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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 22, 1996Sterling County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1996, 12:15 AM CDT for Sterling County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 1:05 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Sterling County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
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

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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, Apr 21, 8:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 21, 10:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 3 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling61 min
Apr 22, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling51 min
Apr 22, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke47 min
Apr 22, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling62 min
Apr 22, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke63 min
Apr 22, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green46 min
Apr 22, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels62 min
Apr 22, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion65 min
Apr 22, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green47 min
Apr 22, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green64 min
Apr 22, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke38 min
Apr 22, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels45 min
Apr 22, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho50 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.