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Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX

January 5, 1998McCulloch County, San Saba County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 1998, 4:54 PM CST for McCulloch County, San Saba County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
Jan 5, 1998, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 1998, 5:55 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties McCulloch County, TX, San Saba County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 5, 5:50 PM CSTHail 1.75San Saba, TX
Jan 5, 6:00 PM CSTTornado F0San Saba, TXA small shed was destroyed

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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 052254 RRA
TORSJT
TXC307-411-052355-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
454 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 555 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

   ...EASTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY
   ...WESTERN SAN SABA COUNTY

AT 450 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR AT SAN ANGELO INDICATED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRADY OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHELLE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL IN ROCHELLE AT 438 PM. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... ROCHELLE... PLACID
AND HALL. PEOPLE ALONG HIGHWAY 190 FROM BRADY TO ROCHELLE TO
RICHLAND SPRINGS SHOULD LOOKOUT FOR THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT... DIT&CH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.


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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 3:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch59 min
Jan 5, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch40 min
Jan 5, 5:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch46 min
Jan 5, 5:44 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba61 min

Nearby

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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.