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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 31, 2005Coke County, Runnels County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2005, 10:32 AM CDT for Coke County, Runnels County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
May 31, 2005, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2005, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coke County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Taylor County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2005-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 754 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 2005-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 377 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 May 31, 9:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 9:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:31 AM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
431 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-010931-
BROWN-CALLAHAN-COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-
JONES-KIMBLE-MASON-MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-
SCHLEICHER-SHACKELFORD-STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN-
530 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND A DRY LINE
EXTENDING THROUGH WEST TEXAS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES DEVELOPING ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. HOWEVER...THE BEST CHANCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND THE HEARTLAND AS
A DEVELOPING COMPLEX OF STORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE MOVES
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT AS
INSTABILITY DECREASES ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUING CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY RELATED TO THE COMPLEX OF STORMS
FROM TONIGHTS ACTIVITY AND ANY ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THERE
WILL BE A LESSENING OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ON THURSDAY BUT
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND
ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACTIVE DRY LINE IN WEST TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE BIG COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND.
SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION ON
WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 8:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
808 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXZ049-054-311415-

FISHER TX-NOLAN TX-
808 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FISHER AND NOLAN COUNTIES...

AT 802 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASTELLA...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF SNYDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  WASTELLA AT 855 AM CDT...
CHAMPION...ROSCOE AT 910 AM CDT...

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO HOLD TOGETHER WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FISHER AND NOLAN COUNTIES. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

BRAZZELL
Local storm report, May 31, 9:42 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 31, 10:24 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan47 min
May 31, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan48 min
May 31, 10:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan40 min
May 31, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels31 min
May 31, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch, Runnels19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.