
TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANBURY.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
THE AIR IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
FORM ALONG THE DRY LINE AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LATER
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

THUNDERTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.<

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-260120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
658 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
   IN CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE
   AND FALLS...

AT 652 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANBURY TO JUST NORTH OF
MESQUITE.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA...HOWEVER...
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
THE AIR IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP
ALONG THE DRY LINE AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LATERB TONIGHT.

THUNDERTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 8:09 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-260220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
809 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
   IN CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE
   AND FALLS...

AT 803 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF GRANBURY...TO BURLESON TO 10
MILES EAST OF KAUFMAN

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA...HOWEVER...
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
ALONG THE DRY LINE AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LATER TONIGHT.

THE THUNDERTORMS TO THE DISTANT NORTH CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ABOUT 20
MPH.<

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Delta, Fannin, Hunt65 min
Apr 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant65 min
Apr 25, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant40 min
Apr 25, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker60 min
Apr 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall63 min
Apr 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar63 min
Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant63 min
Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt63 min
Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River63 min
Apr 25, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas63 min
Apr 25, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant35 min
Apr 25, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River62 min
Apr 25, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains62 min
Apr 25, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Johnson67 min
Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant98 min
Apr 25, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant27 min
Apr 25, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman57 min
Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis30 min
Apr 25, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis29 min
Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis60 min
Apr 26, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson68 min
Apr 26, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis65 min
Apr 26, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman54 min
Apr 26, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson62 min
Apr 26, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson41 min
Apr 26, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor67 min
Apr 26, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton35 min
Apr 26, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung33 min
Apr 26, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague50 min
Apr 26, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague63 min
Apr 26, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise52 min
Apr 26, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise44 min
Apr 26, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague42 min
Apr 26, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke62 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague45 min
Apr 26, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche51 min
Apr 26, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke39 min
Apr 26, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath69 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson37 min
Apr 26, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto56 min
Apr 26, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke37 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche35 min
Apr 26, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche51 min
Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson46 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke36 min
Apr 26, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath34 min
Apr 26, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson68 min
Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath64 min
Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton58 min
Apr 26, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson68 min
Apr 26, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin68 min
Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath66 min
Apr 26, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton63 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque63 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.