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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 27, 1996Crockett County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1996, 12:39 AM CDT for Crockett County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
May 27, 1996, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1996, 1:40 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Crockett County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2195 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Special weather statement, May 26, 9:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher47 min
May 26, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher65 min
May 27, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard48 min
May 27, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton50 min
May 27, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch49 min
May 27, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho46 min
May 27, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Sutton65 min
May 27, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba45 min
May 27, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, San Saba59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.