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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1994, 8:21 PM CDT for Brown County, Callahan County, Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Burkett, TX | A tornado at Burkett blew down a 240-kilovolt power line pole. |
| May 29, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Brownwood, TX | Many trees, signs, and power line poles were blown down by a tornado. |
| May 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Cross Plains, TX | A brief tornado touchdown unroofed several homes. |
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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABI 300121 TORABI TXC049-059-083-300215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 821 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABILENE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BROWN COUNTY...SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY ...NORTHEASTERN COLEMAN COUNTY RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY AFFECTING NORTHEAST COLEMAN COUNTY NEAR BURKETT AND NUMEROUS TORNADO REPORTS FROM BROWN COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHEAST INTO BROWN COUNTY. 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. IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS OR CLOTHING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS. 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 ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE CO,VER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-292345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 540 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 532 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE ...TO NEAR RANGER TO 25 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WEST OF MASON INTO THE SAN ANGELO AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED LAST HOUR IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAD MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. < ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 07
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-292345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 540 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 532 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE ...TO NEAR RANGER TO 25 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WEST OF MASON INTO THE SAN ANGELO AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED LAST HOUR IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAD MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. < ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 07
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-300040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 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... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON... ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 632 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEST OF WICHITA FALLS TO NORTHEAST OF ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. < ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-300040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 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... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON... ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 632 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEST OF WICHITA FALLS TO NORTHEAST OF ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. < ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:43 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-300145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 743 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 734 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY NORTH OF WALNUT SPRINGS. ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA TO NORTHWEST OF COMANCHE TO WEST OF MINERAL WELLS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. RESIDENTS OF BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:44 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-300145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 743 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 734 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY NORTH OF WALNUT SPRINGS. ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA TO NORTHWEST OF COMANCHE TO WEST OF MINERAL WELLS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. RESIDENTS OF BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 49 min |
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland, Palo Pinto | 62 min |
| May 29, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 68 min |
| May 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 65 min |
| May 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 61 min |
| May 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 39 min |
| May 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 49 min |
| May 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 46 min |
| May 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 57 min |
| May 29, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 63 min |
| May 29, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 61 min |
| May 29, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 43 min |
| May 29, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 34 min |
| May 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 64 min |
| May 29, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 49 min |
| May 29, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 66 min |
| May 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 64 min |
| May 29, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton | 68 min |
| May 29, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 44 min |
| May 29, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown, Coleman | 61 min |
| May 29, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown, Coleman | 61 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 63 min |
| May 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 60 min |
| May 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 60 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.