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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 7:56 PM CDT for Concho County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 19, 2000, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Concho County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Eden, TX | |
| Apr 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Eden, 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 nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 3020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 200057 SVRSJT TXC095-200145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 756 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CONCHO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAILSTONES AS LARGE AS QUARTERS 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 3124 9998 3109 9988 3120 9961 3148 9961 TEW
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 Apr 19, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 655 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE DRYLINE EXTENDING FROM EDEN TO OZONA. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND TOM GREEN COUNTY. REST OF THE FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK. .SJT...NONE. TEW N
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 2:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-192305- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 220 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM THROCKMORTON TO EDEN TO SONORA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. HOWEVER A STRONG CAP...EVIDENT BY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...REMAINS IN PLACE. SEVERAL FEATURES THIS AFTERNOON COULD TRIGGER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. A DRY LINE WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE DRY LINE...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING...COULD GENERATE THE NECESSARY LIFT TO BREAK THE CAP AND PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HEARTLAND AND THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRONG DYNAMICS ALOFT...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD QUICKLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.. 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. 20 N
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard, Schleicher | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, McCulloch | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 68 min |
| Apr 19, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.