Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1993, 8:47 PM CDT for Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1993, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 080148 RRA SVRSJT TXC235-451-080245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 847 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES S... IN TEXAS ...EASTERN IRION COUNTY...TOM GREEN COUNTY AT 842 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF MATHIS FIELD. THE IRION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFF REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL JUST NORTH OF MERTZON IN THE LAST 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND LOCAL SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 67 1 MILE WEST OF THE TOM GREEN COUNTY LINE IN THE LAST 5 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 7, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 550 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE BIG COUNTRY. AT 545 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST JONES COUNTY NORTH- EAST OF HAMLIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO SOUTHWEST HASKELL COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. THIS STORM COULD BECOME SEVERE AT ANY TIME. HEAVT RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF STERLING CITY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY EXC,EPT FOR BROWN COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 650 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 645 PM CDT ONLY A FEW RAIN SHOWER WERE NOTED OVER THE THE BIG COUNTRY AND THESE WERE OVER SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. THE STORMS REPORTED OVER HASKELL AND JONES COUNTY HAD MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. THE NEAREST THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BIG COUNTRY WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. THESE STORMS WERE NOTED IN SOUTHWEST STERLING COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY EXCEPT FOR BROWN COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 650 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 645 PM CDT ONLY A FEW RAIN SHOWER WERE NOTED OVER THE THE BIG COUNTRY AND THESE WERE OVER SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. THE STORMS REPORTED OVER HASKELL AND JONES COUNTY HAD MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. THE NEAREST THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BIG COUNTRY WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY. THESE STORMS WERE NOTED IN SOUTHWEST STERLING COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY EXCEPT FOR BROWN COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 755 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 750 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER THE BIG COUNTRY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY EXCEPT FOR BROWN COUNTY. CONDITIONS CONTINUE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM MENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THE DRY LINE WAS SITUATED ON A NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BIG COUNTRY. SO PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
TXZ012-015-019-024-029-030-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 755 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 750 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER THE BIG COUNTRY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY EXCEPT FOR BROWN COUNTY. CONDITIONS CONTINUE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM MENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THE DRY LINE WAS SITUATED ON A NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BIG COUNTRY. SO PERSONS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND... STAY TUNED TO NOAA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.