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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS San Angelo, TX

November 23, 2004Fisher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 2004, 3:20 AM CST for Fisher County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2004, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2004, 4:00 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fisher County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 22, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2004-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 2004-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Nov 23, 2:22 AM CST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 2:22 AM CST, 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green38 min
Nov 23, 3:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho42 min
Nov 23, 3:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman43 min
Nov 23, 4:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown51 min
Nov 23, 4:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.