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Tornado Warning 5, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1995, 4:31 PM CDT for Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1995, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2940 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 072134 TORSJT TXC451-072215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 431 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY DOPLAR RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF SAN ANGELO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN THE PAST HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE PASSING VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY OF WALL AROUND 445 PM. 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. DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. VEHICLES ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING...IF ONE IS NEARBY...OTHERWISE SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...BUT BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF RISING WATER.
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 7, 10:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ064>066-070>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-071635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND UNTIL 1 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR THE HEARTLAND... AT 1028 AM CDT SAN ANGELO RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. EARLIER THIS MORNING AT 940 AM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BALLINGER BY THE BALLINGER POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED OVER RUNNELS COUNTY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 11:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-048-071745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1148 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 6 OCLOCK THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY... AT 1145 AM CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR CROSS PLAINS TO ALBANY TO THROCKMORTON TO WICHITA FALLS. STRONGEST STORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY WERE NEAR HUBBARD CREEK LAKE AND NORTHEAST OF BAIRD...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LIKELY NEAR THESE STRONG STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND RISING FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 12:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-071900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1251 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 6 OCLOCK THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY... AT 1250 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BROWNWOOD TO BAIRD TO HUBBARD CREEK LAKE. TO THE WEST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR GAIL IN BORDEN COUNTY TO WEST OF JUSTICEBURG TO NEAR MATADOR. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR DEVELOPING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 159 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 6 OCLOCK THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS TODAY... AT 155 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR POST TO GAIL TO BIG SPRING TO WEST OF GARDEN CITY. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD...HOWEVER THE LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS...AND RISING FLOOD WATERS...AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 49 min |
| May 7, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 45 min |
| May 7, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 61 min |
| May 7, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 41 min |
| May 7, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 27 min |
| May 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 46 min |
| May 7, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 65 min |
| May 7, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 42 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.