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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 26, 1995Irion County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1995, 7:58 PM CDT for Irion County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1995, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Irion County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1995-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 666 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 3 hours 4 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 54 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, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 9 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, 1 hour 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTReagan48 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.