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Tornado Warning 18, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1995, 5:18 PM CDT for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1995, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Runnels County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Ballinger To, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 312219 TORSJT TXC399-312300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 518 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...WESTERN RUNNELS COUNTY SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERS NORTH AND EAST OF BRONTE IN EASTERN COKE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL EFFECT WESTERN RUNNELS NEAR MAVERICK BY 545 PM. 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 31, 1:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ127-113-114-128-311915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 117 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST BIG COUNTRY... AT 110 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF THE BIG COUNTRY EARLIER...WERE MOVING INTO THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS LOCATED OVER SHACKELFORD COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF ALBANY. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN ANY BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING... GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE PATH OF THREATENING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-312030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 226 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FISHER... NOLAN...SCURRY...MITCHELL...STONEWALL...TAYLOR AND JONES COUNTIES... AT 210 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STORMS NORTHWEST OF SCURRY AND STONEWALL COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF SHACKELFORD AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER THE BIG COUNTRY YET...BUT THE AREA HAS SEEN RAPID DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST HOUR AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHT THE AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE WATCH AREA...BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-312030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 226 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FISHER... NOLAN...SCURRY...MITCHELL...STONEWALL...TAYLOR AND JONES COUNTIES... AT 210 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STORMS NORTHWEST OF SCURRY AND STONEWALL COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF SHACKELFORD AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER THE BIG COUNTRY YET...BUT THE AREA HAS SEEN RAPID DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST HOUR AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE WATCH AREA...BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-312205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 402 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: COKE..CONCHO..CROCKETT..IRION.. RUNNELS..SHLEICHER..STERLING..TOM GREEN..MCCULLOCH..SAN SABA.. KIMBLE..MASON..AND MENARD... AT 400 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CONCHO VALLEY.. THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY..THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU..OR THE HEARTLAND. HOWEVER, THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND MAY EFFECT THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND MAY EFFECT THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAINS IN A NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 47 min |
| May 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 54 min |
| May 31, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 51 min |
| May 31, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 61 min |
| May 31, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 59 min |
| May 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.