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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS San Angelo, TX

February 25, 1998Brown County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 1998, 5:00 PM CST for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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
Feb 25, 1998, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 1998, 6:00 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brown County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 25, 5:15 PM CSTHail 0.75Brownwood, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 320 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-591 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 25, 2:42 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:42 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED CCF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
242 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

INCREASED POPS A BIT PER CURRENT SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS.

ABI 040/061 20
SJT 036/063 20
JCT. 040/064 40

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 2:29 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ049-053-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-
139-140-154-155-168>170-261405-

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
229 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SOUTHEAST OF A SONORA TO EDEN TO CROSS PLAINS
LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING....

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH A SURFACE
DRYLINE...DAYTIME HEATING...AND AMPLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WITH MODERATE LEVELS OF INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...A FEW
STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS
WILL BE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...SURFACE WINDS
OVER THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY MAY BECOME FAVORABLE
FOR A ISOLATED TORNADOES TO BECOME POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
EAST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS BY MIDNIGHT WITH NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

THIS OUTLOOK WILL RESUME SCHEDULED ISSUANCE ON MARCH 1 1998.
HOWEVER... THIS OUTLOOK WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS NEEDED WHEN
THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 2:29 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ049-053-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-
139-140-154-155-168>170-261405-

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
229 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SOUTHEAST OF A SONORA TO EDEN TO CROSS PLAINS
LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING....

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH A SURFACE
DRYLINE...DAYTIME HEATING...AND AMPLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WITH MODERATE LEVELS OF INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...A FEW
STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS
WILL BE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...SURFACE WINDS
OVER THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY MAY BECOME FAVORABLE
FOR A ISOLATED TORNADOES TO BECOME POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
EAST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS BY MIDNIGHT WITH NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

THIS OUTLOOK WILL RESUME SCHEDULED ISSUANCE ON MARCH 1 1998.
HOWEVER... THIS OUTLOOK WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS NEEDED WHEN
THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

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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.