Tornado Warning 23, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Nov 6, 1996, 10:23 PM CST (04:23 UTC)

Expired

Nov 6, 1996, 11:10 PM CST

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kimble County, TX, Menard County, TX

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KSJT 070424
TORSJT
TXC267-327-070510-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1023 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1110 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN KIMBLE COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN MENARD COUNTY
 
AT 1021 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO
DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MENARD ALONG THE
BORDER OF KIMBLE AND MENARD COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... LONDON AND ERNA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 6, 8:29 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
827 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996

THE WINDS SHIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST AT SJT JUST BEFORE 8 PM AND THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY INDICATED BY OUR RADAR EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE IRION...TOM GREEN...AND CONCHO COUNTIES. THE
ORIGINAL CELLS THAT EXHIBITED SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS AT TIMES
OVER REAGAN...IRION...AND NORTHWEST TOM GREEN SEEM TO HAVE WEAKENED
AS THEY HAVE BECOME  CLUSTERED TOGETHER. THE MAIN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY SOUTHWARD TO
CROCKETT COUNTY...WHILE MORE STORMS CONTINUED IN THE NORTHERN
HEARTLAND. THE STORMS HAVE HELD THEIR OWN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT
AND WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE
WATCH...ESPECIALLY ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE FRONT. AS THE COLDER AIR
BECOMES DEEPER IN OUR NORTHERN AREAS...THE RAINS WILL BECOME MORE
GENERAL IN NATURE...BUT I CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME COLD HAIL AS THE
VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE NOW NEAR EL PASO SWEEPS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
DURING THE NIGHT.

THERE WILL STILL PROBABLY BE LEFTOVER RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT THE
MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAINS WERE PRETTY LIGHT BEHIND THE
MAIN STORM LINE...AND JUST ABOUT OVER FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS
WESTWARD. IT MAY BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO SUNRISE BEFORE WE CLEAR OUT
BUT THE CLEARING PROCESS WILL BE QUICK ONCE THE SHORTWAVE PUSHES
THROUGH. WILL LEAVE FORECASTS AS IS UNTIL THE STORMS WEAKEN OR MOVE
OUT.

DEUTSCHENDORF

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.