Tornado Warning 8, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Mar 25, 1997, 1:27 AM CST (07:27 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 1997, 2:30 AM CST

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Coke County, TX, Runnels 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 250727 RRA
TORSJT
TXC081-399-250830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...COKE COUNTY
   ...RUNNELS COUNTY
 
AT 125 AM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO
DOPPLER RADAR 21 MILES WEST OF BALLINGER OR 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF TENNYSON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... TENNYSON...
ROWENA... BALLINGER AND HATCHEL.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAS^T RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. SEEK SAFETY IN AN INNER
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
 
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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 33 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.