Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 82, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 21, 1994, 4:59 PM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
- Oct 21, 1994, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kaufman County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Seagoville, TX | Two brief tornado touchdowns occurred. |
| Oct 21, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Seagoville, TX | Two brief tornado touchdowns 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 212200 TORFTW TXC257-212300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 459 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...KAUFMAN COUNTY A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR SEGOVILLE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE CRANDALL...TALTY...AND GASTONIA AREAS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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, Oct 21, 2:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ144-145-212130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 255 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994 ... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...BELL... MCLENNAN...FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES THROUGH TODAY... AT 250 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR QUINLAN THROUGH DALLAS AND TO EAST OF STEPHENVILLE. THE STROGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DALLAS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS GENERALLY EAST OF A CAYUGA...TEAGUE... THORNTON LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER OR HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ144-145-212130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 255 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994 ... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...BELL... MCLENNAN...FALLS...LIMESTONE...LEON...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES THROUGH TODAY... AT 250 PM CDT WACO RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR QUINLAN THROUGH DALLAS AND TO EAST OF STEPHENVILLE. THE STROGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DALLAS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS GENERALLY EAST OF A CAYUGA...TEAGUE... THORNTON LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER OR HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ091>167-220000
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL
8 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF AN EASTLAND...
HILLSBORO... TO GROVETON LINE...
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUED TO
TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. A COLD FRONT
WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA ALONG A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS
TO SAN ANGELO TO BIG BEND. AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE WAS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
EXTENDING FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO AUSTIN.
SKIES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY.
WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTH EXCEPT IN WESTERN PORTIONS WHERE THE
WINDS WERE WESTERLY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS RANGED FROM 71
DEGREES AT ADDISON AIRPORT IN DALLAS TO 87 DEGREES IN MINERAL WELLS.
...FORECAST FOR NORTH TEXAS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT EASTERN TWO THIRDS...
TONIGHT WILL BE FAIR IN THE WEST...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS
WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EAST
WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME SEVERE. LOWS 55 IN THE EAST AND 65 IN THE
WEST. A CHANCE OF MORNING THUNDERSTORMS EAST ON SATURDAY OTHERWISE PARTLY
CLOUDY. MOSTLY SUNNY CENTRAL AND WEST. HIGHS FROM 83 TO 91. SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE DAY AND MOSTLY CLEAR
AT NIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S AND HIGH ON SUNDAY FROM 77
TO 84.Special weather statement, Oct 21, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ091>167-220000
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL
8 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF AN EASTLAND...
HILLSBORO... TO GROVETON LINE...
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUED TO
TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. A COLD FRONT
WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA ALONG A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS
TO SAN ANGELO TO BIG BEND. AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE WAS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
EXTENDING FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO AUSTIN.
SKIES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY.
WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTH EXCEPT IN WESTERN PORTIONS WHERE THE
WINDS WERE WESTERLY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS RANGED FROM 71
DEGREES AT ADDISON AIRPORT IN DALLAS TO 87 DEGREES IN MINERAL WELLS.
...FORECAST FOR NORTH TEXAS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT EASTERN TWO THIRDS...
TONIGHT WILL BE FAIR IN THE WEST...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS
WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EAST
WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME SEVERE. LOWS 55 IN THE EAST AND 65 IN THE
WEST. A CHANCE OF MORNING THUNDERSTORMS EAST ON SATURDAY OTHERWISE PARTLY
CLOUDY. MOSTLY SUNNY CENTRAL AND WEST. HIGHS FROM 83 TO 91. SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE DAY AND MOSTLY CLEAR
AT NIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S AND HIGH ON SUNDAY FROM 77
TO 84.Special weather statement, Oct 21, 4:16 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-212215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 417 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 410 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST BOSQUE COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEBURNE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALLAS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 4:17 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-212215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 417 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 410 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST BOSQUE COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEBURNE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALLAS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 62 min |
| Oct 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Oct 20, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 64 min |
| Oct 21, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 59 min |
| Oct 21, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 60 min |
| Oct 21, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Morris, Titus | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 6:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 8:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 8:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 8:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wood | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman | 66 min |
| Oct 21, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 63 min |
| Oct 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 57 min |
| Oct 21, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 62 min |
| Oct 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 50 min |
| Oct 21, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell | 68 min |
| Oct 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 55 min |
| Oct 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 60 min |
| Oct 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 25 min |
| Oct 21, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 69 min |
| Oct 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 68 min |
| Oct 21, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 65 min |
| Oct 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 60 min |
| Oct 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Oct 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
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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.