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Tornado Warning 12, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 11, 2000Concho County, Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2000, 7:09 PM CDT for Concho County, Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2000, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Concho County, TX, Runnels County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 11, 7:20 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Paint Rock, 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 11, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

843 
WFUS54 KSJT 120009
TORSJT
TXC095-399-120045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
709 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
  NORTHERN CONCHO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF PAINT ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

21

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	60 min
Apr 11, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion	50 min
Apr 11, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, McCulloch	61 min
Apr 11, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher	65 min
Apr 11, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	66 min
Apr 11, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	63 min
Apr 11, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	54 min
Apr 11, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Menard	66 min
Apr 11, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, McCulloch	63 min
Apr 11, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Menard, Schleicher	60 min
Apr 11, 8:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Brown, Coleman	3 hr
Apr 11, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	59 min
Apr 11, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher	67 min
Apr 11, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.