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Tornado Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 31, 2005Fisher County, Jones County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2005, 8:53 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 31, 2005, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 31, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 010153
TORSJT
TXC151-253-010230-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0021.050601T0153Z-050601T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
853 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN FISHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HAMLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HAMLIN BY 900 PM CDT
  NEINDA BY 915 PM CDT
  THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND RANCH ROAD 126 BY 920 PM CDT

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.

LAT...LON 3297 10019 3288 10026 3271 10007 3286 9993

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KSJT 010203
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
903 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXC151-253-010230-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050601T0230Z/
JONES TX-FISHER TX-
903 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FISHER AND NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES...

AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMLIN...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HAMLIN AT 900 PM

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMLIN BY 900 PM CDT
  NEINDA BY 915 PM CDT
  THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND RANCH ROAD 126 BY 925 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3297 10019 3288 10026 3271 10007 3286 9993

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Sterling50 min
May 31, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Sterling32 min
May 31, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Jones31 min
May 31, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Sterling49 min
May 31, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher45 min
May 31, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton53 min
May 31, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan28 min
May 31, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones24 min
May 31, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green39 min
May 31, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher47 min
May 31, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTJones, Taylor30 min
May 31, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones28 min
May 31, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke25 min
May 31, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Throckmorton32 min
May 31, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke16 min
May 31, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTom Green32 min
May 31, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke30 min
May 31, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTTaylor30 min
May 31, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTTaylor2 hr
May 31, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford28 min
May 31, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels, Taylor51 min
May 31, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Tom Green50 min
May 31, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan47 min
May 31, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTaylor30 min
May 31, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford24 min
May 31, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTRunnels29 min
May 31, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan36 min
May 31, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green62 min
May 31, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTConcho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green59 min
May 31, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels43 min
May 31, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green65 min
May 31, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher40 min
May 31, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard47 min
Jun 1, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Runnels, Tom Green37 min
Jun 1, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch45 min
Jun 1, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green26 min
Jun 1, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, Menard, Tom Green51 min
Jun 1, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton27 min
Jun 1, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard31 min
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble33 min
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch33 min
Jun 1, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Tom Green61 min
Jun 1, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Sutton29 min
Jun 1, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble26 min
Jun 1, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble17 min
Jun 1, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton40 min
Jun 1, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher, Sutton32 min
Jun 1, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Schleicher, Sutton31 min
Jun 1, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton30 min
Jun 1, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble, Sutton31 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.