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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1994, 5:51 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stonewall County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 252254 TORABI TXC433-252330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 551 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN STONEWALL COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN STONEWALL COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN STORNWALL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 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. 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 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 25, 5:40 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXC103-104-118-119-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 540 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTH TARRANT COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER KELLER AND WATAUGAAT 535 PM. THEY WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:41 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
TXC103-104-118-119-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 540 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTH TARRANT COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER KELLER AND WATAUGAAT 535 PM. THEY WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATER WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 65 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 69 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 57 min |
| May 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 30 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.