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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS San Angelo, TX

April 28, 2006Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2006, 12:19 PM CDT for Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 28, 2006, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2006, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Callahan County, TX, Shackelford County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 11:36 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 2006-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1582 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 2006-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.3

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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 Apr 28, 6:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
659 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

.AVIATION...
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TODAY. A SURFACE DRYLINE...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM CARLSBAD NEW
MEXICO SOUTH INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. BEGINNING AROUND NOON TODAY AND
CONTINUING UNTIL LATE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND
NEAR THIS DRYLINE. WE ANTICIPATE MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60
KNOTS...AND A FEW TORNADOES.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS TO CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THEN...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN
TO RETURN TO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

23/HUBER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 300 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006)

SHORT TERM...
LATEST WV LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN AZ AND AN UPPER
LOW DIGGING SOUTH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A STRONG LLJ IS
SITUATED OVER SW TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ASSOCIATED
CONVECTION ONGOING EAST OF THE BIG BEND REGION DRIFTING NORTHEAST.
THE UPPER LOW OVER THE THE SW UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
EAST TODAY AND WILL BEGIN TO MERGE WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTH.

AS NOTED ON THE LATEST SPC DAY1...A SERIOUS SCENARIO IS SHAPING UP
OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
BY THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG A DRY
LINE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AIDED BY GOOD AFTERNOON HEATING AND
ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING
UPPER LOW. A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
WILL HAVE MOVED INTO THE BIG COUNTRY BY LATER THIS EVENING. GIVEN
GOOD INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL SHEAR...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
WILL QUICKLY INTENSIFY INTO SUPER-CELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. DURING THE EVENING HOURS
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE THAT WILL MOVE
WEST TO EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

BY SATURDAY MORNING A BROAD UPPER LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS WITH ASSOCIATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAVING MOVED INTO EAST
TEXAS.

LONG TERM...
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE AREA.
MAX-MIN TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY SEASONAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 5:06 AM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
506 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-291015-
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-
506 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS UPPER-LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH A SURFACE DRYLINE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG OR NEAR THIS DRYLINE.
EXPECT MANY THUNDERSTORMS TO EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS. HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EXPECT SPOTTER ACTIVATION TODAY AND TONIGHT.

23/HUBER

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor26 min
Apr 28, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor30 min
Apr 28, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown16 min
Apr 28, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch45 min
Apr 28, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown37 min
Apr 28, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTConcho24 min
Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Runnels17 min
Apr 28, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling35 min
Apr 28, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton31 min
Apr 28, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Sutton31 min
Apr 28, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan28 min
Apr 28, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSutton45 min
Apr 28, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTFisher, Nolan34 min
Apr 28, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor26 min
Apr 28, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones36 min
Apr 28, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTSutton36 min
Apr 28, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan, Taylor26 min
Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling61 min
Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton34 min
Apr 28, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell, Jones, Shackelford47 min
Apr 28, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan, Taylor45 min
Apr 28, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke38 min
Apr 28, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard31 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Shackelford32 min
Apr 28, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble25 min
Apr 28, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke17 min
Apr 28, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, Menard29 min
Apr 28, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTHaskell24 min
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford33 min
Apr 28, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTKimble43 min
Apr 28, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor56 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.