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Tornado Warning 8, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 8, 2005Concho County, McCulloch County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2005, 5:41 PM CDT for Concho County, McCulloch County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 8, 2005, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS San Angelo, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Concho County, TX, McCulloch County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 8, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 2453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 10.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSJT 082241 RRA
TORSJT
TXC095-307-082315-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0008.050508T2241Z-050508T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
541 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MELVIN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF BRADY...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MELVIN BY 550 PM CDT
  PEAR VALLEY BY 555 PM CDT
  BRADY LAKE BY 615 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 3133 9968 3117 9976 3102 9941 3134 9933

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KSJT 082255
SVSSJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

TXC095-307-082315-
/O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050508T2315Z/
CONCHO TX-MCCULLOCH TX-
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WESTERN MCCULLOCH
AND SOUTHEASTERN CONCHO COUNTIES...

AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MELVIN...OR ABOUT
15 MILES WEST OF BRADY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MELVIN BY 550 PM CDT
  PEAR VALLEY BY 555 PM CDT
  BRADY LAKE BY 615 PM CDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 3133 9968 3117 9976 3102 9941 3134 9933

$$

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 8, 12:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1218 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

.SHORT TERM...ATMOSPHERE IS TRYING TO RECOVER IN THE WAKE OF THIS
MORNINGS MCS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ALTHOUGH AIRMASS
WAS WORKED AIRMASS IS RECOVERING AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE SNEAKS
AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX AND UP THE RIO
GRANDE THEN INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. DRYLINE IS ALSO SHARPENING UP
THIS AFTERNOON AND IS LOCATED FROM NEAR SNYDER TO SANDERSON. ALSO
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO INDICATING ANOTHER PIECE OF SHORTWAVE
ENERGY ENTERING TEXAS FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL LIKELY HELP TO
INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCES
CURRENTLY APPEARS  TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF AN ABILENE TO SAN
ANGELO TO SONORA LINE. CURRENTLY BEST CONVERGENCE ONGOING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF OLD OUT FLOW BOUNDARY AND THE DRYLINE NEAR SONORA
AND RADAR HAS INDICATED SHOWERS STARTING TO DEVELOP THERE. VISUAL
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE OFFICE HERE INDICATE THAT CU IS FATTENING
WITH A FEW TOWERS. BOTH THE NAM AND RUC SHOW CAP TOTALLY ERODED BY
19Z AND CAPES AVERAGING BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 J/KG. SHEAR VALUES
HAVE WEAKENED FROM LAST NIGHT...HOWEVER STEEP LAPSE RATES REMAIN.
THUS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE HAIL STORMS REMAIN. MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD
SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL ONLY CARRY A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS FOR THE EAST AFTER 00Z. DRIER IS NOT GOING
TO PUSH AS FAR EAST AS WE WERE THINKING YESTERDAY. NONE THE LESS
COLUMN AS A WHOLE DRIER ON MONDAY AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE
INTO THE 90S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...STILL LOOKS DRY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.LONG TERM...
MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND TEMPERATURES COOL JUST
A TAD WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA AGAIN
WILL SEE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DRY LINE ACTIVITY DEVELOP ONCE
AGAIN STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. COLD FRONT STILL LOOKS TO COME DOWN WITH
MODEL CONSENSUS OF SATURDAY NOW. THUS SHOULD HELP TO ENHANCE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ALSO WENT COOLER THAN
GUIDANCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE      61  89  64  91 /  10   0   0   0
SAN ANGELO   60  92  64  91 /  10   0   0   0
JUNCTION     60  91  64  89 /  10   0   0   0

&&

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

&&

27/BRAZZELL

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-091634-
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-
1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A HASKELL...SWEETWATER...MERTZON...OZONA
LINE. THE AIRMASS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS REMAINS MOIST AND
UNSTABLE. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD OUT OF WEST
TEXAS AND INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WHICH
DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE WILL BECOME RAPIDLY SEVERE...WITH LARGE
HAIL THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS...AND AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 4:49 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
449 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0448 PM     HAIL             MILLERSVIEW             31.41N 99.76W
05/08/2005  0.75 INCH        CONCHO             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 8, 5:04 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
504 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0500 PM     HAIL             4 NE ABILENE            32.49N 99.68W
05/08/2005  1.75 INCH        TAYLOR             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NORTHEAST SIDE OF ABILENE

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 8, 5:06 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
506 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0500 PM     HAIL             13 WSW ABILENE          32.38N 99.94W
05/08/2005  1.75 INCH        TAYLOR             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 8, 5:07 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
507 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0507 PM     HAIL             ABILENE                 32.45N 99.73W
05/08/2005  1.00 INCH        TAYLOR             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 8, 5:22 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
522 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0500 PM     HAIL             13 WSW ABILENE          32.38N 99.94W
05/08/2005  2.50 INCH        TAYLOR             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, May 8, 5:37 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
537 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

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

0536 PM     HAIL             3 E SALT GAP            31.30N 99.55W
05/08/2005  0.75 INCH        MCCULLOCH          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JBRAZZEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion	27 min
May 7, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion	28 min
May 7, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	25 min
May 8, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	60 min
May 8, 1:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SJT	Crockett	3 hr
May 8, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	35 min
May 8, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher	31 min
May 8, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Runnels	36 min
May 8, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Runnels, Tom Green	30 min
May 8, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones, Shackelford	47 min
May 8, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Runnels	31 min
May 8, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman	30 min
May 8, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Throckmorton	52 min
May 8, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho	32 min
May 8, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher	27 min
May 8, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Shackelford	41 min
May 8, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman	32 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	46 min
May 8, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown, Coleman	26 min
May 8, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho	33 min
May 8, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett, Sutton	47 min
May 8, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher	30 min
May 8, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Nolan, Taylor	39 min
May 8, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Brown	35 min
May 8, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Jones, Shackelford	46 min
May 8, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho	35 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Schleicher, Sutton	31 min
May 8, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Taylor	23 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Taylor	46 min
May 8, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Taylor	37 min
May 8, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, McCulloch	33 min
May 8, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Sutton	29 min
May 8, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Tom Green	36 min
May 8, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Taylor	35 min
May 8, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	San Saba	35 min
May 8, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	33 min
May 8, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Coleman, Taylor	48 min
May 8, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho	17 min
May 8, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	San Saba	29 min
May 8, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch, Mason	32 min
May 8, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	McCulloch, Mason	34 min

Nearby

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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.