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Tornado Warning 18, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 14, 2005Runnels County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2005, 1:44 AM CDT for Runnels County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 14, 2005, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2005, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Runnels County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 140644
TORSJT
TXC399-140715-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0018.050514T0644Z-050514T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
144 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
  WINTERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CREWS BY 205 AM CDT
  BENOIT BY 215 AM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3205 9987 3194 10005 3169 9982 3187 9967

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KSJT 140657
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
156 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

TXC399-140715-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050514T0715Z/
RUNNELS TX-
156 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL RUNNELS
COUNTY...

AT 150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HATCHEL...OR ABOUT
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINTERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   BENOIT BY 215 AM CDT

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3205 9987 3194 10005 3169 9982 3187 9967

$$

000 
WWUS54 KSJT 140707
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
205 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

TXC399-140715-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050514T0715Z/
RUNNELS TX-
205 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL RUNNELS
COUNTY...

AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BENOIT...OR ABOUT
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINTERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 67 ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF CREWS AT 210 AM 

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

LAT...LON 3205 9987 3194 10005 3169 9982 3187 9967

$$

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 May 14, 1:04 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 1:04 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
104 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

.UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH WHICH HAS EXPIRED. HAVE
ALSO UPDATED POPS PER LATEST RADAR TRENDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT. SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO
ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST CONCHO VALLEY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1005 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005)

UPDATE...
DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM MIDLAND TO COLORADO CITY. AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY WAS FROM HAMILIN TO JUST NORTH OF ABILENE TO WICHITA
FALLS. LARGE SEVERE STORMS JUST NORTH OF STAMFORD AT 10 PM MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH TOWARD ABILENE...BUT MAY TAKE UNTIL 1130 PM TO
MIDNIGHT TO REACH THE CITY.  MAY SEE STORMS IN NOLAN COUNTY GO
SEVERE WHEN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH DURING NEXT COUPLE
HOURS. NO CHANGES TO ZONES BUY STORMS MAY NOT REACH SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF CWA UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.

PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 631 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005)

UPDATE...
UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH 273 WHICH INCLUDES SAN ANGELO TO
SABA...THEN NORTHWARD ACROSS ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY. STORM WERE
DEVELOPING SOUTH OF SWEETWATER AND MAY MOVE EASTWARD ALONG
I-20 TOWARD ABILEN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. LARGE SUPERCELL IN KNOX COUNTY MAY
AFFECT HASKELL OR THROCKMORTON 730 TO 8 PM TIME FRAME. LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL LIKELY TO DEVELOP WITH THESE STORMS TONIGHT...WITH
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 301 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005)

DISCUSSION...
SCENARIO SHAPING UP FOR AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM SCENARIO LATER THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT IN OUR REGION. A SHARPENED DRYLINE HAS MIXED
EASTWARD ACROSS WEST TX AND WAS APPROACHING AN IRAAN TO SNYDER LINE.
DRYLINE EXTENDED UP TO A MESO-LOW EAST OF LUBBOCK. A TORNADO WATCH
HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA JUST NORTH OF OUR COUNTIES INTO
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...WHERE THUNDERSTORM INITIATION IS IMMINENT.
FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE DRYLINE...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ALONG THE DRYLINE AS THE
STRONGER PART OF THE CAP IS EVENTUALLY BROKEN. STORMS HAVE ALREADY
DEVELOPED NEAR FORT STOCTON.

EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS TO MOVE OFF THE DRYLINE AND AFFECT OUR AREA
NORTHWEST OF AN ALBANY TO SAN ANGELO TO OZONA LINE THIS EVENING/
EARLY TONIGHT. GIVEN THE STRONG INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT VERTICAL
SHEAR PROFILES...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. LATER TONIGHT
THE EFFECTIVE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
RED RIVER AND INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL STORM
DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. LOW-LEVEL JET AND 850
MILLIBAR THETA-E RIDGE SUPPORT HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WITH THE STORMS
OVERNIGHT.

CARRYING CHANCE POPS FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TX SATURDAY...WITH
THE BEST SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHIFTING SOUTHWESTWARD AS THE
FRONT CONTINUES SOUTHWARD. THE NAM AND GFS MODELS STILL SHOW SOME
DIFFERENCES LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. NAM TRYING TO BRIEFLY BRING
IN DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTHEAST...BUT IS LESS AGGRESSIVE THAN IN
PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. WITH REMAINING MOISTURE AND POSSIBLY SOME LIFT
WITH WEAK EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES ALOFT...KEEPING THE POPS GOING
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STILL HAVE SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH
TIMING...PLACEMENT AND STRENGTH OF THESE WAVES...SO LEANING TOWARD
BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH THE POPS AT THIS TIME.

THE RAIN CHANCE SHOULD DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEIGHT RISES
ALOFT ARE PROGGED THROUGH MID-WEEK WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING
ACROSS TX LATE NEXT WEEK. THIS PAINTS A DRY WEATHER SCENARIO WITH
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE 90S FOR THE
LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.

&&

99/15

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 2:20 PM CDT, 11 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-141920-
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-
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS...BUT A WARM LAYER OF AIR ALOFT HAS ACTED AS A CAP TO
PREVENT THUNDERSTORM FORMATION SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS AFTERNOON...THIS CAP IS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND EVENTUALLY BREAK...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT ALONG A SHARPENING DRYLINE FROM BIG LAKE TO SNYDER.
OTHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY FROM LUBBOCK TO WICHITA FALLS. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL
PUSH TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST...LIKELY BRINGING THEM INTO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MOST LIKELY
AREA TO SEE ANY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG
AND WEST OF AN OZONA TO SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE LINE.

GIVEN THE INSTABILITY PRESENT...ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL
QUICKLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS SUFFICIENT WIND
SHEAR THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
ISOLATED TORNADOES...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
BIG COUNTRY.

LATE TONIGHT...THE STORMS MAY MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE ALONG A
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IF THIS LINE
DOES DEVELOP...THEN IT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY SUNRISE SATURDAY
MORNING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ALTHOUGH COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BEHIND
THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL OF AT
LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN...THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
QUITE STRONG...WITH A FEW PERHAPS BRIEFLY REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN BIG
COUNTRY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS
THE CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS EVENING.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 10:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1026 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1023 PM     HAIL             STAMFORD                32.94N 99.80W
05/13/2005  1.00 INCH        JONES              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

04

Local storm report, May 13, 10:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1052 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 PM     HAIL             8 NE ANSON              32.84N 99.80W
05/13/2005  0.88 INCH        JONES              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            IN CORINTH

&&

04

Local storm report, May 13, 11:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1127 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     FLASH FLOOD      STAMFORD                32.94N 99.80W
05/13/2005                   JONES              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HIGHWAY 6 CLOSED WITH OVER 6 INCHES OF WATER. CREEK IN
            TOWN AT BANKFULL AND RISING.

&&

04

Local storm report, May 13, 11:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1128 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1118 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ANSON                   32.76N 99.90W
05/13/2005                   JONES              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER OVER ROADWAY IN ANSON

&&

04

Local storm report, May 13, 11:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1134 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1128 PM     HAIL             WINGATE                 32.04N 100.11W
05/13/2005  1.00 INCH        RUNNELS            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

04

Local storm report, May 14, 12:54 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1254 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1251 AM     HAIL             PUMPHREY                32.04N 100.04W
05/14/2005  0.88 INCH        RUNNELS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DDEROCHE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Haskell	34 min
May 13, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Haskell, Throckmorton	36 min
May 13, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Haskell, Throckmorton	33 min
May 13, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Throckmorton	29 min
May 13, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Shackelford, Throckmorton	47 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones	30 min
May 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Shackelford, Throckmorton	30 min
May 13, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Jones	30 min
May 13, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	37 min
May 13, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Shackelford	31 min
May 13, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones, Shackelford	31 min
May 13, 10:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Jones	3 hr
May 13, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	33 min
May 13, 11:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	2 hr
May 13, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Jones, Shackelford	45 min
May 13, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Runnels	37 min
May 13, 11:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan, Runnels, Taylor	46 min
May 13, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	24 min
May 14, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	29 min
May 14, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	36 min
May 14, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	34 min
May 14, 12:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Runnels, Taylor	28 min
May 14, 1:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Runnels	31 min
May 14, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Runnels	31 min
May 14, 2:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coleman, Runnels	32 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.