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Tornado Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 15, 1997Jones County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1997, 2:06 AM CDT for Jones 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
May 15, 1997, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1997, 3:10 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 2:22 AM CDTHail 0.75Anson, 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 1997-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 566 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 150706 RRA
TORSJT
TXC253-150810-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
206 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 310 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 203 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AT MORAN INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANSON OR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRUBY MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.  ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NOODLE.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... TRUBY... ANSON...
HODGES... HAWLEY AND NOODLE.

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.
 
12/8

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMitchell, Sterling58 min
May 15, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan61 min
May 15, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor61 min
May 15, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling, Tom Green64 min
May 15, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan60 min
May 15, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones50 min
May 15, 1:47 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke78 min
May 15, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTaylor2 hr
May 15, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford67 min
May 15, 2:32 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels63 min
May 15, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTJones, Shackelford3 hr
May 15, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett63 min
May 15, 2:51 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford79 min
May 15, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor47 min
May 15, 4:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTom Green2 hr
May 15, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford65 min
May 15, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher59 min
May 15, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown65 min
May 15, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher93 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.