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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 27, 1994Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1994, 7:56 PM CDT for Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 27, 1994, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Van Zandt County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTTornado F0Ben Wheeler, TXA brief touchdown occurred.

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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 27, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 27, 7:02 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ091>167-280300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
702 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994

AT 700 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT AND BETWEEN
KAUFMAN AND CANTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PARIS
AND JUST WEST OF DENTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:03 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ091>167-280300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
702 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994

AT 700 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT AND BETWEEN
KAUFMAN AND CANTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PARIS
AND JUST WEST OF DENTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY ~SURFACE
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:45 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ091>167-280300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
745 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAN ZANDT COUNTY UNTIL  830PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM BETWEEN DALLAS
AND FORT WORTH TO NEAR LINDALE TEXAS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN CROCKETT
AND LUFKIN TEXAS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:48 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
TXZ091>167-280300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
745 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAN ZANDT COUNTY UNTIL  830PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM BETWEEN DALLAS
AND FORT WORTH TO NEAR LINDALE TEXAS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN CROCKETT
AND LUFKIN TEXAS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt60 min
May 27, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson55 min
May 27, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson60 min
May 27, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson40 min
May 27, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson27 min
May 27, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee65 min
May 27, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson45 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.