Tornado Warning 37, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Jun 11, 1997, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 1997, 11:20 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Shackelford County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 120333 RRA
TORSJT
TXC417-120420-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1033 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1120 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...SHACKELFORD COUNTY
 
AT 1030 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN
THE VICINITY OF LEUDERS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... ALBANY AND IBEX.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNfDER A WORKBENCH OR
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS... PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
 

&
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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 11, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
843 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
THROUGH THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH PLAINS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE...CONTINUES TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD. STORMS HAVE SHOWED
SOME SIGNS OF WEAKENING DURING THE LAST HOUR...BUT WITH THE 21Z RUC
FORECASTING A LOW LEVEL JET OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS SETTING UP BY
MIDNIGHT...THINK THE STORMS WILL AT LEAST PERSIST INTO THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE AREA. THUS...FAVOR INCREASING POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU...CONCHO VALLEY...AND WESTERN BIG COUNTRY INTO THE
CHANCE CATEGORY. AS FOR THE EASTERN HALF...MUCH DEPENDS ON WHAT
HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT HOUR...BUT WITH THE FAIRLY SLOW MOVEMENT AND
SLOW WEAKENING...THINK WIDELY SCATTERED MAY WORK FOR NOW. CAN ALWAYS
INCREASE CHANCES LATER IF THE STORMS FAIL TO DECREASE.

AREA BESET BY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST WEEK. RADAR TRENDS SEEM TO
INDICATE THE STEADY MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS SHOULD COMBINE WITH THE
WEAKENING TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. HOWEVER...WILL CLOSELY
MONITOR.

TEMPERATURES AND WINDS LOOK ON TRACK FOR NOW.

PMCCULLOUGH

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