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Tornado Warning 23, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2004, 7:08 PM CDT for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2004, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brown County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:09 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 E Early, TX | |
| Apr 30, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Blanket, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSJT 010008 TORSJT TXC049-010045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 708 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLANKET * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF EARLY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BLANKET BY 725 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3188 9898 3170 9897 3169 9859 3191 9859 $$ 27/BRAZZELL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 30, 6:15 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:15 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 615 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 .UPDATE... SURFACE COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS PUSH THROUGH THE CONCHO VALLEY. SUPERCELLS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY EAST OF SJT AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO A MORE UNSTABLE AREA. AFTER COORDINATION WITH THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER...WE DECIDED TO ISSUE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX WHICH INCLUDES MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...ALL OF THE HEARTLAND...THE NORTHEAST EDWARDS PLATEAU...AND THE NORTHERN NORTHWESTERN HILL COUNTRY. THUS...ISSUED AN UPDATE TO THE CURRENT PACKAGE TO ADD THIS WATCH AND ADJUSTED FIRST PERIOD WINDS AND CLOUDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ON THE TRIPLE POINT AT THIS TIME. TRIPLE POINT OF THE COLD FRONT AND THE DRYLINE JUST NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. TOR BOX ALREADY OUT ALSO FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALREADY OUT. MAY NEED TO EXPAND WATCH UP THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES BY 4 PM...BUT WILL MONITOR THROUGH THEN. ALSO BEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS FROM BROWN WOOD TO SAN ANGELO. THINGS STILL CONTINUING TOMORROW MORNING WITH GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THINKING THAN YESTERDAY. DID LOWER TEMPERATURES SOME SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING. WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED TO SEE SOME UPPER 30S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED AND TEMPERATURES FINALLY GOING ABOVE NORMAL AND MAY EVEN SEE A FEW 90 DEGREE READINGS. && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...TORNADO WATCH CENTRAL AND EASTERN BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 9 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SOUTHEASTERN BIG COUNTRY AND ALL OTHER COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH EASTERN CONCHO VALLEY...HEARTLAND... NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...AND MOST OF THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY UNTIL 10 PM... && 23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 12:05 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1205 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-011705- BROWN TX-CALLAHAN TX-COKE TX-COLEMAN TX-CONCHO TX-CROCKETT TX- FISHER TX-HASKELL TX-IRION TX-JONES TX-KIMBLE TX-MASON TX- MCCULLOCH TX-MENARD TX-NOLAN TX-RUNNELS TX-SAN SABA TX-SCHLEICHER TX- SHACKELFORD TX-STERLING TX-SUTTON TX-TAYLOR TX-THROCKMORTON TX- TOM GREEN TX- 1205 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... INCLUDING THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...COLEMAN AND BROWNWOOD. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT MIDDAY...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM ROTAN TO HASKELL. THE DRYLINE STRETCHED FROM THE TIP OF CROCKETT COUNTY...TO BETWEEN SNYDER AND SWEETWATER. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH INTERSTATE 20 BY 7 PM...WITH THE DRYLINE PUSHING EASTWARD INTO THE ABILENE...SAN ANGELO AND SONORA AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR THESE BOUNDARIES. THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND ARE MORE PRONE TO SEVERE WEATHER FOR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THESE TWO BOUNDARIES. MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE TONIGHT...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES LOCALLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
318 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0317 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 E ALBANY 32.73N 99.23W
04/30/2004 SHACKELFORD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Apr 30, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
319 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0313 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 E ALBANY 32.73N 99.28W
04/30/2004 SHACKELFORD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Apr 30, 3:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
359 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0224 PM HAIL 7 SE LUEDERS 32.73N 99.54W
04/30/2004 2.75 INCH SHACKELFORD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0237 PM HAIL 7 W ALBANY 32.73N 99.42W
04/30/2004 1.75 INCH SHACKELFORD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0240 PM HAIL 5 W ALBANY 32.73N 99.30W
04/30/2004 3.00 INCH SHACKELFORD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0301 PM HAIL ALBANY 32.73N 99.30W
04/30/2004 2.75 INCH SHACKELFORD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0306 PM HAIL ALBANY 32.73N 99.30W
04/30/2004 2.75 INCH SHACKELFORD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL CONTINUES TO FALL NUMEROUS WINDOWS
BROKEN IN THE CITY OF ALBANY
0313 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 E ALBANY 32.73N 99.30W
04/30/2004 SHACKELFORD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
UNCONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR THE AIRPORT.
0316 PM HAIL WOODSON 33.01N 99.05W
04/30/2004 0.75 INCH THROCKMORTON TX OTHER FEDERAL
&&
SUMMARY OF EVENTS SO FAR
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Apr 30, 4:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
436 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM HAIL ALBANY 32.73N 99.30W
04/30/2004 1.75 INCH SHACKELFORD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
HGLocal storm report, Apr 30, 5:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
506 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TORNADO GLEN COVE 31.87N 99.64W
04/30/2004 COLEMAN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
DPS TROPPER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GLEN COVE
&&
HGLocal storm report, Apr 30, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
552 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM HAIL 2 SE GLEN COVE 31.85N 99.61W
04/30/2004 4.25 INCH COLEMAN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0550 PM HAIL 2 SE GLEN COVE 31.85N 99.61W
04/30/2004 4.25 INCH COLEMAN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOFT BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT HOARDS CREEK LAKE.
&&
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 39 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.