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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 2000, 4:45 PM CST for Runnels County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2000, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2000, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Runnels County, TX, Taylor County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 5:05 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Tuscola, TX | Dime size hail was reported along the Runnels and Taylor county line. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 022245 SVRSJT TXC399-441-022330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 445 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RUNNELS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 439 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINGATE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF WINTERS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BRADSHAW...HAPPY VALLEY AT 455 PM CST BUFFALO GAP...VIEW AT 520 PM CST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3197 10019 3190 9999 3235 9978 3@243 10003
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 Nov 2, 2:31 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 2:31 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 231 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 COLD FRONT STALLED OUT JUST SOUTH OF OUR CWFA...AND APPEARS TO BE DRIFTING BACK NORTHWARD SLIGHTLY. SOUTH WINDS HAVE PICKED UP QUITE A BIT ALOFT...WITH OVERRUNNING ALREADY DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH TONIGHT AS OVERRUNNING INCREASES. MAY SEE A FEW STRONGER STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. UPPER LOW STAYING PARKED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND IT INTO WEST TEXAS. WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AND TRAINING OF STORMS LIKELY ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT...EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING. BEST THREAT FOR HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY. WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR CONCHO VALLEY SOUTHWARD...WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY PRETTY SATURATED FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. BIG COUNTRY MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED IF FRONT PULLS FURTHER TO THE NORTH...BUT WILL LEAVE THAT AREA OUT FOR THE TIME BEING. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURES WITH HIGH DEWPOINTS AND CLOUD COVER KEEPING OVERNIGHT LOWS RATHER WARM AND AFTERNOON HIGHS COOL. RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF A LITTLE FOR SATURDAY...BUT WITH SHORTWAVES CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND CONTINUED MOISTURE...WILL KEEP SOME RAIN CHANCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ABI 054/060/047/057 7852 SJT 058/061/047/057 8932 JCT 060/062/046/057 9942 .SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CONCHO VALLEY...HEARTLAND...EDWARDS PLATEAU...NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SAN SABA...LLANO...AND FOR THE COLORADO RIVER (BALLINGER SOUTHWARD) T[HROUGH TONIGHT. 08
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 2:06 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-022355- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 206 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...SAN SABA LINE. RAINFALL COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS OVERRUNS A WEAK COLD FRONT. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY MOIST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...AS INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL....MAINLY SOUTH OF A STERLING CITY...COLEMAN... BROWNWOOD LINE. IN THIS AREA...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.. THIS OUTLOOK WILL RESUME SCHEDULED ISSUANCE ON MARCH 15 2001. HOWEVER... THIS OUTLOOK WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS NEEDED WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 48 min |
| Nov 2, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason, Menard | 52 min |
| Nov 2, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason, Menard | 31 min |
| Nov 2, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 31 min |
| Nov 2, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.