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Tornado Warning 22, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 18, 2000Coleman County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2000, 9:46 PM CDT for Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2000, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Coleman County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2000-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2268 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
2268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

455 
WFUS54 KSJT 190247
TORSJT
TXC083-190345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
946 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 944 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MOZELLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANTA 
  ANNA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TRICKHAM AT 1045 PM CDT

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

ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...AND GO TO A NEARBY STURDY
BUILDING. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3171 9955 3153 9959 3149 9921 3168 9921

MG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green81 min
May 18, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels97 min
May 18, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman42 min
May 18, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels57 min
May 18, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman55 min
May 18, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown60 min
May 18, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green86 min
May 18, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown55 min
May 18, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke45 min
May 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho63 min
May 19, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho48 min
May 19, 3:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTSan Saba118 min
May 19, 8:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling53 min
May 19, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan26 min
May 19, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke48 min
May 19, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green59 min
May 19, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton52 min
May 19, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling45 min
May 19, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton25 min
May 19, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green53 min
May 19, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green57 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.