Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1994, 1:40 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
- Apr 29, 1994, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pecos County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Sheffield, TX |
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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 673 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 291840 TORMAF TXC371-291945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 140 PM CDT FRI APR 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...EASTERN PECOS COUNTY AT 137 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES WEST OF SHEFFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE CITIES OF BAKERSFIELD AND IRAAN SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS FOR SAFETY. 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.
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, Apr 29, 8:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 845 AM CDT (745 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GAINES, BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 825 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE OCCURRING GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LEHMAN OF COCHRAN COUNTY...TO ANDREWS...TO MIDLAND...TO BAKERSFIELD. IN NORTHERN SECTIONS...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN GAINES COUNTY JUST EAST OF SEMINOLE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN THE SOUTH...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE REAGAN/UPTON COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE VLATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 939 AM CDT (839 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GAINES, BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 925 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAIL...WERE OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...AND PARTS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...IN AN AREA THAT WAS EAST OF LINE FROM LITTLEFIELD...TO SEMINOLE...TO MIDLAND...TO OZONA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF LENORAH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES HOUR IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS... AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR IN THE NORTH. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291635-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1034 AM CDT (934 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994
... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GAINES, BORDEN,
DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 1025 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM...THE SOUTH PLAINS...TO THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND
EAST INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THIS AREA WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LUBBOCK
...TO MIDLAND...TO BIG LAKE...TO OZONA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY
STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE
TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 AM CDT (1035 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... ...SEVERE WATCH CANCELLED FOR GAINES COUNTY... AT 1125 AM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT COVERED A LARGE PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS ...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE CONCHO VALLEY. THIS AREA WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LUBBOCK...TO MIDLAND...TO OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE LAST HOUR. HOWEVER CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 AM CDT (1035 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... ...SEVERE WATCH CANCELLED FOR GAINES COUNTY... AT 1125 AM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT COVERED A LARGE PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS ...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE CONCHO VALLEY. THIS AREA WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LUBBOCK...TO MIDLAND...TO OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE LAST HOUR. HOWEVER CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR T2HE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1239 PM CDT (1139 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES. AT 1225 AM CDT...AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE BIG COUNTRY...AND THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM LUBBOCK...TO BIG8 SPRING...TO ABILENE...SOUTH THROUGH SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 30 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.