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Tornado Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 31, 1995Concho County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1995, 5:59 PM CDT for Concho County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Concho County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado F0	San Angelo, TX
May 31, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Paint Rock, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 312301
TORSJT
TXC095-451-010000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
559 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...CONCHO COUNTY...EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 557 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTH OF
ROWENA MOVING TO THE SOUTH 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR TENNISON MOVING TO THE SOUTH.
 
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN TOM GREEN AND NORTHERN CONCHO
COUNTIES BY 615 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.
 
 
 
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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, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Runnels	42 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, 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.