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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 4, 1995Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 1:38 AM CDT for Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 1995, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Tom Green County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Apr 3, 11:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-040515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1115 PM CDT MON APR 3 1995

...CORRECTED FOR TIME...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 1 AM
CDT...

AT 1105 PM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
EXTREME NORTHEAST STERLING COUNTY...8 MILES WEST OF SILVER.  MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WERE IN
SOUTHEAST HOWARD COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO STERLING COUNTY AROUND 1130 PM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-040600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1153 PM CDT MON APR 3 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR MOST OF THE
BIG COUNTRY INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...
MITCHELL...SCURRY...FISHER...NOLAN...JONES...COLEMAN AND SHACKELFORD.

AT 1150 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF THE
MITCHELL COUNTY LINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO STERLING
COUNTY.

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER A SMALL SECTION OF SOUTHEAST MITCHELL
COUNTY ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER WEST OF HIGHWAY 208. LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS NOTED.

MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 208 BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND ROBERT LEE
SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO PONDING OF RAINWATER ON ROAD SURFACES AND
FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-040600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1153 PM CDT MON APR 3 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR MOST OF THE
BIG COUNTRY INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...
MITCHELL...SCURRY...FISHER...NOLAN...JONES...COLEMAN AND SHACKELFORD.

AT 1150 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF THE
MITCHELL COUNTY LINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO STERLING
COUNTY.

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER A SMALL SECTION OF SOUTHEAST MITCHELL
COUNTY ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER WEST OF HIGHWAY 208. LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS NOTED.

MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 208 BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND ROBERT LEE
SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO PONDING OF RAINWATER ON ROAD SURFACES AND
FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:35 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-040730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
135 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR TAYLOR...NOLAN...
CALLAHAN...MITCHELL...FISHER...JONES...SCURRY...COLEMAN AND SHACKELFORD...

AT 130 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITHIN AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND
SHOWERS BOUNDED BY MINERAL WELLS TO JONESBORO TO SAN ANGELO TO GUTHRIE.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF MARYNEAL TO THE
NOLAN-COKE COUNTY LINE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
SMALL HAIL WERE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AT TWO INCHES PER HOUR
WITH THE NOLAN COUNTY STORM.  THE RELATIVELY SLOW STORM MOTION WILL
INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...ACCESS ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTO SOUTHERN NOLAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID
PONDING ON ROAD SURFACES.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS.  REDUCE SPEEDS TO DETER HYDROPLANING AND
ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIMES TO REACH DESTINATIONS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR FAVORITE COMMERCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:38 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-040730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
135 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT...

AT 130 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITHIN AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND
SHOWERS BOUNDED BY MINERAL WELLS TO JONESBORO TO SAN ANGELO TO GUTHRIE.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF MARYNEAL TO THE
NOLAN-COKE COUNTY LINE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
SMALL HAIL WERE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL RATES WITH THE NOLAN COUNTY STORM HAVE BEEN
ESTIMATED AT TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOTION OF THESE
STORMS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF LOW
WATER CROSSINGS...ACCESS ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE
AREAS.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTO SOUTHERN NOLAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID
PONDING ON ROAD SURFACES.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS.  REDUCE SPEEDS TO DETER HYDROPLANING AND
ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIMES TO REACH DESTINATIONS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR FAVORITE COMMERCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSterling51 min
Apr 3, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling61 min
Apr 4, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling28 min
Apr 4, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke32 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.