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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Ben Wheeler, TX | A 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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 55 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 60 min |
| May 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 40 min |
| May 27, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 27 min |
| May 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 65 min |
| May 27, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 45 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.