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Tornado Warning 10, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 11:23 PM CDT for Concho County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 12:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Concho County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 1087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 150424 TORSJT TXC095-413-150530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1123 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...WESTERN CONCHO COUNTY...EASTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY AT 1120 PM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF VICK. AT 1120 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO. BOTH OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 14, 5:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ065-066-142325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 524 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH SECTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 515 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROBERT LEE IN COKE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAINS AS IT MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RUNNELS COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF WINTERS AROUND615 PM CDT. ...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS. THE DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 602 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER... AT 600 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE BIG COUNTRY...OVER COKE AND RUNNELS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AND AFFECT THE BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES OF NOLAN...TAYLOR...COLEMAN AND POSSIBLY MITCHELL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH BUT HAVE SLOWED TO 20 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES... GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IS THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 14, 8:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 832 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VIVID LIGHTNING STRIKES DEVELOPING OVER ABILENE... AT 825 PM CDT...RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE ABILENE AREA...SPOTTERS REPORT VIVID LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE BUFFALO GAP AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER IN SOUTHERN RUNNELS AND NORTHERN CONCHO COUNTIES...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE LAKE IVIE AREA IN SOUTHWEST COLEMAN COUNTY. BOATERS ON LAKE IVIE SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE NOW...CAMPERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE LAKE IVIE AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:38 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-150440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1038 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 AT 1030 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONCHO VALLEY. THE STORMS WERE INDICATED IN SOUTHEAST IRION...SOUTHERN TOM GREEN AND SOUTHWEST CONCHO COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CHRISTOVAL AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDEN. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE$ LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:16 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-150515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1114 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES... AT 1111 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF BROWN AND COLEMAN COUNTIES. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BANGS HILL...THIS STORM WILL APPROACH BROWNWOOD DURING THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 48 min |
| May 14, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 52 min |
| May 14, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 44 min |
| May 14, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 43 min |
| May 14, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 42 min |
| May 14, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 60 min |
| May 14, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 67 min |
| May 15, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 68 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.