Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 1:58 AM CDT for Coke County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1995, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1995, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coke County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 040659 RRA SVRSJT TXC081-040730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 158 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN COKE COUNTY AT 157 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF ROBERT LEE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 11:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 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, 2 hours 5 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, 2 hours 2 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, 23 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, 20 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:43 AM CDT, 15 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.