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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 3, 1994, 4:46 PM CST for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- Nov 3, 1994, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 1994, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hunt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Campbell, TX | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 032247 TORFTW TXC231-032330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 446 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...HUNT COUNTY AT 445 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. &
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, Nov 3, 2:24 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ091-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 218 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994 TEST...TEST...TEST...THIS IS A TEST!
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ091-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 218 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994 TEST...TEST...TEST...THIS IS A TEST!
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 3:33 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 333 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 PM CST WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAING HEAVY RAIN FROM WACO TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOODY. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO NOTED NEAR CALVERT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS... AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 3:34 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 333 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 PM CST WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAING HEAVY RAIN FROM WACO TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOODY. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO NOTED NEAR CALVERT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS..d.STRONG WINDS... AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 4:40 PM CST, 6 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 440 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 435 PM CST WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN GENERALLY EAST OF A DALLAS TO COLLEGE STATION LINE. ELSEWHERE...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED TO THE EAST OF BELLMEAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS... AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 4:43 PM CST, 3 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 440 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 435 PM CST WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN GENERALLY EAST OF A DALLAS TO COLLEGE STATION LINE. ELSEWHERE...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED TO THE EAST OF BELLMEAD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS... AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLtE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton | 54 min |
| Nov 3, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 20 min |
| Nov 3, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 30 min |
| Nov 3, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 47 min |
| Nov 3, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 59 min |
| Nov 3, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall | 65 min |
| Nov 3, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 65 min |
| Nov 3, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 62 min |
| Nov 3, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.