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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 7, 1996Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1996, 4:41 AM CDT for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Jun 7, 1996, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1996, 5:40 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Runnels County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 5:05 AM CDTHail 0.75Winters, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 1996-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1134 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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, Jun 6, 11:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-070850-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
243 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY HAS BEEN
   EXTENDED UNTIL 8 AM...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE HEARTLAND
   INCLUDING MCCULLOCH AND SAN SABA COUNTIES...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU
   IS CANCELLED AND NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

AT 240 AM DOPPLER RADAR IN SAN ANGELO DETECTED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CROCKETT AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
IRION COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN OZONA
AND BARNHART. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH 20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG
COUNTRY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE CONCHO VALLEY AND
HEARTLAND LATER THIS MORNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-076-154-155-070940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
338 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 8 AM...

AT 330 AM CDT...SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDERS OF COKE AND RUNNELS
COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO WACO.  THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DROP
SOUTHWARD AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND BY
SUNRISE.  VERY HEAVY RAINS...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 8 AM.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

OAKS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-154-155-168>170-071020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
413 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAN SABA COUNTY
UNTIL 10 AM...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY
AND MCCULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL 8 AM...

AT 410 AM CDT...SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF RUNNELS
COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WINTERS AREA BY 415 AM AND THE BALLINGER AREA BY 430 AM.

ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST SAN
SABA COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 35 MPH.  SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE VICINITY OF CHEROKEE THROUGH 430 AM.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO
DEVELOPING OVER MENARD AND MCCULLOCH COUNTIES AND WILL AFFECT THE
BRADY AND MENARD AREAS BY 5 AM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO WACO.  THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DROP
SOUTHWARD AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...
HEARTLAND...AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY BY SUNRISE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

OAKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke61 min
Jun 7, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling63 min
Jun 7, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSan Saba3 hr

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.