Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 28, 2000, 2:31 PM CDT for Crockett County, Texas. It was in force for 74 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2000, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2000, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Crockett County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
041 WUUS54 KSJT 281931 SVRSJT TXC105-282045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 231 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY TO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...OR FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CRANE TO 37 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3117 10239 3025 10259 3024 10157 3142 10140 12
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 Oct 28, 11:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 11:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1128 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000 HAVE ISSUED UPDATED ZONES FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH FOR IRION... STERLING... AND CROCKETT COUNTIES. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT UPDATES TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. WOULD ANTIPATE FURTHER UPDATES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. 12
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 28, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-282025-
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1137 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000
...THERE IS MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM OZONA TO BROWNWOOD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
A VERY VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND
STRONG WIND SHEAR... ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
LIKELY. CONDITIONS ARE MOST FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OZONA TO BROWNWOOD. HOWEVER... THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH PRECIPITATION
RATES. RAINFALL RATES WILL APPROACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL POSSIBLE.
A TORNADO WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES... ADDITIONAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLY TORNADO WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED..
FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OUTLOOK SEE
PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT
LBBSPSLBB. FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT OKCSPSOKC.
FOR THE NORTH TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT FTWSPSFTW. FOR THE SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS{ OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT SATSPSSAT.
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NNNNSpecial weather statement, Oct 28, 2:01 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-282025- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 201 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000 ...THERE IS MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OZONA TO BROWNWOOD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A VERY VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG WIND SHEAR... ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY. CONDITIONS ARE MOST FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OZONA TO BROWNWOOD. HOWEVER... THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH PRECIPITATION RATES. RAINFALL RATES WILL APPROACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES... ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLY TORNADO WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION AS ALREADY BEGUN.. FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSLBB. FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT OKCSPSOKC. FOR THE NORTH TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT FTWSPSFTW. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT SATSPSSAT. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 55 min |
| Oct 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 72 min |
| Oct 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sutton | 24 min |
| Oct 28, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sutton | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.