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Tornado Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX

March 4, 2004Fisher County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2004, 11:05 AM CST for Fisher County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 4, 2004, 11:05 AM CST (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 11:30 AM CST
In force
25 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
Mar 4, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 622 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 041705
TORSJT
TXC151-041730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1105 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 1103 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  LONGWORTH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF SWEETWATER...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LONGWORTH AND ROBY BY 1115 AM CST
  SYLVESTER BY 1120 AM CST
  MCCAULLEY BY 1130 AM CST

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. 

LAT...LON 3278 10056 3252 10052 3257 10019 3292 10019

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 3:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell58 min
Mar 4, 9:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling43 min
Mar 4, 9:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett47 min
Mar 4, 10:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion50 min
Mar 4, 10:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green47 min
Mar 4, 10:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke42 min
Mar 4, 10:41 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTTom Green49 min
Mar 4, 10:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton63 min
Mar 4, 10:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan42 min
Mar 4, 10:55 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTCoke50 min
Mar 4, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTNolan30 min
Mar 4, 11:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho39 min
Mar 4, 11:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels45 min
Mar 4, 11:20 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTJones40 min
Mar 4, 11:24 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTTaylor51 min
Mar 4, 11:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, McCulloch62 min
Mar 4, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho41 min
Mar 4, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTHaskell41 min
Mar 4, 11:57 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford48 min
Mar 4, 12:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Mason, Menard, Throckmorton51 min
Mar 4, 12:17 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason43 min
Mar 4, 12:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown51 min
Mar 4, 12:28 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTBrown62 min
Mar 4, 12:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSan Saba58 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.