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Tornado Warning 5, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT for Irion County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 7 reports 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
- May 29, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1996, 6:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Irion County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mertzon, TX | |
| May 29, 6:08 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Sherwood, TX | |
| May 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Mertzon, TX | |
| May 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 | Mertzon, TX | |
| May 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Mertzon, TX | |
| May 29, 6:36 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Mertzon, TX | |
| May 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Hail 4 | Mertzon, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 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
- 2227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 292229 TORSJT TXC235-292335- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 530 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 635 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IRION COUNTY AT 524 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERTZON OR 14 MILES WEST OF ARDEN MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS. THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERTZON NEAR TEXAS HIGHWAY 163 AT 515 PM CDT. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SAFETY IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. BE MINDFUL OF RISING WATERS. $ $ JACKSON/DEUTSCHENDORF &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 29, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-292140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 338 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 AT 3:35 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST IRION AND SOUTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTIES. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ064>066-071>073-076>078-154-155-168>170-292140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 338 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 AT 3:35 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST IRION AND SOUTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTIES. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR L OCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:47 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ064-065-071-072-292235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 448 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY... AT 4:45 PM CDT SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NOWTHWEST IRION COUNTY AND NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AS THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY MORE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 59 min |
| May 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion | 59 min |
| May 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 60 min |
| May 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 65 min |
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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.