Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1997, 10:01 AM CDT for Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 8, 1997, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1997, 10:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Carlsbad, 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 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.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 1:40 AM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:40 AM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 140 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOW A CLOSED LOW CONTINUING TO SPIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST ALONG THE ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO BORDER. A VORT MAX ROTATING AROUND THE LOW ACROSS WEST TEXAS HAS HELPED PRODUCED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE WEST OF MIDLAND WHICH CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING. NGM SEEMS TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY BETTER HANDLE ON THIS FEATURE. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WITH AN ASSOCIATED JET MAX IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE LOW...WITH DIFFLUENT FLOW CONTINUING OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A SURFACE TROUGH WAS LOCATED OVER FAR WEST TEXAS. THE CUT OFF LOW IS PROGGED TO WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH THE NEXT VORT MAX MOVING OVER WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE TO THE WEST WITH FORECASTED CAPES OF AROUND 2000 J/KG. STEEPER LAPSE RATES WILL ALSO BE TO THE WEST AS COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW MOVE OVER WEST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER WEST TEXAS AGAIN THIS EVENING WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE...SURFACE TROUGH AND LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. WITH THE STEEP LAPSE RATES...SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS SHOWN ON DAY 1 OUTLOOK. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN COUNTY WARNING AREA BY EVENING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH HEATING...INSTABILITY AND DEEP MOISTURE...WITH THETA E RIDGE OVER THE AREA. LACK OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PREVENT WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED ACTIVITY. AS THE LOW PUSHES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...DRY WEST WINDS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT THE ATMOSPHERE OVERNIGHT. LOWER LEVELS WILL REMAIN WET...WITH LOW CLOUDS AND LIGHT FOG A POSSIBILITY AGAIN BY TOMORROW MORNING. FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL GO CLOSE TO NGM GUIDANCE AND PERSISTENCE WITH CONDITIONS MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY. AVIAhTION NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE LOW FOR HIGHS WITH PRECIP CHANCES ALSO TOO HIGH. ABI 083/067 23 JCT 086/069 22 SJT 085/066 23 08
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 94 min |
| Jun 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coleman | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Taylor | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Fisher, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sterling | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 76 min |
| Jun 8, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.