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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS San Angelo, TX

October 28, 2000McCulloch County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 28, 2000, 7:46 PM CDT for McCulloch County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County McCulloch County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 28, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 00:00Z on 2000-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 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 00:00Z on 2000-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KSJT 290046
SVRSJT
TXC307-290130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
746 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOOLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BRADY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAILSTONES AS LARGE AS NICKELS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3144 9960 3125 9960 3143 9911 3147 9922
          3141 9931 3143 9953

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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, 3:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 3:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
318 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000

LOTS GOING ON THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL KEEP THIS IS SHORT. SEVERAL
LINES OF STORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST TEXAS. ONE LINE FROM SJT TO ABI IS
MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. A SECOND LINE...CONTAINING AN IMPRESSIVE
BOW...IS RAPIDLY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES FROM THE PERMIAN
BASIN AND SOUTH PLAINS. WITH STORMS MOVING THROUGH...WILL CARRY LIKELY
POPS AREAWIDE FOR TONIGHT. UPPER SYSTEM CLEARS EVEN THE SOUTHEAST
ZONES BY SUNRISE...SO WILL STICK WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.

ANOTHER SYSTEM DIVES IN FOR TUESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF
STORMS.

ABI 056/074/055/077 9000
SJT 058/075/055/078 8000
JCT 060/075/055/078 7100

.SJT...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 28, 2:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble53 min
Oct 28, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman56 min
Oct 28, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble35 min
Oct 28, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTMenard, Schleicher, Sutton3 hr
Oct 29, 3:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown3 hr
Oct 29, 9:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSJTMenard2 hr

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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.