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Tornado Warning 9, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1996, 8:07 PM CDT for Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- May 29, 1996, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1996, 9:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1926 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 300106 TORSJT TXC235-451-300210- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 807 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHWESTERN IRION COUNTY ...THE PANHANDLE OF TOM GREEN COUNTY AT 805 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERTZON OR 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ARDEN MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 163 IN EXTREME NORTHERN IRION COUNTY BY 840 PM. 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. $$ JJACKSON/OAKS
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, 4 hours 30 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, 4 hours 9 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, 3 hours 20 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, 2 hours 5 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, 2 hours 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, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 63 min |
| May 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 62 min |
| May 29, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 64 min |
| May 29, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion | 62 min |
| May 29, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 66 min |
| May 29, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard | 65 min |
| May 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 61 min |
| May 29, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 64 min |
| May 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 61 min |
| May 29, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 63 min |
| May 29, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 63 min |
| May 29, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Menard | 3 hr |
| May 29, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 62 min |
| May 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Sutton | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.