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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 16, 2001Irion County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT for Irion County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 16, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Irion County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 16, 6:22 PM CDTHail 0.88Barnhart, 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 16, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 16, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-162300-

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
238 PM CDT MON APR 16 2001

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS
PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE BIG COUNTRY EARLY THIS
EVENING...THEN PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS BY MIDNIGHT. MEANWHILE...MOISTURE WILL SURGE BACK
NORTHWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AS DAYTIME
HEATING COMBINES WITH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS
HOWEVER WILL BE AFTER 9 PM...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES IN.

ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL EXIST OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TO PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A STERLING
CITY...WINTERS...SAN SABA LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREATS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED..

FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OUTLOOK SEE
PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT
LBBSPSLBB. FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT OKCSPSOKC.
FOR THE NORTH TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT FTWSPSFTW. FOR THE SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT SATSPSSAT.

04
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-162300-

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
241 PM CDT MON APR 16 2001

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS
PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE BIG COUNTRY EARLY THIS
EVENING...THEN PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS BY MIDNIGHT. MEANWHILE...MOISTURE WILL SURGE BACK
NORTHWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AS DAYTIME
HEATING COMBINES WITH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS
HOWEVER WILL BE AFTER 9 PM...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES IN.

ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL EXIST OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TO PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A STERLING
CITY...WINTERS...SAN SABA LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREATS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED..

FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OUTLOOK SEE
PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT
LBBSPSLBB. FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT OKCSPSOKC.
FOR THE NORTH TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT FTWSPSFTW. FOR THE SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT SATSPSSAT.

04

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion56 min
Apr 16, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green55 min
Apr 16, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.