Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Mar 24, 1997, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)

Expired

Mar 24, 1997, 11:30 PM CST

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Taylor County, TX

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KSJT 250443 RRA
TORSJT
TXC441-250530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1042 PM CST MON MAR 24 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO
DOPPLER RADAR 26 MILES WEST OF ABILENE OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TRENT MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. AT 1035 PM THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL
TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. PEOPLE ON
INTERSTATE 20 WEST OF ABILENE SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... TRENT... MERKEL
AND ABILENE.

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 LOWE
ST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
 
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.