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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1989, 12:17 PM CDT for Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 13, 1989, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1989, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Tom Green, 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSJT 131718
TORSJT
TXC451-131800-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1217 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
...TOM.GREEN
AT 1114 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOES LOCATED 3 MILES WEST
OF LAKE O. C. FISHER AND ANOTHER POSIBBLE TONADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
CARLESBAD. THESE TORNADOES WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.
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.
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, May 13, 10:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 1036 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989 AT 920 AM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SOME HEAVY WERE BUILDING RADIDLY IN THE CONCHO VCALLEY AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ON LOOP 307 AND HIGHWAY 87. ...WITH THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVI:SION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 1039 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989 AT 920 AM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SOME HEAVY WERE BUILDING RADIDLY IN THE CONCHO VCALLEY AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ON LOOP 306 AND HIGHWAY 87. ...WITH THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND T;ELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 1041 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989 AT 920 AM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SOME HEAVY WERE BUILDING RADIDLY IN THE CONCHO VCALLEY AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ON LOOP 306 AND HIGHWAY 87. ...WITH THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER OR? YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:56 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1156 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989 AT 1147 AM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND PRODUCING HAIL SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MIES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. OF STERLING CITY...ALONG THE CONCHO RIVER BETWEEN MERETA AND PAINT ROCK ...ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER NORTH OF DOOLE...AND IN COKE COUNTY WEST OF ROBERT LEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING SOME HAIL...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING. RADAR WAS WAS INDICATING HAIL WITH THE STORMS IN SOUTHERN STERLING COUNTY...NORTHWEST CONCHO COUNTY AND NEAR DOOLE IN MCCULLOCH COUNTY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION.p
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels, Tom Green | 69 min |
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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.