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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 25, 1995Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 1995, 5:01 PM CST for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Mar 25, 1995, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1995, 6:00 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Runnels County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 25, 5:10 PM CSTTornado F0Ballinger, TXSevere storms occurred in and near the Concho Valley. Spotters and local sheriff's offices reported many hail reports, though little damage was reported. A short-lived tornado was reported near Ballinger by the public and the Department of Public Safety. It

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, 11.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-380 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 252302
TORSJT
TXC399-260000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
501 PM CST SAT MAR 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...RUNNELS COUNTY
 
AT 458 PM THE DOPPLER RADAR AT ABILENE INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
IN BALLINGER IN RUNNELS COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF BALLINGER...NEAR BALLINGER AND NEAR ROWENA.
 
THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN BALLINGER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN
BALLINGER.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING...OR AS A LAST RESORT GET INTO A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 4:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling44 min
Mar 25, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green47 min
Mar 25, 9:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels68 min
Mar 25, 2:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling53 min
Mar 25, 3:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke44 min
Mar 25, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTCoke36 min
Mar 25, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green31 min
Mar 25, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green44 min
Mar 25, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels55 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.