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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1994, 5:17 PM CDT for Jones County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 11, 1994, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jones County, TX, Shackelford County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lake Fort Phantom, TX | Storm spotters reported a tornado touchdown on the northeast side of Lake Fort Phantom. This storm first appeared as a funnel cloud over the west side of Abilene, then moved northeast into Jones County before briefly touching down at Lake Fort Phantom. No da |
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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 112218 TORABI TXC253-417-112300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 517 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY ...SOUTHWESTERN SHACKELFORD COUNTY AT 517 PM CDT...HAWLEY VFD STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST OVER FT PHAMTOM LAKE TOWARD SOUTHWEST SHACKELFORD COUNTY...THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR HAMBY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR . 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. &
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 11, 12:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ091>167-112300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS...TO DENTON...TO TYLER...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO CENTERVILLE. ABILENE...GRAHAM...BROWNWOOD...WACO...CORSICANA...STEPHENVILLE... FAIRFIELD...BELTON...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS WAS UNSTABLE AND RICH WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN EAST-WEST STATIONARY FRONT WAS NEAR A MIDLAND...WACO...LUFKIN LINE. > STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE FORCED ABOVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO HENRIETTA. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER AREA OF PREFERRED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...CAUSING A DIFFLUENT WIND PATTERN OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS. THIS TOO...WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TURNING THROUGH THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 12:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ091>167-112300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS...TO DENTON...TO TYLER...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO CENTERVILLE. ABILENE...GRAHAM...BROWNWOOD...WACO...CORSICANA...STEPHENVILLE... FAIRFIELD...BELTON...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS WAS UNSTABLE AND RICH WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN EAST-WEST STATIONARY FRONT WAS NEAR A MIDLAND...WACO...LUFKIN LINE. > STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE FORCED ABOVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO HENRIETTA. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER AREA OF PREFERRED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...CAUSING A DIFFLUENT WIND PATTERN OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS. THIS TOO...WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TURNING THROUGH THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 1:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ091>167-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 155 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE WATCH IS NEAR AND INSIDE OF A WICHITA FALLS...DECATUR...COMANCHE...ABILENE LINE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE WATCH AREA IS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HASKELL...JACKSBORO...DALLAS...TYLER...CARTHAGE LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS EXIST THAT PRODUCE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAUSING FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO BECOME WATER COVERED AND STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY OUT OF BANKS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE AGAIN REMINDED TO STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY ACTIONS. ALSO...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS AND AREAS COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 1:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ091>167-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 155 PM CDT WED MAY 11 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE WATCH IS NEAR AND INSIDE OF A WICHITA FALLS...DECATUR...COMANCHE...ABILENE LINE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE WATCH AREA IS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HASKELL...JACKSBORO...DALLAS...TYLER...CARTHAGE LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS EXIST THAT PRODUCE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAUSING FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO BECOME WATER COVERED AND STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY OUT OF BANKS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE AGAIN REMINDED TO STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY ACTIONS. ALSO...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS AND AREAS COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 45 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, 5:32 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 |
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.