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Tornado Warning 5, NWS San Angelo, TX

June 12, 2001Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2001, 9:47 PM CDT for Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2001, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fisher County, TX, Nolan County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2001-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4269 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
20 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.

469 
WFUS54 KSJT 130248
TORSJT
TXC151-353-130315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
947 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NOLAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
  SOUTHERN FISHER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO  
  JUST NORTHWEST OF ROSCOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LONGWORTH AT 1010 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.

LAT...LON 3251 10071 3249 10047 3262 10023 3278 10042

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan63 min
Jun 12, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan32 min
Jun 12, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones30 min
Jun 13, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton43 min
Jun 13, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford40 min
Jun 13, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton62 min
Jun 13, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton62 min
Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTThrockmorton106 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.