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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 11, 2001Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2001, 1:13 AM CDT for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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 11, 2001, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2001, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Runnels County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 11, 1:20 AM CDTHail 1Ballinger, TX
Apr 11, 1:20 AM CDTThunderstorm WindBallinger, TXLarge tree limbs downed by high winds.

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 10, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 740 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KSJT 110614
SVRSJT
TXC399-110715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
113 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUNNELS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF ROWENA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BALLINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   BALLINGER AT 120 AM CDT
   BENOIT...HATCHEL AT 125 AM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING...AND STAY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO4 DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3169 10020 3160 10008 3181 9972 3197 9991

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 11, 12:35 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 12:35 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1235 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001

UPDATED CURRENT PACKAGE TO REMOVE EXPIRED TORNADO WATCHES AND
CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL ZONES TONIGHT.

.SJT...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 AM ZONES 98-99-113-114-127-128-66-139-
                                      140-73-154-155-168>170
       WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES THROUGH 3 AM.
       FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL ZONES ON WEDNESDAY.

HUBER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 11, 12:30 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1230 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM    25NE SONORA               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SUTTON                         GOLF BALL HAIL

1115 PM    5E SAN ANGELO             TX   WIND DAMAGE
04/10/01   TOM GREEN                      NUMEROUS SIGNS DOWN

1205 AM    10E SONORA                TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/11/01   SUTTON                         GOLF BALL HAIL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones42 min
Apr 10, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion41 min
Apr 10, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton67 min
Apr 10, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell45 min
Apr 10, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSutton40 min
Apr 10, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion48 min
Apr 10, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard55 min
Apr 10, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green38 min
Apr 10, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Runnels58 min
Apr 11, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman56 min
Apr 11, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard, Schleicher66 min
Apr 11, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.