Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 6, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 6:21 PM CDT for Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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 14, 1995, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tom Green County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Water Valley, 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, 11.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 142321 TORSJT TXC451-150030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 621 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTH CENTRAL TOM GREEN COUNTY ...AT 618 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR IN SAN ANGELO SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF SAN ANGELO..JUST EAST OF SANATORIUM...WITH THE STORM EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO COKE COUNTY OVER ROBERT LEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. 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.
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 14, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ065-142240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 438 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTH SECTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 425 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED TWO SMALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY SHOWERS IN COKE COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SAN ANGELO AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ROBERT LEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORETHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF BLACKWELL IN NOLAN COUNTY AT 530 PM CDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...THESE ISOLATED SMALL STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING ABOVE 25 MPNH AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ127-113-114-140-128-139-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 450 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BLACKWELL... AT 450 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROBERT LEE IN COKE COUNTY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL APPROACH BLACKWELL IN SOUTHERN NOLAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAIL AS IT AFFECTS THE BIG COUNTRY DURING THE NEXT HOUR...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAY WARRANT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NOLAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THE BLACKWELL AREA...AND IN SWEETWATER AND ABILENE SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOLD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. > STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:25 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
TXZ065-066-142325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 524 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH SECTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 515 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROBERT LEE IN COKE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAINS AS IT MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RUNNELS COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF WINTERS AROUND615 PM CDT. ...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS. THE DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:03 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-044-049-048-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 602 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER... AT 600 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE BIG COUNTRY...OVER COKE AND RUNNELS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AND AFFECT THE BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES OF NOLAN...TAYLOR...COLEMAN AND POSSIBLY MITCHELL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH BUT HAVE SLOWED TO 20 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES... GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IS THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 55 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.