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Tornado Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 28, 1995Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1995, 5:25 PM CDT for Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Tom Green County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 282226
TORSJT
TXC451-282330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
525 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...TOM GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AT GOODFELLOW AIR
FORCE BASE IN SAN ANGELO. TREES HAVE BEEN UPROOTED AT HUSTON HARTE AND
ARDEN ROAD IN SAN ANGELO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A STORM
CELLAR.  IF NO STORM CELLAR IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS "A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS
PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY...OR GET UNDER A STURDY
PIECE OF FURNITURE.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTReagan42 min
May 28, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTReagan48 min
May 28, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green58 min
May 28, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling68 min
May 28, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green65 min
May 28, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho65 min
May 28, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho37 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.