Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 9, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 1997, 2:54 AM CST for Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 25, 1997, 2:54 AM CST (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1997, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Schleicher County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2:55 AM CST | Hail 1.75 | Eldorado, TX | |
| Mar 25, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Eldorado, 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
996 WFUS1 KSJT 250855 RRA TORSJT TXC413-251000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 254 AM CST TUE MAR 25 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY AT 253 AM CST...A POOSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY SAN ANGELO DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ELDORADO MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 10:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 10:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 49 min |
| Mar 24, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 11:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Taylor | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 66 min |
| Mar 24, 11:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling, Tom Green | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Irion, Tom Green | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 1:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 1:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 1:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 1:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 2:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 60 min |
| Mar 25, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 3:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 64 min |
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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.