Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2000, 7:55 PM CDT for Haskell County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 3 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 29, 2000, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stamford, TX | |
| Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stamford, TX | |
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Stamford, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 300056 COR SVRSJT TXC207-253-300200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE JONES COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 755 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HASKELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF STAMFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... STAMFORD AT 800 PM CDT HASKELL AT 835 PM CDT IRBY AT 855 PM CDT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING...AND STAY AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PRE PARE 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 3297 9998 3283 9988 3318 9948 3338 9961
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 29, 7:42 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 7:42 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 742 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2000 WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY FOR NEWLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .SJT...WIND CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TONIGHT ALL ZONES. 19 N
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:10 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>170-292200- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 210 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2000 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A WARM FRONT OVER THE BIG COUNTRY...AND NEAR OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AIDED BY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EJECTING FROM A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL 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. 14 N
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-292200- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 212 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2000 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A WARM FRONT OVER THE BIG COUNTRY...AND NEAR OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AIDED BY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EJECTING FROM A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY 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. 14 N
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Haskell | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 77 min |
| Apr 30, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Throckmorton | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 32 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.