Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reagan County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 270013 SVRSJT TXC383-270100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 712 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...REAGAN COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST OF STILES AND 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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 26, 4:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-262255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 454 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU... AT 440 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN THE CONCHO VALLEY OR THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSON IN THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHE6R RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 502 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STONEWALL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES OF FISHER...NOLAN...SCURRY...MITCHELL AND STONEWALL. AT 445 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORM OVER NORTHERN STONEWALL COUNTY HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AND LOSS STRENGTH. A STORM LOCATED NORTHWEST OF SWEETWATER AND SOUTHWEST OF LONGWORTH CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST...BUT ALSO HAS LOSS STRENGTH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS LOCATED IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF A CONTINUED THREAT OF RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE EVENING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-262355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 550 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND N
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 555 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES OF...STONEWALL...SCURRY...MITCHELL...NOLAN...FISHER...UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 545 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES SOME DEVELOPING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS IN WESTERN SCURRY COUNTY. NO OTHER PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN THE BIG COUNTRY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TO NEAR MIDLAND AND MAY BEGIN TO EFFECT THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE BIG COUNTRY BY 8PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SPTAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:49 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-270050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 649 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU... AT 640 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST CROCKETT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL EFFECT THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY AND THE NORTHWEST EDWARDS PLATEAU IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. PERSON IN THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:58 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-270100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 655 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES OF STONEWALL...SCURRY...MITCHELL...NOLAN...AND FISHER UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 645 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. THIS WAS THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS FROM NEAR CROSBY TO SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING IN THE BIG COUNTRY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE BIG COUNTRY SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 47 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.