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Tornado Warning 39, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 26, 2004Jones County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 7:32 PM CDT for Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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: May 26, 2004, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jones County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 7:46 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	10 W Anson, TX	TRAINED SPOTTERS NOTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 126 AND US HIGHWAY 180

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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

769 
WFUS54 KSJT 270032
TORSJT
TXC253-270130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
731 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANSON

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NEINDA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMLIN...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEINDA BY 745 PM CDT
  ANSON BY 810 PM CDT
  HAWLEY BY 820 PM CDT
  NUGENT BY 830 PM CDT

THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO EARLIER AT ROBY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. IF IN
MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3285 10014 3262 10015 3257 9963 3281 9965

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Fisher	56 min
May 26, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	58 min
May 27, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan	44 min
May 27, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Fisher, Nolan	53 min
May 27, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Crockett	46 min
May 27, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Jones, Taylor	50 min
May 27, 3:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Irion	23 min
May 27, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Irion	30 min
May 27, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan	23 min
May 27, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Coleman	54 min
May 27, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	43 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.