Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 66, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1994, 5:28 PM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 4 reports 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 29, 1994, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Young County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Olney, TX | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| May 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Olney To, TX | A large tornado was video-taped by storm chasers. The tornado was on the ground for 20 minutes and moved south-southeast across open ranch land with the only known damage being to a garage and an oil storage tank. |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Graham, TX | A brief tornado was reported north of Graham. Damage occurred to a home and a business, and trees were blown down. |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Newcastle, TX | A brief tornado was reported two miles north of Newcastle. |
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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 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 292227 TORFTW TXC503-292315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 528 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...YOUNG COUNTY AT 528 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES EAST OF OLNEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN JEAN AND LOVING ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 INTERI OR 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 29, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ091>167-292215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 414 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A DENINSON TO DALLAS TO TEMPLE LINE. AT 414 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BONHAM...BETWEEN BONHAM A WOLFE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH...MOVING TOWARD COMMERCE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMORY...MOVING TOWARD EMORY AND QUITMNAN IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV...FOR LATER UPDATE.
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ091>167-292215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 414 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A DENINSON TO DALLAS TO TEMPLE LINE. AT 414 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BONHAM...BETWEEN BONHAM A WOLFE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH...MOVING TOWARD COMMERCE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMORY...MOVING TOWARD EMORY AND QUITMNAN IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV...FOR LATER UPDATE.
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 423 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... HILL...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 415 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ALONG THE LEON/ MADISON COUNTY LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE TO NEAR MIDWAY. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MINERAL WELLS...BETWEEN DALLAS AND ATHENS AND SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS...AS WELL AS ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES... SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. BOATERS AND GOLFERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF LIGHTNING OR HIGH WINDS ARE OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WWUS35KGRB -
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 423 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... HILL...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...LEON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 415 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ALONG THE LEON/ MADISON COUNTY LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE TO NEAR MIDWAY. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MINERAL WELLS...BETWEEN DALLAS AND ATHENS AND SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS...AS WELL AS ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES... SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. BOATERS AND GOLFERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF LIGHTNING OR HIGH WINDS ARE OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WWUS35KGRB -
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:55 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
TXZ091>167-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A DENINSON...DALLAS...TEMPLE LINE. AT 455 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN JACK AND YOUNG COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED SHORTLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV...FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:57 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ091>167-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A DENINSON...DALLAS...TEMPLE LINE. AT 455 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN JACK AND YOUNG COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED SHORTLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV...FOR LATER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 59 min |
| May 29, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 65 min |
| May 29, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt | 65 min |
| May 29, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 43 min |
| May 29, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 60 min |
| May 29, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 62 min |
| May 29, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 62 min |
| May 29, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton, Hunt | 48 min |
| May 29, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 48 min |
| May 29, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 55 min |
| May 29, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 65 min |
| May 29, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 65 min |
| May 29, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 69 min |
| May 29, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 65 min |
| May 29, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 35 min |
| May 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 35 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton | 56 min |
| May 29, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 55 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 65 min |
| May 29, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 64 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 56 min |
| May 29, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 68 min |
| May 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 50 min |
| May 29, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.