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Tornado Warning 10, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 14, 1995Concho County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1087 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels48 min
May 14, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho52 min
May 14, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green44 min
May 14, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green43 min
May 14, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho42 min
May 14, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green60 min
May 14, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher67 min
May 15, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett68 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.