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Tornado Warning 6, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1996, 6:21 PM CDT for Irion County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 5 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, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1996, 7:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 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, 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, 11.4 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
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 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, 2 hours 44 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, 2 hours 23 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, 1 hour 34 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.
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:02 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-049-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 559 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR...JONES...NOLAN...MITCHELL AND FISHER UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AND PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN YOUR AREA. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. TAKE SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED IN YOUR AREA UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASS3ED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATVHER INFORMATION. &
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:07 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ127-054-053-113-114-140-128-139-049-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 559 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR...JONES...NOLAN...MITCHELL AND FISHER COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AND PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN YOUR AREA. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. TAKE SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED IN YOUR AREA UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIZONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. &
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, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion | 65 min |
| May 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 62 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 |
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.