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Tornado Warning 9, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 23, 2003Fisher County, Jones County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2003, 1:55 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2003, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 11:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1415 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
8.5

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The text

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

904 
WFUS54 KSJT 231855
TORSJT
TXC151-253-232000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
153 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  FISHER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SYLVESTER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF  
ROBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   HAMLIN AT 200 PM CDT
   ANSON AT 205 PM CDT
   STAMFORD...AVOCA...NUGENT AT 220 PM CDT

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AND A TORNADO MAY
FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3272 10034 3260 10019 3264 9965 3295 9968
          3296 10005 3283 10030

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher39 min
Apr 23, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher41 min
Apr 23, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling63 min
Apr 23, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan42 min
Apr 23, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green56 min
Apr 23, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell54 min
Apr 23, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett59 min
Apr 23, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor42 min
Apr 23, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton53 min
Apr 23, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels58 min
Apr 23, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones, Shackelford61 min
Apr 23, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett60 min
Apr 23, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher56 min
Apr 23, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan46 min
Apr 23, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor29 min
Apr 23, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton44 min
Apr 23, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton64 min
Apr 23, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman62 min
Apr 23, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMenard, Schleicher61 min
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan60 min
Apr 23, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford59 min
Apr 23, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown54 min
Apr 23, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman46 min
Apr 23, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton60 min
Apr 23, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels46 min
Apr 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown30 min
Apr 23, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels48 min
Apr 23, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Coleman79 min
Apr 23, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown79 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.