Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1996, 4:05 AM CDT for Irion County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1996, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1996, 5:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Irion County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 5021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 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 220904 SVRSJT TXC235-221010- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 405 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 510 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...IRION COUNTY AT 403 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR 27 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MERTZON OR 19 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BARNHART MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 21, 10:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1000 PM CST SUN APR 21 1996
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
....COUNTY LOCATION.... ..REMARKS..
0330 PM 2 W ABILENE TX DIME HAIL
04/21/96 TAYLOR NWS EMPLOYEE
0345 PM ABILENE TX DIME HAIL
04/21/96 TAYLOR ABILENE P.D.
0400 PM 4 SE STAMFORD TX SOFTBALL HAIL
04/21/96 JONES SKYWARN STORM SPOTTER
0402 PM 2 N ABILENE TX DIME HAIL
04/21/96 TAYLOR SKYWARN STORM SPOTTER
0403 PM 4 NW ABILENE TX GOLFBALL HAIL
04/21/96 TAYLOR KTXS-TV METEOROLOGIST
0425 PM 7 N HAWLEY TX GOLFBALL HAIL
04/21/96 JONES HAWLEY V.F.D.
0430 PM 2 N HAWLEY TX BASEBALL HAIL
04/21/96 JONES HAWLEY V.F.D.
0445 PM 8 W ALBANY TX GOLFBALL HAIL
04/21/96 SHACKELFORD SHACKELFORD CO S.O.
0543 PM FT GRIFFIN TX GOLFBALL HAIL
04/21/96 SHACKELFORD SHACKELFORD CO S.O.Special weather statement, Apr 21, 11:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-220515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1112 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 AT 1107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN STERLING COUNTY 14 MILES WEST OF STERLING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR Y(OUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 11:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-220515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1112 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996 AT 1107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN STERLING COUNTY 14 MILES WEST OF STERLING CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA 8WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 12:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-220630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1225 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST CONCHO VALLEY... AT 1215 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STERLING COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING CITY. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG A DRYLINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND TO NEAR SWEETWATER. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AS THE DRYLINE MOVES SLOWLY TO THE EAST. PERSONS IN THE CONCHO VALLEY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 12:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-049-220645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1244 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG DRYLINE IN WEST TEXAS... AT 1235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MITCHELL/STERLING COUNTY LINE SOUTHWESTWARD TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE MITCHELL/STERLING COUNTY LINE 25 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LIKELY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BIG COUNTRY RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND STEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 50 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.