Tornado Warning 55, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 12, 1994, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)

Expired

May 12, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Fisher County, TX

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.

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TTAA00 KABI 130029
TORABI
TXC151-130115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
727 PM CDT THU MAY 12 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...FISHER COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT HERMLEIGH IN SOUTHEAST SCURRY
COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH INTO SOUTH SOUTHWEST FISHER COUNTY.
 
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.
 
 
 
&

In the hours before

TXZ091>167-122315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 PM CDT THU MAY 12 1994

AT 505 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PITTSBURG MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST INTO TITUS COUNTY.

OTHER...SMALLER THUNDERSORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM TO NEAR MINEOLA.  MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

TXZ091>167-122315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 PM CDT THU MAY 12 1994

AT 505 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PITTSBURG MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST INTO TITUS COUNTY.

OTHER...SMALLER THUNDERSORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM TO NEAR MINEOLA.  MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

TXZ091>167-122315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 PM CDT THU MAY 12 1994

AT 505 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PITTSBURG MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST INTO TITUS COUNTY.

OTHER...SMALLER THUNDERSORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM TO NEAR MINEOLA.  MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

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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.