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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 1, 1997McCulloch County, Mason County, Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 10:56 PM CST for McCulloch County, Mason County, Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
Mar 1, 1997, 10:56 PM CST (04:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 12:00 AM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 11:05 PM CSTHail 0.75Mason, 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 Mar 1, 8:39 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 8:39 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 10:07 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTKimble63 min
Mar 1, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.