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Tornado Warning 29, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 31, 2005Concho County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2005, 10:40 PM CDT for Concho County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Concho County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 010344
TORSJT
TXC095-451-010430-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0029.050601T0340Z-050601T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1040 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TOM GREEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
  WESTERN CONCHO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A    
  TORNADO NEAR WALL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO       
  ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE   
  HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANGELO...FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR GRAPE     
  CREEK...AND A CONFIRMED TORNADO IN NORTHEAST STERLING COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VANCOURT BY 1045 PM CDT
  VICK BY 1050 PM CDT

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH 
ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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 3157 10011 3138 10041 3106 10016 3120 9988

$$

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 31, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
930 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

.UPDATE...
LATEST SATELLITE AND WSR-88D DATA INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
THROUGH THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL BIG COUNTY AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN
CONCHO VALLEY. LATEST MODEL AND SPC DATA INDICATE AN ENVIRONMENT
VERY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. AFTER COORDINATION WITH
SPC...HAVE ISSUED ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM TOMORROW
MORNING FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THUS...UPDATED GRIDS TO
REFLECT THIS NEW WATCH AND ADJUST FIRST PERIOD POPS AND SKY
CONDITIONS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 335 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005)

SHORT TERM...
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK DAY 1 WITH MODERATE
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY. WILL NEED SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING. BECOMING UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES
CLOSE TO 3000 J/KG. STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE TX
PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WITH SURFACE HEATING AND STRONG
SHORTWAVE MOVES OVER.

FIRST...MAY SEE SOME EARLY SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON IN UNSTABLE AIR...PERHAPS ALONG TSTM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN
CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN.

SECOND...EXPECT MCS (A COMPLEX OF STORMS) CURRENTLY
DEVELOPING IN TX PANHANDLE...TO MOVE SOUTHEAST...AS A SQUALL LINE
LATER THIS EVENING...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...AND SOUTHEAST
WINDS FEEDING THE MCS IN THE LOW LEVELS. MIDLAND RADAR LOOP
INDICATED A POSSIBLE LOW PRESSURE REGION DEVELOPING SOUTH OF
MIDLAND...ENHANCING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO THEIR NORTH. SPC HAS
SENT OUT MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1089...WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
WILL HAVE SEVERE MENTION IN ZONES TONIGHT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE IN MCS TONIGHT. ON THE LINE BETWEEN
ISSUANCE/NON ISSUANCE OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AREAS SOUTH OF A BIG
LAKE...SAN ANGELO...BROWNWOOD LINE HAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
LAST WEEK (LOCALLY SOME AREAS 5-6)...AND ARE STILL MOIST. BIG
COUNTRY HAD MUCH LESS. GIVEN THE SPEED OF MCS OVERNIGHT... PERHAPS
IN THE 30 MPH RANGE AND THUS LIMITED TIME OF RAINFALL
DURATION...WILL HOLD OFF ON FLASH FLOOD WATCH...HOWEVER WILL
MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN ZONES. LOOKING FOR A LOT OF
AREAS TO SEE .25 TO .50 WITH ISOLATED 1 TO 2 INCHES.

LONG TERM...
MAY SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING OVER EASTERN
SECTION MID MORNING TOMORROW. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND
SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH DRYLINE REMAINING WEST OF THE
REGION. BEST CHANCE OF STORMS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS
SHORTWAVE FROM SOUTHWEST MOVES THROUGH.

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL BUT CROCKETT COUNTY AND IRION COUNTY
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 200 AM CDT TOMORROW MORNING.

&&

23/HUBER

Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:26 AM CDT, 11 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1126 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>170-011626-
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-
1126 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
...WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UPGRADED TO MODERATE RISK THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...
A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB WELL INTO
THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG SEVERAL LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS
STORMS. ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF
QUICKLY REACHING SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...THERE IS SUFFICIENT WIND
SHEAR THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE STORMS THAT CAN TRACK ALONG
ONE OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FOR AN EXTENDED LENGTH OF TIME.

OTHER SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WELL TO THE NORTHWEST
NEAR THE TEXAS NEW MEXICO BORDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE QUICKLY SOUTHEAST...REACHING WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE
COMPLEX OF STORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL STABILIZES THE AIR MASS
SOMEWHAT...THE INSTABILITY SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY REDEVELOP DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON...FOCUSING AGAIN ALONG ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 10:24 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1024 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

1024 PM     HAIL             ABILENE                 32.45N 99.73W
05/31/2005  1.00 INCH        TAYLOR             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 31, 10:25 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1025 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

1025 PM     HAIL             2 E SAN ANGELO          31.45N 100.42W
05/31/2005  2.75 INCH        TOM GREEN          TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 31, 10:27 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1027 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

1027 PM     HAIL             1 SE SAN ANGELO         31.44N 100.44W
05/31/2005  2.75 INCH        TOM GREEN          TX   PUBLIC

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 31, 10:30 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1030 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

1025 PM     HAIL             SAN ANGELO              31.45N 100.45W
05/31/2005  2.75 INCH        TOM GREEN          TX   PUBLIC

&&

PMCCULLO

Local storm report, May 31, 10:32 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1032 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

1032 PM     HAIL             5 SW ABILENE            32.40N 99.79W
05/31/2005  1.00 INCH        TAYLOR             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 31, 10:38 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1038 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

1032 PM     HAIL             TYE                     32.45N 99.87W
05/31/2005  2.50 INCH        TAYLOR             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JBRAZZEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling	50 min
May 31, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling	32 min
May 31, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	31 min
May 31, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Fisher, Jones	37 min
May 31, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke, Sterling	49 min
May 31, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	45 min
May 31, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Throckmorton	53 min
May 31, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan	28 min
May 31, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Jones	24 min
May 31, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke, Tom Green	39 min
May 31, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	47 min
May 31, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Jones, Taylor	30 min
May 31, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	28 min
May 31, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	25 min
May 31, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Haskell, Throckmorton	32 min
May 31, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coke	16 min
May 31, 10:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Tom Green	32 min
May 31, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	30 min
May 31, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Taylor	30 min
May 31, 10:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Taylor	2 hr
May 31, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford	28 min
May 31, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Runnels, Taylor	51 min
May 31, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan	47 min
May 31, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	30 min
May 31, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford	24 min
May 31, 11:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Runnels	29 min
May 31, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Nolan	36 min
May 31, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	62 min
May 31, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Concho, Menard, Schleicher, Tom Green	59 min
May 31, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Coleman, Concho, Runnels	43 min
May 31, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke, Runnels, Tom Green	65 min
May 31, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard, Schleicher	40 min
May 31, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	47 min
Jun 1, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Runnels, Tom Green	37 min
Jun 1, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Concho, McCulloch	45 min
Jun 1, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	26 min
Jun 1, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Menard, Tom Green	51 min
Jun 1, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton	27 min
Jun 1, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard	31 min
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble	33 min
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	33 min
Jun 1, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher, Tom Green	61 min
Jun 1, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard, Sutton	29 min
Jun 1, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble	26 min
Jun 1, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble	17 min
Jun 1, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton	40 min
Jun 1, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher, Sutton	32 min
Jun 1, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Schleicher, Sutton	31 min
Jun 1, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sutton	30 min
Jun 1, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Kimble, Sutton	31 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.