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Tornado Warning 3, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1990, 8:13 PM CDT for McCulloch County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 11, 1990, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McCulloch 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 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mcculloch, 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 120114 TORSJT TXC307-120215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 813 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MCCULLOCH COUNTY AT 807 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MELVIN TX. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM OF THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. 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 CA R 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, May 11, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 340 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 10 OCLOCK THIS EVENING. AT 330 PM CDT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...NEAR WINTERS...AND ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SAN ANGELO. SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING NEAR COMANCHE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.` PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR DEVELOPING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ017-029-034-018-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 359 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF THE CONCHO VALLEY FROM 4 PM CDT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. THE CONCHO VALLEY COUNTIES EFFECTED ARE...COKE... CONCHO...IRION...KIMBLE...MCCULLOCH...MASON...MENARD...RUNNELS... SCHLEICHER...STERLING...SUTTON AND TOM GREEN. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED UP IN THE CONCHO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 350 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING STORM OVER THE MIDDLE CONCHO RIVER...NORTH OF MERTZON...IN NORTHEAST IRION COUNTY. ALSO A SHOWER WAS LOCATED OVER THE HARRIET AREA SOUTHWEST OF MILES AND A SMALL THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OUT OF RUNNELS COUNTY NEAR BRADSHAW. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE COVER IF IT APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-120030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 440 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 10 OCLOCK THIS EVENING. AT 430 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...NEAR TUSCOLA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED JUST NORTH OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ016-017-029-034-018-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 457 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF THE CONCHO VALLEY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A DRY LINE THAT HAS ENTERED REAGAN AND CROCKETT COUNTIES. AT 440 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR STILES...IN REAGAN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST THROUGH RANKIN AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST CROCKETT COUNTY AND ON WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF STILES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSON IN REAGAN COUNTY...PARTICULARLY FROM STILES NORTHWARD...SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONG STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. ELSEWHERE...A SMALL THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD ALSO KEEP A WATCH FOR SIGNS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER AND TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF THEATENING CONDITIONS APPROACH. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-120230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 540 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 10 OCLOCK THIS EVENING. AT 530 PM CDT A AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO WEST OF SAN ANGELO TO STERLING CITY TO NEAR ROBERT LEE. STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS CLOSE TO THIS AREA OF STORMS...AND IN THE WATCH AREA...SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO... TV OR N.OAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 61 min |
| May 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 57 min |
| May 11, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 50 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.