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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1994, 5:06 PM CST for Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 1994, 5:06 PM CST (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 1994, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Freestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 042308 TORFTW TXC161-050000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 506 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FREESTONE COUNTY AT 506 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST- NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF TURLINGTON IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 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. 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 4, 3:09 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-042215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 309 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 AT 305 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES EAST OF WACO. ELSEWHERE ELSEWHERE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS WAS OCCURRING GENERALLY NORTH OF A KILLEEN TO MARLIN TO MEXIA LINE MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. THIS BOUNDARY WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE THE CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. > STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>111-115>125-129>137-141-143-146>149-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 310 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 310 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUED OVER EXTREME NORTH TEXAS NORTHEAST OF A SEYMOUR...WICHITA FALLS LINE. LARGE AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WERE ALSO OVER NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COLEMAN...DENTON ...SHERMAN LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF PITTSBURG TO ARP TO JUST NORTH OF ATHENS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A MINERAL WELLS...TO PARIS LINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THE LIKELIHOOD OF TORNADOES HAS DECREASED FOR NOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-042215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 309 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 AT 305 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES EAST OF WACO. ELSEWHERE ELSEWHERE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS WAS OCCURRING GENERALLY NORTH OF A KILLEEN TO MARLIN TO MEXIA LINE MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. THIS BOUNDARY WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM AND UNSZTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE THE CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. > STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:13 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>111-115>125-129>137-141-143-146>149-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 310 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 310 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUED OVER EXTREME NORTH TEXAS NORTHEAST OF A SEYMOUR...WICHITA FALLS LINE. LARGE AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WERE ALSO OVER NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COLEMAN...DENTON ...SHERMAN LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF PITTSBURG TO ARP TO JUST NORTH OF ATHENS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A MINERAL WELLS...TO PARIS LINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THE LIKELIHOOD OF TORNADOES HAS DECREASED FOR NOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR R^ADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:36 PM CST, 30 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 436 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 430 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WALNUT SPRINGS TO MERIDIAN...5 MILES EAST OF GROESBECK...5 MILES EAST OF MOODY...AND FROM JONESBORO TO GATESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WHICH COVERED ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:38 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 436 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL...BOSQUE...MCLENNAN...FALLS LIMESTONE...AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 430 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WALNUT SPRINGS TO MERIDIAN...5 MILES EAST OF GROESBECK...5 MILES EAST OF MOODY...AND FROM JONESBORO TO GATESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WHICH COVERED ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 69 min |
| Nov 3, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar, Red River | 64 min |
| Nov 4, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 52 min |
| Nov 4, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 68 min |
| Nov 4, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Nolan | 68 min |
| Nov 4, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 53 min |
| Nov 4, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 57 min |
| Nov 4, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 67 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1994Every tornado warning in 1994Tornadoes in 1994
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.