Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 1994, 7:49 PM CST for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 1994, 7:49 PM CST (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 1994, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nacogdoches County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 270149 TORBPT TXC347-270230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 749 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN EAST TEXAS ...NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF CUSHING IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NNNN
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, Jan 26, 4:01 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ165-152-166-180-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 401 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING ANGELINA COUNTY... AT 400 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED IN TRINITY COUNTY SOUTH OF GROVETON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST AND EAST OF LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...MOST OF ANGELINA COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL BEFORE 500 PM.p BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 4:01 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ165-152-166-180-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 401 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING ANGELINA COUNTY... AT 400 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED IN TRINITY COUNTY SOUTH OF GROVETON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST AND EAST OF LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...MOST OF ANGELINA COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL BEFORE 500 PM. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 4:50 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ165-152-167-166-180-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 450 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ANGELINA COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AND SOUTH OF LUFKIN. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA WERE NEAR SAN AUGUSTINE...EAST OF NACOGDOCHES...AND 20 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. NNhNN
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 4:50 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ165-152-167-166-180-262345- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 450 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ANGELINA COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AND SOUTH OF LUFKIN. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA WERE NEAR SAN AUGUSTINE...EAST OF NACOGDOCHES...AND 20 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 6:11 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ165-152-167-166-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 611 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 AT 610PM CST A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A NARROW BAND FROM NEAR CROCKETT TO NACOGDOCHES TO SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF NACOGDOCHES. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. EARLIER A FEW STORMS REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HOWEVER DURING THE LAST HOUR INTENSITIES HAVE DIMINISHED. NORTH OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 11PM CST. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 6:11 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ165-152-167-166-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 611 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 AT 610PM CST A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A NARROW BAND FROM NEAR CROCKETT TO NACOGDOCHES TO SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF NACOGDOCHES. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. EARLIER A FEW STORMS REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HOWEVER DURING THE LAST HOUR INTENSITIES HAVE DIMINISHED. NORTH OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 11PM CST. DJ NNNN
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.