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Tornado Warning 19, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2006, 6:57 PM CDT for Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2006, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Callahan County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 E Dudley, TX | |
| May 5, 7:22 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 10 W Cross Plains, TX | |
| May 5, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 S Baird, TX | GOLFBALL HAIL |
| May 5, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 12 S Baird, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSJT 052357 TORSJT TXC059-060045- /O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0019.060505T2357Z-060506T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 657 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF OPLIN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAIRD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... THE INTERSECTION OF US-283 AND HIGHWAY 36 BY 710 PM CDT ADMIRAL BY 725 PM CDT CROSS PLAINS BY 735 PM CDT ATWELL BY 740 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 3236 9963 3209 9962 3208 9911 3237 9912 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KSJT 060020 SVSSJT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 718 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXC059-060045- /O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060506T0045Z/ CALLAHAN TX- 718 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY... AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION...LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US-283 AND HIGHWAY 36...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF BAIRD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 36 SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ADMIRAL BY 730 PM CDT CROSS PLAINS AND ATWELL BY 745 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3236 9963 3209 9962 3208 9911 3237 9912 $$
000 WWUS54 KSJT 060031 RRA SVSSJT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 729 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXC059-060045- /O.CON.KSJT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060506T0045Z/ CALLAHAN TX- 729 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTY... AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION...LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF US-283 AND HIGHWAY 36...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF BAIRD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME RESIDENTS ALONG HIGHWAY 36...AND ALONG RANCH ROAD 880...SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CROSS PLAINS AND ATWELL BY 745 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3236 9963 3209 9962 3208 9911 3237 9912 $$
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 5, 6:20 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:20 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 620 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 .AVIATION... SCT TSTMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 06/03Z. OTHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ROTATING ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH SURFACE BOUNDARIES WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. CURRENTLY GOING WITH VRB35G45KT 3SM TSRAGR IN THE KABI TAF UNTIL 06/02Z. AREAS OF MVFR CIGS OF BKN020-030 WILL DEVELOP AFTER 06/03Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 142 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006) UPDATE... UPDATED ZONES TO ADD TORNADO WATCH HEADLINE. PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 104 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006) SHORT TERM... ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK HAS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA IN A MODERATE RISK. STORMS WILL FIRE ALONG NW-SE SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR A KMAF-KSJT-BRADY LINE AND ALONG DRYLINE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. SUPERCELLS ARE A GOOD BET DUE TO SBCAPE VALUES OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG AND 0-6KM SHEAR OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS. MAIN SEVERE THREATS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...0-3KM HODOGRAPHS SHOW GOOD CLOCKWISE TURNING WITH HELICITY VALUES OF 150 TO 300...SO THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AXIS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG A KCOT-KSOA-KINK-KHOB LINE. GOING WITH LKLY POPS ACROSS THE CWFA TONIGHT AS AN MCS WILL FORM BY 06/06Z AN MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A POSSIBILITY DUE TO HIGH PW VALUES. WILL KEEP CHC POPS GOING FOR SATURDAY AS SOME INSTABILITY AND SHEAR STILL PRESENT ALONG WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY. LONG TERM... MAINLY SLGT CHC POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THEN A DRY FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS UPPER HEIGHTS BUILD AND MID LEVEL CAPPING INCREASES. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COOL FRONT TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COKE...COLEMAN...CONCHO...CROCKETT...FISHER... HASKELL...IRION...JONES...KIMBLE...MASON...MCCULLOCH...MENARD... NOLAN...RUNNELS...SAN SABA...SCHLEICHER...SHACKELFORD... STERLING...SUTTON...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON...AND TOM GREEN. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 1:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 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, 6:26 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 626 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXZ098-060015- HASKELL TX- 626 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR HASKELL COUNTY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ASPERMONT AREA AT 620 PM MAY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH INTO NORTHWEST HASKELL COUNTY AFTER 700 PM. LOOK FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
638 PM CDT FRI MAY 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0636 PM HAIL 6 SE BUFFALO GAP 32.23N 99.76W
05/05/2006 U1.00 INCH TAYLOR TX TRAINED SPOTTER
COVERING THE GROUND
&&
14Local storm report, May 5, 6:41 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
641 PM CDT FRI MAY 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0637 PM HAIL 3 SSE HOBBS 32.74N 100.58W
05/05/2006 U1.75 INCH FISHER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
14Local storm report, May 5, 6:52 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
652 PM CDT FRI MAY 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0651 PM HAIL HOBBS 32.78N 100.59W
05/05/2006 E1.75 INCH FISHER TX PUBLIC
DAMAGED WINDSHIELDS
&&
14Local storm report, May 5, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM HAIL 5 W ROBY 32.75N 100.46W
05/05/2006 E2.75 INCH FISHER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
14Special weather statement, May 5, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 655 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXZ065-066-072-060045- COKE TX-RUNNELS TX-TOM GREEN TX- 655 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR COKE... RUNNELS AND TOM GREEN COUNTIES... AT 654 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORIENT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF SAN ANGELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ORIENT BY 705 PM CDT US-277 NEAR THE TOM GREEN-COKE COUNTY LINE BY 715 PM CDT TENNYSON BY 720 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 36 min |
| May 4, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch, Mason | 2 hr |
| May 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 31 min |
| May 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling, Tom Green | 46 min |
| May 4, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch | 29 min |
| May 4, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 32 min |
| May 4, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Irion, Tom Green | 50 min |
| May 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion, Sterling, Tom Green | 48 min |
| May 4, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 27 min |
| May 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 32 min |
| May 4, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 24 min |
| May 4, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 31 min |
| May 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 23 min |
| May 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 35 min |
| May 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coleman | 29 min |
| May 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green | 49 min |
| May 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 44 min |
| May 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 48 min |
| May 4, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 29 min |
| May 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher, Tom Green | 35 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 35 min |
| May 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Shackelford | 30 min |
| May 4, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 27 min |
| May 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 36 min |
| May 4, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 22 min |
| May 4, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 52 min |
| May 4, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 31 min |
| May 4, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 29 min |
| May 4, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 33 min |
| May 4, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones, Shackelford | 50 min |
| May 4, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 45 min |
| May 4, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch, Mason, San Saba | 30 min |
| May 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 22 min |
| May 4, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford, Throckmorton | 43 min |
| May 5, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 67 min |
| May 5, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Nolan | 46 min |
| May 5, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Taylor | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Taylor | 26 min |
| May 5, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 55 min |
| May 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.