Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 65, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1994, 9:23 PM CDT for Anderson County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1994, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1994, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 280225 TORFTW TXC001-280330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 923 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...ANDERSON COUNTY AT 923 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKSTON MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN FRANKSTON NEED TO TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
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, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 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, 2 hours 20 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 35 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, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ162-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 757 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 AT 755 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS OCCURRING IN LEON COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNTIL SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS AGAIN INDICATED IN CENTRAL TEXAS...ROBERTSON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OR LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ162-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 757 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 AT 755 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS OCCURRING IN LEON COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNTIL SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS AGAIN INDICATED IN CENTRAL TEXAS...ROBERTSON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OR LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.
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, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 34 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, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 65 min |
| May 27, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 45 min |
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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.