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Tornado Warning 25, NWS San Angelo, TX

September 12, 2000Fisher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2000, 8:01 PM CDT for Fisher County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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: Sep 12, 2000, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Sep 12, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Fisher County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 12, 8:10 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Longworth, 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 130102
TORSJT

TXC151-130130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
801 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FISHER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYLVESTER...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES NORTHEAST OF SWEETWATER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LONGWORTH AT 810 PM CDT

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE AND GET
INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 12, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	52 min
Sep 12, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	52 min
Sep 12, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	37 min
Sep 12, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	34 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.