Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 25, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT for Mason County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mason County, TX, Menard County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 010031 TORSJT TXC319-327-010130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 731 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...MASON COUNTY...MENARD COUNTY AT 728 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST MENARD COUNTY AND IN SOUTHWESTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A STORM CELLAR. IF NO STORM CELLAR IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTE2R 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.
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, 2:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 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, 4 hours 54 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, 3 hours 29 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, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 53 min |
| May 31, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 64 min |
| May 31, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 42 min |
| May 31, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.