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Tornado Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 15, 2000Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT for Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 15, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Throckmorton County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 8:53 PM CDTHail 2.5Elbert, TX
Apr 15, 8:56 PM CDTHail 4.5Elbert, TX
Apr 15, 9:06 PM CDTHail 4Elbert, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2000-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 466 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 2000-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 160131
TORSJT
TXC447-160215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
830 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  THROCKMORTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES NORTH OF THROCKMORTON...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELBERT AT 850 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3340 9938 3303 9943 3301 9898 3339 9897

20/08/05

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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.