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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 23, 2001Menard County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2001, 12:10 AM CDT for Menard County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 23, 2001, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Menard County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 12:40 AM CDTHail 0.75Menard, 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 22, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1796 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 22, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1012 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001

WILL SEND A ZONE UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN HALF
OF CWFA...BASED ON RADAR TRENDS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher46 min
Apr 22, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton57 min
Apr 22, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMenard60 min
Apr 22, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTBrown3 hr
Apr 22, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton67 min
Apr 22, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble64 min
Apr 23, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch44 min
Apr 23, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason50 min
Apr 23, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble43 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.