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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 5, 2006Taylor County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2006, 5:52 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2006, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2006, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 5, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1954 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
1954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
20.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 1:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 1:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
132 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-061930-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
132 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH
LATE EVENING...ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
INCREASING WIND SHEAR AND MODERATE TO HIGH ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY
WILL LEAD TO A POTENTIAL FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 PM. VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH LONG LIVED
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...MAINLY
EAST OF AN ABILENE TO JUNCTION LINE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY.

14

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 5:02 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
502 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXZ066-073-139-052300-
RUNNELS TX-COLEMAN TX-CONCHO TX-
502 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
RUNNELS...COLEMAN AND CONCHO COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLERSVIEW...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAINT ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 1929 AND RANCH ROAD 2134 BY 530 PM
  CDT
  IVIE RESERVOIR NEAR CONCHO PARK MARINA BY 540 PM CDT
  LEADAY BY 550 PM CDT
  VOSS BY 600 PM CDT

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY
IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A
WARNING BE ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:14 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
514 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXZ066-127-052315-
TAYLOR TX-RUNNELS TX-
514 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
AND RUNNELS COUNTIES...

AT 510 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER WINGATE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WINTERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAPPY VALLEY AND DRASCO BY 525 PM CDT
  BRADSHAW BY 535 PM CDT
  LAKE ABILENE BY 550 PM CDT
  TUSCOLA BY 555 PM CDT
  BUFFALO GAP BY 605 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:42 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
542 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXZ066-052315-
RUNNELS TX-
542 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR RUNNELS
COUNTY...

AT 540 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINTERS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WINTERS AND WINTERS LITTLE ELM LAKE BY 550 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch36 min
May 4, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch, Mason2 hr
May 4, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba31 min
May 4, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling, Tom Green46 min
May 4, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch29 min
May 4, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTMason33 min
May 4, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba32 min
May 4, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Tom Green50 min
May 4, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green48 min
May 4, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman27 min
May 4, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason32 min
May 4, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels24 min
May 4, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green31 min
May 4, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason23 min
May 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, San Saba35 min
May 4, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman29 min
May 4, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTIrion, Schleicher, Tom Green49 min
May 4, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMason44 min
May 4, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan48 min
May 4, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman29 min
May 4, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSchleicher, Tom Green35 min
May 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown35 min
May 4, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford30 min
May 4, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher27 min
May 4, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher, Nolan36 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green22 min
May 4, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones52 min
May 4, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan31 min
May 4, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba29 min
May 4, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling33 min
May 4, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford50 min
May 4, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor45 min
May 4, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba30 min
May 4, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling22 min
May 4, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford, Throckmorton43 min
May 5, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho, McCulloch67 min
May 5, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan46 min
May 5, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher45 min
May 5, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor32 min
May 5, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor26 min
May 5, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell55 min
May 5, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher39 min
May 5, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan48 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.