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Tornado Warning 24, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 26, 2000Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2000, 7:22 PM CDT for Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
May 26, 2000, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
53 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
May 26, 7:25 PM CDTHail 2.75Throckmorton, TXBaseball size hail was reported in northern Throckmorton County.
May 26, 7:30 PM CDTTornado F0Throckmorton, TXA tornado was reported in eastern Throckmorton County. The tornado was on the ground for 90 seconds, but no significant damage was reported.
May 26, 8:00 PM CDTHail 2.75Elbert, 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
May 26, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3095 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
11.4

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The text

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

663 
WFUS54 KSJT 270022
TORSJT
TXC447-270115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
722 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF ELBERT...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH
  OF THROCKMORTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELBERT AT 755 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3338 9930 3320 9933 3316 9898 3337 9898

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels95 min
May 27, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke46 min
May 27, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor88 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green89 min
May 27, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman89 min
May 27, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett64 min
May 27, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.