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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 16, 1997Mitchell County, Nolan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1997, 9:25 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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
Apr 16, 1997, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1997, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 10:04 PM CDTHail 1Roscoe, TX
Apr 16, 10:13 PM CDTHail 1Sweetwater, 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 16, 9:02 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 9:02 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMitchell61 min
Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling62 min
Apr 16, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMitchell64 min
Apr 16, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan63 min
Apr 16, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor65 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.