Tornado Warning 7, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Mar 25, 1997, 1:02 AM CST (07:02 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 1997, 2:05 AM CST

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Tom Green 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.

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TTAA00 KSJT 250702 RRA
TORSJT
TXC451-250805-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
102 AM CST TUE MAR 25 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 205 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...TOM GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 101 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO
DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO OR IN THE VICINITY
OF GRAPE CREEK MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... GRAPE CREEK...
NORTHERN SAN ANGELO AND ORIENT.

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.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Mar 24, 8:54 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
853 PM CST MON MAR 24 1997

AT A 2Z COLD FRONT HAD PUSHED THROUGH AMARILLO. DRYLINE EXTENDED
FROM BIG BEND TO WEST OF MIDLAND...THEN TURNED RIGHT TO EAST
CHILDRESS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WENT THROUGH MITCHELL AND
HOWARD COUNTIES PRODUCED DIME TO NICKEL HAIL NORTH OF COLORADO CITY
BEFORE BEGAN TO DISSIPATE.

WITH DRYLINE HAVING PUSHED BACK TO SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND AN
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S...POPS CAN BE
INCREASED...PROBABLY UP TO 50 PERCENT IN CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU. OTHERWISE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD.

DECKER

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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.