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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 7, 1995Crockett County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 2:49 PM CDT for Crockett County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Crockett County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2940 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.0

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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, May 7, 10:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-071635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU...NORTHWEST HILL  COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND UNTIL 1 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR THE HEARTLAND...

AT 1028 AM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST
OF OZONA.  MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

EARLIER THIS MORNING AT 940 AM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BALLINGER
BY THE BALLINGER POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED OVER
RUNNELS COUNTY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 11:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-048-071745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1148 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 6
OCLOCK THIS EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
TODAY...

AT 1145 AM CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALONG AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR CROSS PLAINS TO ALBANY TO THROCKMORTON TO
WICHITA FALLS.  STRONGEST STORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY WERE NEAR HUBBARD
CREEK LAKE AND NORTHEAST OF BAIRD...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
LIKELY NEAR THESE STRONG STORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS AND RISING FLOOD WATERS.  STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-071900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1251 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 6
OCLOCK THIS EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY...

AT 1250 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEAR BROWNWOOD TO BAIRD TO HUBBARD CREEK LAKE.

TO THE WEST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM NEAR GAIL IN BORDEN COUNTY TO WEST OF JUSTICEBURG TO NEAR MATADOR.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR DEVELOPING
WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS
SIGHTED OR REPORTED.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:01 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-072000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
159 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 6 OCLOCK
THIS EVENING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS TODAY...

AT 155 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM NEAR POST TO GAIL TO BIG SPRING TO WEST OF GARDEN CITY.

INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD...HOWEVER THE LINE
WAS MOVING EASTWARD AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO SCURRY AND MITCHELL
COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS...AND RISING FLOOD WATERS...AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green49 min
May 7, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke45 min
May 7, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels61 min
May 7, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher27 min
May 7, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green44 min
May 7, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho46 min
May 7, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green65 min
May 7, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho50 min
May 7, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.