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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 7, 2000Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 3:40 PM CST for Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 7, 2000, 3:40 PM CST (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2000, 4:45 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 3:50 PM CSTHail 0.75Tankersly, TX
Mar 7, 4:10 PM CSTHail 0.75San Angelo, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 7, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 870 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KSJT 072141
SVRSJT
TXC235-451-072245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
340 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  IRION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
  TOM GREEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 340 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERWOOD...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES EAST OF MERTZON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KNICKERBOCKER AT 350 PM CST
  TANKERSLEY AT 355 PM CST
  SAN ANGELO AT 410 PM CST
  VERIBEST AT 425 PM CST
  ORIENT AT 430 PM CST

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

TEW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor46 min
Mar 7, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton42 min
Mar 7, 4:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman47 min
Mar 7, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown67 min
Mar 7, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan52 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.