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Tornado Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 13, 2005Haskell County, Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT for Haskell County, Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
May 13, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Haskell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 13, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 498 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 140058
TORSJT
TXC207-447-140130-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0013.050514T0057Z-050514T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
757 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
  WEST CENTRAL THROCKMORTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
  WEINERT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HASKELL BY 805 PM CDT
  IRBY BY 820 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3341 9961 3331 9983 3304 9969 3313 9939

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KSJT 140114
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
814 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

TXC207-447-140130-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050514T0130Z/
HASKELL TX-THROCKMORTON TX-
814 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
THROCKMORTON AND EASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
IRBY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HASKELL BY 805 PM CDT
  IRBY BY 830 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3336 9955 3328 9981 3304 9969 3313 9939

$$

10
000 
WWUS54 KSJT 140123
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
823 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

TXC207-447-140130-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050514T0130Z/
HASKELL TX-THROCKMORTON TX-
823 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
THROCKMORTON AND EASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IRBY...OR ABOUT 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  IRBY BY 830 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3336 9955 3328 9981 3304 9969 3313 9939

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell34 min
May 13, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton36 min
May 13, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton29 min
May 13, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton47 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones30 min
May 13, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton30 min
May 13, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones30 min
May 13, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor37 min
May 13, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford31 min
May 13, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford31 min
May 13, 10:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTJones3 hr
May 13, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTNolan, Taylor33 min
May 13, 11:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTNolan, Taylor2 hr
May 13, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Jones, Shackelford45 min
May 13, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels37 min
May 13, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor46 min
May 13, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor24 min
May 14, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor29 min
May 14, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor36 min
May 14, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown34 min
May 14, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor28 min
May 14, 1:14 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels31 min
May 14, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels31 min
May 14, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels31 min
May 14, 2:14 AM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman, Runnels32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.